With a remarkable catalogue of motion picture achievements spanning the past 20 years, ROBERT ZEMECKIS (Executive Producer) has secured himself a position as one of the industry's preeminent filmmakers. In 1994 he won the Best Director Academy Award for "Forrest Gump", a film that earned six Oscars including Best Picture and Best Actor for Tom Hanks, plus a Golden Globe Award for Best Dramatic Picture, the National Board of Review's highest honor, two People's Choice Awards, the Producers Guild's Golden Laurel Award and a British Academy Award (BAFTA) for Best Picture.

He reunited with Hanks on the blockbuster "Cast Away", which earned the star another Best Actor Academy nomination, and is collaborating with him again on the upcoming "The Polar Express", based on the popular children's book by Chris Van Allsburg, with Zemeckis set to direct.