STEVE STARKEY (Producer) earned an Academy Award as one of the producers of Best Picture-winner "Forrest Gump". The film, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, became one of the highest grossing movies of all time and collected six Oscars, including Best Director and Best Actor, as well as a Golden Globe Award, the National Board of Review's highest honor in 1994, two People's Choice Awards, the Producers Guild Golden Laurel Award and a BAFTA nomination for Best Picture.

In 1998 Starkey, along with Zemeckis and Jack Rapke, formed ImageMovers, a company primarily focused on motion picture production. He then re-teamed with Zemeckis and Tom Hanks on the epic drama "Cast Away", and produced the psychological thriller "What Lies Beneath", starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer, also directed by Zemeckis.