Robert Zemeckis, the creator of iconic movies including the Back to the Future trilogy and Forrest Gump, will be honoured with a career retrospective, The Museum of Modern Art said Friday.
Zemeckis, who won an Oscar for directing Forrest Gump, is a prolific filmmaker known for classic titles such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Cast Away and in recent years, Flight starring Denzel Washington.
The New York museum’s retrospective will include a special screening of all three Back to the Future movies on October 3, marking the 30th anniversary of the release of the first film.
The showing also comes just weeks before October 21, 2015, the future date that the film’s main character Marty McFly travels to in Back to the Future II. The date is awaited by fans across the globe.
“I am thrilled to be receiving this tremendous honour from MoMA,” Zemeckis said in a statement.
“It’s hard to believe that I’ve been making films for more than 30 years ... I feel extraordinarily thankful that I have had the opportunity to make these films.”
Zemeckis’ latest movie, The Walk, which tells the story of Philippe Petit’s high wire walk between the original World Trade Centre towers, will kick off the screening series on September 29.