Peter Guber Produced Film: Directed By Robert Zemeckis

The highest-grossing film of 1985. An Oscar for Sound Effects. And a permanent spot in the cultural DNA. The Darker Turn: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) This is where the Guber-Zemeckis partnership got weird—in the best way possible.

A landmark visual effects masterpiece that won three Academy Awards and proved Zemeckis could do more than just comedy. The Emotional Crater: What Lies Beneath (2000) By the late 90s, Guber was at Sony and Zemeckis was a god-tier director ( Forrest Gump , Contact ). They reunited for a stealth project: a ghost story starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer. peter guber produced film directed by robert zemeckis

Enter Peter Guber. At the time running The Guber-Peters Company, he saw what others didn't: a perfect machine for joy. Guber fought to get the film made at Universal. He provided the financial shield that allowed Zemeckis to cast the "unbankable" Michael J. Fox (who was TV’s hottest property but a movie unknown) and to build the insane DeLorean time machine. The highest-grossing film of 1985

Zemeckis wanted to combine live-action and animation in a way that had never been attempted. The industry thought he was insane. The technical hurdles were a nightmare (every animated frame had to match a moving camera). The Darker Turn: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)