# Robert Zemeckis
**Domain:** Cinema / Technology / Memory
**Doc Type:** Director Node
**Maturity:** Evolving
**Related:** [[Contact (1997)]], [[Carl Sagan]], [[Receiving Theater]]
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## Definition
Robert Zemeckis is an American filmmaker whose work frequently examines technology, mediated experience and altered temporal or social reality.
## Corpus Context
[[Contact (1997)]] is his central contribution to this cluster, dramatizing an event received through a machine but resistant to public verification.
## Relationships
[[Contact (1997)]], [[Carl Sagan]], [[Receiving Theater]]
## Sources / Provenance
- [[articles/Beyond the Sea|Beyond the Sea]]