AFIFEST honored Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis with a Directors Spotlight interviewed by Tom Hanks

AFI honored Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis with a Directors Spotlight on Thursday, October 24, ahead of AFI FEST’s Centerpiece Screening of Zemeckis’ latest film HERE on Friday, October 25 at the TCL Chinese Theatre. The event featured an in-depth conversation between Zemeckis and his frequent collaborator Tom Hanks, discussing the director’s illustrious career and his groundbreaking, emotionally moving and innovative films, from FORREST GUMP to HERE.