DREAMWORKS SIGNS ZEMECKIS.Byline: Dave McNary Daily News Staff Writer DreamWorks SKG SKG Stichting Kwaliteit Gevelbouw (Dutch) SKG Spielberg, Katzenberg,and Geffen (DreamWorks Studios) SKG Thessaloniki, Greece - Thessaloniki (Airport Code) SKG Smith and Kraus Global , in a major move toward respectability re·spect·a·bil·i·ty n. The quality, state, or characteristic of being respectable. Noun 1. respectability - honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation reputability , announced Tuesday it had signed a partnership with high-profile director Robert Zemeckis. The agreement gives 3-year-old DreamWorks access to one of the industry's most successful players over the past 15 years to go along with movies made by co-founder Steven Spielberg Noun 1. Steven Spielberg - United States filmmaker (born in 1947) Spielberg . Besides winning an Academy Award two years ago for directing ``Forrest Gump,'' Zemeckis' credits include the ``Back to the Future'' trilogy, ``Romancing the Stone,'' ``Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' and the upcoming ``Contact,'' starring Jodie Foster Alicia Christian Foster (born November 19 1962), better known as Jodie Foster, is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress, director, and producer. She has also won two Golden Globes, 3 BAFTA awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award, making her one of the few select . Zemeckis broke into the business two decades ago by developing the original screenplay for Spielberg's ``1941.'' The deal calls for the fledgling studio, formed nearly three years ago by Spielberg and fellow Hollywood heavyweights Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen, to distribute movies produced by Zemeckis' new Image Movers production company, to be located at DreamWorks headquarters on the Universal Studios lot. Partners in Image Movers include former Creative Artists Agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is a talent and literary agency which represents a vast array of actors, musicians, writers, directors, and athletes, as well as a variety of companies and their products. co-chairman Jack Rapke and ``Forrest Gump'' producer Steve Sarkey. Rapke, who left CAA Caa See CCC. in April and has been Zemeckis' agent for 15 years, said Image Movers has not yet decided on its first project. ``We're open to just about anything,'' he added. DreamWorks has achieved limited success so far in television with ``Spin City,'' its only show in production for the upcoming season. Its first movie, George Clooney George Timothy Clooney (May 6, 1961) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter who gained fame as the lead doctor in the long-running television drama, ER in the thriller ``The Peacemaker,'' will open in late September, and the historical drama ``Amistad,'' Spielberg's first for the new studio, will open at Christmas. Analyst Arthur Rockwell of Yaeger Capital Markets said Zemeckis could be a significant contributor under the deal but added that DreamWorks' outlook remains uncertain. ``Most people are still scratching their heads,'' he said. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) ZEMECKIS (2) SPIELBERG |
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