Steve Starkey is an American film producer and second unit director who is widely associated with Robert Zemeckis. He served as an assistant film editor for both The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983) and as second unit director on all of Robert Zemeckis' films from Forrest Gump (1994) to The Walk (2015) in addition to serving as a producer.[1]

Filmography

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Film

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Producer

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Year Title Credit Director
1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit Associate producer Robert Zemeckis
1989 Back to the Future Part II
1990 Back to the Future Part III
1992 Noises Off Co-producer Peter Bogdanovich
Death Becomes Her Producer Robert Zemeckis
1994 Forrest Gump
1997 Contact
2000 What Lies Beneath
Cast Away
2003 Matchstick Men Ridley Scott
2004 The Polar Express Robert Zemeckis
2005 The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio Jane Anderson
2006 Last Holiday Executive producer Wayne Wang
Monster House Producer Gil Kenan
2007 Beowulf Robert Zemeckis
2009 A Christmas Carol
2011 Mars Needs Moms Simon Wells
Real Steel Executive producer Shawn Levy
2012 Flight Producer Robert Zemeckis
2015 The Walk
2016 Allied
2018 Welcome to Marwen

Second unit director or assistant director

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Year Title Role Director
1994 Forrest Gump Second unit director Robert Zemeckis
1997 Contact
2000 What Lies Beneath
Cast Away
2004 The Polar Express
2007 Beowulf
2009 A Christmas Carol
2012 Flight
2015 The Walk

Editorial department

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Year Title Role Director
1980 The Empire Strikes Back Assistant film editor Irvin Kershner
1983 Return of the Jedi Richard Marquand

Thanks

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Year Title Role Director
1995 Congo Special thanks Frank Marshall
1996 The Frighteners Peter Jackson

Television

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Year Title Credit Notes
1985−1987 Amazing Stories Associate producer
1993 Johnny Bago Executive producer
1999 Robert Zemeckis on Smoking, Drinking and Drugging in the 20th Century: In Pursuit of Happiness Producer Documentary

References

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  1. ^ "Steve Starkey". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 11, 2018.
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