(1952-) US film director and screenwriter responsible for some of the most commercially successful films of the 1980s such as the hit romantic adventure Romancing the Stone 1984. He has combined technical ingenuity and humorous invention, notably in the sci-fi comedy Back to the Future 1986 and its two sequels, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 1988, which combined animation and live action, and the black farce Death Becomes Her 1992.