Rob Marshall

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Rob Marshall
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Marshall in April 2011
Born
Robert Doyle Marshall Jr.

(1960-10-17) October 17, 1960 (age 63)
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Education Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)
Occupations
  • Film director
  • film producer
  • theater director
  • choreographer
Partner John DeLuca (c. 1983–present)
Relatives Kathleen Marshall (sister)
Awards Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
Chicago (2002)

Robert Doyle Marshall Jr. [1] (born October 17, 1960) [2] is an American film and theater director, producer, and choreographer. He is best known for directing the film version of the Broadway musical Chicago , which was based on the play of the same name by playwright Maurine Dallas Watkins. His work on the film earned him the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film, as well as nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director, the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, and the BAFTA Award for Best Direction. He also directed the films Memoirs of a Geisha , Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides , Into the Woods , Mary Poppins Returns , and the Disney live-action remake The Little Mermaid .

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Early life and education

Robert Doyle Marshall Jr. was born in Madison, Wisconsin. [2] His father and namesake, Robert Doyle Marshall Sr., was a Ph.D. student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, [3] [4] and his mother Anne was a teacher. [5] Like him, his younger sister Kathleen became a choreographer and director. [6]

In 1984, Robert Marshall joined the English department at the University of Pittsburgh, [7] and the Marshall family relocated to Pittsburgh. [5] Anne would later work for Pittsburgh Public Schools and the University of Pittsburgh School of Education, and Robert would become associate professor of English and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the same university. [5]

Rob Marshall graduated from the Falk School, [8] and then in 1978 from Taylor Allderdice High School, into whose alumni hall of fame he later was inducted. [9] Graduating from Carnegie Mellon University in 1982, [1] [10] Marshall worked in the Pittsburgh theatre scene, performing with such companies as Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera. [11]

Career

Marshall went on to perform as a dancer in various Broadway shows, but suffered a herniated disc while performing in Cats and after recovering, transitioned into choreography and then directing. [12]

He debuted in the film industry with the TV adaptation of the musical Annie by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin. He went on to direct the 2002 adaptation of the Kander and Ebb musical Chicago , for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. His next feature film was the drama Memoirs of a Geisha based on the best-selling book of the same name by Arthur Golden starring Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh and Ken Watanabe. The film went on to win three Academy Awards and gross $162.2 million at the worldwide box office. [13]

Marshall went on to direct the 2009 film Nine , an adaptation of the Broadway production with the same name starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren and Penélope Cruz, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. On August 2009, it was reported that Marshall was to direct Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides , the fourth chapter of Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean film series starring Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane and Geoffrey Rush, [14] which opened on May 20, 2011 and grossed $1 billion worldwide. [15]

After working with Disney on Pirates, Marshall directed Disney's film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods (2014), and produced the film under his Lucamar Productions banner. [16] [17] His next film was the sequel to the 1964 film Mary Poppins , titled Mary Poppins Returns , reuniting two Into the Woods actresses: Emily Blunt as the title character and Meryl Streep in a supporting role. [18]

By December 2017, Disney was considering Marshall to direct the live-action/CGI adaptation of The Little Mermaid , [19] which he was officially confirmed to direct in December 2018. [20] [21]

Personal life

Marshall is gay. As of at least 2007, Marshall lives in New York City with his partner, producer John DeLuca. [22] In 2004, they bought a $4.2 million summer home in Sagaponack, New York, part of The Hamptons. [23]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorProducerChoreographerNotes
2002 Chicago YesNoYesFeature directorial debut
2005 Memoirs of a Geisha YesNoNo
2009 Nine YesYesYes
2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides YesNoNo
2014 Into the Woods YesYesYesAlso musical stager
Chicago in the Spotlight:
A Retrospective with the Cast and Crew		YesNoNo Making-of documentary
2018 Mary Poppins Returns YesYesYesAlso story co-writer
2023 The Little Mermaid YesYesNo

Television

YearTitleChoreographerDirectorNotes
2001 The Kennedy Center Honors:
A Celebration of the Performing Arts 		NoYesTV event
2013 85th Academy Awards YesNoTV special;
Segment "All that Jazz" from Chicago

TV movies

YearTitleChoreographerDirectorExecutive
Producer		Notes
1995 Victor/Victoria YesNoNo
1996 Mrs. Santa Claus YesNoNo
1997 Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella YesNoNoAlso musical stager
1999 Annie YesYesNo
2006 Tony Bennett: An American ClassicYesYesYes

Awards and nominations

YearTitle Academy Awards BAFTA Awards Golden Globe Awards
NominationsWinsNominationsWinsNominationsWins
2002 Chicago 13612283
2005 Memoirs of a Geisha 636321
2009 Nine 415
2014 Into the Woods 323
2018 Mary Poppins Returns 434
Total309245184
YearTitleAward/nomination
1996 Mrs. Santa Claus Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography
1997 Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography
1999 Annie Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography
Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a TV Movie
2001 The Kennedy Center Honors:
A Celebration of the Performing Arts 		Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety
2002 Chicago Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Director
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Director
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Direction
Nominated — David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film
Nominated — Online Film Critics Award for Best Breakthrough
2005 Memoirs of a Geisha Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Director
2006 Tony Bennett: An American Classic Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special,
Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography
2009 Nine Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Director

List of Tony Award nominations

YearShowCategory
1993 Kiss of the Spider Woman Best Choreography
1994 Damn Yankees Best Choreography
1994 She Loves Me Best Choreography
1998 Cabaret Best Choreography
Best Direction of a Musical

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