Biography
Rob Marshall (born October 17, 1960) is an American theater director, film director and choreographer. He is a six-time Tony Award nominee, Academy Award nominee, Golden Globe nominee and four-time Emmy winner whose most noted work is the 2002 Academy Award Best Picture winner Chicago. Marshall was born in Madison, Wisconsin and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He debuted in the film industry with the Emmy Award-wining TV adaptation of the musical Annie by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin. After that he went on to direct the much anticipated adaptation of the Kander and Ebb musical Chicago in 2002 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 $162,242,962 at the worldwide box office. In 2009, Marshall directed Nine, an adaptation of the hit 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 Suppo…
Directed
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) — Director
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Into the Woods (2014) — Director
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Mary Poppins Returns (2018) — Director
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Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) — Director
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The Little Mermaid (2023) — Director
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Chicago (2002) — Director
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Nine (2009) — Director
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Annie (1999) — Director
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Tony Bennett: An American Classic (2006) — Director
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Chicago in the Spotlight: A Retrospective with the Cast and Crew (2014) — Director
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Guys and Dolls — Director
Also appeared in
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Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008) — Self (archive footage)
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ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007) — Self
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Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic (2018) — Self
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Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough (2022) — Self
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La La La (2018) — Self - Director
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008) — Self
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Be My Guest with Ina Garten (2022) — Self
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The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2013) — Self
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Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation (2012) — Self
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Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames (2024) — Self
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Making of Chicago (2002) — Self
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Chicago in the Spotlight: A Retrospective with the Cast and Crew (2014) — Self
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Portrait of a Choreographer (2007) — Self
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Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals (2013) — Self
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Stars in the House (2020) — Self - Special Guest