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Rob Marshall Biography
Birth Name:Rob Marshall
Birth Place:Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Profession Director, Producer, Music department, Writer, Actor
Fast Facts
- A 1978 graduate of Pittsburgh's Taylor Allderdice High School, he was later inducted into the school's Alumni Hall of Fame in 2012
- Graduated from Pittsburgh, Pa․'s Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama in 1982
- Began working in his local theater scene and performing with Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera before his directorial TV debut of the "Annie" musical in 1999, leading to an Emmy Award
- Quote: "As a director, you should choose a project that will educate you and enrich your life because you're going to be doing it for two years․"
- Quote: "(On filmmaking) "All you can really control is the actual experience of doing it․ I try on my film sets to make it a great experience for everybody․ This is their life, this is my life and I want that experience to be a great experience for everyone involved․""
- Director-producer whose work includes "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" (2011), "Memoirs of a Geisha" (2005), "Chicago" (2002) and other films
- Also a prolific theater director and choreographer
Awards
- 1997Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Choreography: nominated
- 1998Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Choreography: nominated
- 2000American Choreography Award-Outstanding Achievement in Television - Variety or Special: winner
- 2000DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety: nominated
- 2000Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special: nominated
- 2000Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Choreography: winner
- 2002ACCA-Best Director: nominated
- 2002NBR Award-Outstanding Directorial Debut: winner
- 2002NYFCC Award-Best First Film: nominated
- 2002WAFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
- 2003Oscar-Best Director: nominated
- 2003Amanda-Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm): nominated
- 2003American Choreography Award-Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film: winner
- 2003David Lean Award for Direction-: nominated
- 2003David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
- 2003DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: winner
- 2003Gold Derby Film Award-Director: nominated
- 2003Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
- 2003IOMA-Best Director (Miglior regia): nominated
- 2003OFTA Film Award-Best First Feature: winner
- 2003OFTA Film Award-Best Director: nominated
- 2003OFCS Award-Best Breakthrough Filmmaker: nominated
- 2003PFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
- 2003PFCS Award-Best Newcomer: nominated
- 2005Satellite Award-Outstanding Director: nominated
- 2009Satellite Award-Best Director: nominated
- 2010Movies for Grownups Award-Best Director: nominated
- 2015Creative Impact in Directing Award-: winner
- 2018Truly Moving Picture Award-: winner
- 2019BAFTA Children's Award-Feature Film: nominated
- 2019Humanitas Prize-Family Feature Film: winner
- 2019Yoga Award-Worst Foreign Film: winner
- 2023HMMA Award-Best Music Themed Film or Musical: nominated