Rob Marshall
{{Short description|American film and theatre director and producer (born 1960)}}
{{about|the film director|the British Formula One engineer|Rob Marshall (motorsport)|for the musician|Rob Marshall (musician)}}
{{Infobox person
| image = RobMarshallApr2011.jpg
| caption = Marshall in April 2011
| name = Rob Marshall
| birth_name = Robert Doyle Marshall Jr.
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|10|17}}
| birth_place = Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Film director|film producer|theater director|choreographer}}
| education = Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)
| spouse = {{marriage|John DeLuca|2012}}
(together since {{circa|1983}})
| relatives = Kathleen Marshall (sister)
| awards = Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
Chicago (2002)
}}
Robert Doyle Marshall Jr.http://www.alumni.cmu.edu/s/1410/images/editor_documents/alumnirelations/getinvolved/alumniawards/all_honorees_2018june1.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} (born October 17, 1960){{cite web|url= http://www.filmreference.com/film/23/Rob-Marshall.html|title=Rob Marshall Biography (1960-)|publisher= FilmReference.com|access-date=December 3, 2018}} 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.
Early life and education
Robert Doyle Marshall Jr. was born in Madison, Wisconsin. His father and namesake, Robert Doyle Marshall Sr., was a Ph.D. student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison,{{cite thesis|url=https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/999873358002121|title=Dogmatic formalism to practical humanism: changing attitudes towards the passion of Christ in medieval English literature|last=Marshall|first=Robert Doyle|type=Ph.D.|date=1965|publisher=University of Wisconsin–Madison}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.bulletins.pitt.edu/archive/fas97/11.html|title=Faculty of Arts and Sciences}} and his mother Anne was a teacher. Like him, his younger sister Kathleen became a choreographer and director.{{cite news|last=Rawson|first=Christopher|title=Two Marshalls win Governor's Awards for the Arts|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/in-the-wings/two-marshalls-win-governors-awards-for-the-arts-498459/|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=August 22, 2007}}
In 1964, Robert Marshall joined the English department at the University of Pittsburgh,{{Cite web |url=http://www.english.pitt.edu/history/1787-footnotes |title=1787-1819 Footnotes | English | University of Pittsburgh |access-date=2019-04-28 |archive-date=2019-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428041522/http://www.english.pitt.edu/history/1787-footnotes |url-status=dead }} and the Marshall family relocated to Pittsburgh.{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/movies/2011/05/20/Director-Rob-Marshall-dove-into-Pirates-of-the-Caribbean-On-Stranger-Tides/stories/201105200165|title=Director Rob Marshall dove into 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=May 20, 2011|first=Barbara|last= Vancheri|archive-date=November 8, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141108141035/http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/movies/2011/05/20/Director-Rob-Marshall-dove-into-Pirates-of-the-Caribbean-On-Stranger-Tides/stories/201105200165|url-status=live}} 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.
Rob Marshall graduated from the Falk School,{{cite news|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/movies/2011/11/11/Rob-Marshall-proves-you-can-go-home-again/stories/201111110157 |title=Rob Marshall proves you can go home again|first=Barbara |last= Vancheri| newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=November 11, 2011 |access-date= December 3, 2018| archive-date=December 3, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181203134349/https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/movies/2011/11/11/Rob-Marshall-proves-you-can-go-home-again/stories/201111110157|url-status=live}} and then in 1978 from Taylor Allderdice High School, into whose alumni hall of fame he later was inducted.{{cite news|title=Allderdice to induct 6 to Alumni Hall of Fame|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2011/10/31/Allderdice-to-induct-6-to-Alumni-Hall-of-Fame/stories/201110310301|access-date=December 3, 2018 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=October 31, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518195924/https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2011/10/31/Allderdice-to-induct-6-to-Alumni-Hall-of-Fame/stories/201110310301| archive-date= May 18, 2018|url-status=live}} Graduating from Carnegie Mellon University in 1982,{{Cite web |url=http://www.alumni.cmu.edu/s/1410/images/editor_documents/alumnirelations/about/notable/notable-alumni.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-04-28 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035932/http://www.alumni.cmu.edu/s/1410/images/editor_documents/alumnirelations/about/notable/notable-alumni.pdf |url-status=dead }} Marshall worked in the Pittsburgh theatre scene, performing with such companies as Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.Conner, Lynne (2007). Pittsburgh In Stages: Two Hundred Years of Theater. University of Pittsburgh Press. pp. 204. {{ISBN|978-0-8229-4330-3}}. Retrieved 2011-06-06
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.{{cite news|last1=Feinberg|first1=Scott|title=Rob Marshall on Movie Musicals and His Journey 'Into the Woods' (Q&A)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/rob-marshall-movie-musicals-his-760996|access-date=7 January 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=5 January 2015}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=memoirsofageisha.htm|title=Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - Box Office Mojo|website=boxofficemojo.com}}
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. In 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,{{cite news | author=Michael Fleming|url = http://variety.com/2009/film/news/rob-marshall-circles-pirates-1118006813/ |title = Rob Marshall circles 'Pirates' | date = 2009-08-02|work=Variety|access-date = 2009-08-03}} which opened on May 20, 2011 and grossed $1 billion worldwide.{{cite web|url=http://disney.go.com/pirates/|title=Pirates of the Caribbean presented by Disney|website=Pirates of the Caribbean}}
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.{{cite news|title=Disney Sets Rob Marshall To Direct Adaptation Of 'Into The Woods'|url=https://deadline.com/2012/01/disney-sets-rob-marshall-to-direct-adapation-of-into-the-woods-213370/|access-date=December 14, 2013|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=January 11, 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/exec/rob-marshall|title=Rob Marshall|work=Variety|access-date=2017-12-13|archive-date=2017-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731153456/http://variety.com/exec/rob-marshall/|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/14/disney-mary-poppins-rob-marshall | title=Exclusive: Disney developing new original musical featuring Mary Poppins; Rob Marshall to direct | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | date=September 14, 2015 | access-date=September 21, 2015 | last=Snetiker | first=Marc}}
By December 2017, Disney was considering Marshall to direct the live-action/CGI adaptation of The Little Mermaid,{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/12/the-little-mermaid-rob-marshall-top-choice-disney-mary-poppins-returns-1202220650/|title=Rob Marshall Top Choice To Helm Disney's Live Action 'The Little Mermaid'|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=December 6, 2017|access-date=December 6, 2017}} which he was officially confirmed to direct in December 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://collider.com/rob-marshall-interview-mary-poppins-returns/#images|title=Rob Marshall on Mary Poppins Returns and the Live-Action Little Mermaid|website=Collider|date=21 December 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/media/videos/little-mermaid-live-action-director-rob-marshall-shares-production-update-exclusive|title = 'Little Mermaid' Live-Action Director Rob Marshall Shares Production Update (Exclusive) | Entertainment Tonight|website=Entertainment Tonight}} In 2024, Marshall was hired to take over for Bill Condon as director of the remake of Guys and Dolls, for which he will also co-produce and co-write the screenplay with John DeLuca, John Requa and Glenn Ficarra.{{Cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/guys-and-dolls-screen-musical-tristar-teams-rob-marshall-with-requa-and-ficarra-let-the-casting-speculation-begin-1236097910/|title = Has Lady Luck Turned In Favor Of 'Guys And Dolls' Musical? TriStar Teams Rob Marshall With Requa & Ficarra; Cue Casting Speculation On Who Plays Brando's Sky Masterson & Sinatra's Nathan Detroit|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=September 24, 2024|access-date=September 24, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://playbill.com/article/rob-marshall-will-direct-updated-guys-and-dolls-movie-musical|title=Rob Marshall Will Direct Updated Guys and Dolls Movie Musical|last=Hall|first=Margaret|work=Playbill|date=September 24, 2024|access-date=September 24, 2024}}
Personal life
Marshall is gay. As of at least 2007, Marshall lives in New York City with his husband, producer and choreographer John DeLuca, whom he married in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.afterelton.com/archive/elton/people/2007/1/hollywoodmen3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503122844/http://www.afterelton.com/archive/elton/people/2007/1/hollywoodmen3.html|archive-date=May 3, 2007|title=Powerful Gay Men in Hollywood|page=3|first=Robert|last= Urban|date=January 23, 2007|publisher=AfterElton.com|url-status=dead}} In 2004, they bought a $4.2 million summer home in Sagaponack, New York, part of The Hamptons.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/dirt/real-estalker/rob-marshall-scoops-up-gotham-co-op-1201553712/|title=Rob Marshall Scoops Up Gotham Co-op|last=David|first=Mark|work=Variety|date=August 4, 2015|access-date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150821004205/https://variety.com/2015/dirt/real-estalker/rob-marshall-scoops-up-gotham-co-op-1201553712/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 21, 2015}}
Works
=Theater=
| class="wikitable"
! width="33" | Year ! width=30% |Title ! width=30% |Credit ! Venue |
| align="center"| 1983
| Zorba | Actor |Broadway Theatre, Broadway |
| align="center"| 1984
| The Rink | Dance captain, Actor |Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway |
| align="center"| 1985
| Dance captain, Actor, Assistant to the choreographer |Imperial Theatre, Broadway |
| align="center"| 1987
| Movement consultant |Neil Simon Theatre, Broadway |
| align="center"| 1993
| Additional choreography |Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway |
| align="center"| 1993
| Musical staging |Criterion Center Stage Right, Broadway |
| align="center"| 1994
| Choreographer |Marquis Theatre, Broadway |
| align="center"| 1995
| Company | Musical staging |Criterion Center Stage Right, Broadway |
| align="center"| 1995
| Choreographer |Marquis Theatre, Broadway |
| align="center"| 1996
| A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Choreographer |St. James Theatre, Broadway |
| align="center"| 1997
| The Petrified Prince | Musical staging |The Public Theater, Off-Broadway |
| align="center"| 1998
| Cabaret | Co-director, Choreographer |Kit Kat Club, Broadway |
| align="center"| 1998
| Director, Choreographer |Criterion Center Stage Right, Broadway |
| align="center"| 2000
| Director (uncredited) |Richard Rodgers Theatre, Broadway |
| align="center"| 2014
| Cabaret | Co-director, Choreographer |Studio 54, Broadway |
Source:{{cite web|url= https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/rob-marshall-15558#Credits |title= Rob Marshall |website= IBDB.com |access-date=6 March 2025}}{{cite web|url= http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/6731 |title= Rob Marshall |website= IOBDB.com |access-date=8 March 2025|publisher=Lucille Lortel Foundation}}
=Film=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! width="65"| Director ! width="65"| Producer ! Choreographer !Story ! Notes |
|---|
| 2002
| Chicago | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Feature directorial debut |
| 2005
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | |
| 2009
| Nine | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |
| 2011
| Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | |
| rowspan=2| 2014
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Also musical stager |
| Chicago in the Spotlight: A Retrospective with the Cast and Crew | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Making-of documentary |
| 2018
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
| 2023
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Director ! Choreographer ! Notes |
|---|
| 2001
| The Kennedy Center Honors: | {{yes}} | {{no}} | TV event |
| 2013
| {{no}} | {{yes}} |TV special; |
TV movies
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Director ! Executive ! Choreographer ! Notes |
|---|
| 1995
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | |
| 1996
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | |
| 1997
| Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | Also musical stager |
| 1999
| Annie | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | |
| 2006
| Tony Bennett: An American Classic | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
Awards and nominations
=Theater=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Work ! Award ! Category ! Result |
|---|
| 1993
| {{Nom}} |
| rowspan=5|1994
| rowspan=2|Damn Yankees | {{Nom}} |
| Outer Critics Circle Award
| Outstanding Choreography (also for She Loves Me) | {{Won}} |
| rowspan=3|She Loves Me
| {{Nom}} |
| Drama Desk Award
| {{Nom}} |
| Outer Critics Circle Award
| Outstanding Choreography (also for Damn Yankees) | {{Won}} |
| rowspan=6|1998
| rowspan=6|Cabaret | rowspan=2|Tony Awards | {{Nom}} |
| Best Choreography
| {{Nom}} |
| rowspan=2|Drama Desk Award
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | {{Nom}} |
| Outstanding Choreography
| {{Nom}} |
| rowspan=2|Outer Critics Circle Award
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | {{Nom}} |
| Outstanding Choreography
| {{Nom}} |
| rowspan=3|1999
| rowspan=3|Little Me | {{Nom}} |
| Drama Desk Award
| {{Nom}} |
| Outer Critics Circle Award
| Outstanding Choreography | {{Nom}} |
| 2014
| Cabaret | Outstanding Choreographer in a Broadway Show | {{Nom}} |
=Film and Television=
| class="wikitable"
|+ Awards and nominations received by Marshall's films |
| rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Title ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| Academy Awards ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| BAFTA Awards ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| Golden Globe Awards |
|---|
| Nominations
! Wins ! Nominations ! Wins ! Nominations ! Wins |
| 2002
|align=center|13 |align=center|6 |align=center|12 |align=center|2 |align=center|8 |align=center|3 |
| 2005
|align=center|6 |align=center|3 |align=center|6 |align=center|3 |align=center|2 |align=center|1 |
| 2009
|Nine |align=center|4 | |align=center|1 | |align=center|5 | |
| 2014
|align=center|3 | |align=center|2 | |align=center|3 | |
| 2018
|align=center|4 | |align=center|3 | |align=center|4 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!align=center|30 !align=center|9 !align=center|24 !align=center|5 !align=center|18 !align=center|4 |
Directed Academy Award performances
Under Marshall's direction, these actors have received Academy Award nominations for their performances in their respective roles.
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Performer !Film !Result |
| colspan="4" |Academy Award for Best Actress |
|---|
| 2002
|{{Nom}} |
| colspan="4" |Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2002
|Chicago |{{Nom}} |
| colspan="4" |Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| rowspan="2" |2002
|rowspan="2" |Chicago |{{Nom}} |
| Catherine Zeta-Jones
|{{Won}} |
| 2009
|Nine |{{Nom}} |
| 2014
|{{Nom}} |
See also
References
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