Rob Marshall
Director of the Oscar-winning film adaptation of Chicago.
Marshall completed his studies at Carnegie Mellon University in 1982 and then became active in Pittsburgh's theater community.[1]
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Robert Doyle Marshall Jr.
- Born
- 17 October 1960
- Birthplace
- Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
- Occupation
- Film director
- film producer
- theater director
- choreographer
- Education
- Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)
- Spouse
- John DeLuca (2012)
- Relatives
- Kathleen Marshall (sister)
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
He performed as a dancer in Broadway shows but suffered a herniated disc while performing in Cats.[2] After recovering, he transitioned into choreography and then directing.[2] Marshall directed Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which opened on May 20, 2011 and grossed $1 billion worldwide.[3] Marshall finished his education at Falk School and later, in 1978, at Taylor Allderdice High School.[1]
The television adaptation of the musical Annie marked Marshall's first directorial work in film.[4] For directing the 2002 film version of Chicago, Marshall received an Academy Award nomination in the Best Director category.[4]
What the cited sources add
The University of Wisconsin–Madison catalog records a 1965 thesis titled "Dogmatic formalism to practical humanism: changing attitudes towards the passion of Christ in medieval English literature" by Robert Doyle Marshall.[5] The "Faculty of Arts and Sciences" record lists Robert D. Marshall as an Associate Professor of English.[6]
References
- Wikipedia, "Rob Marshall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Vancheri, "Rob Marshall proves you can go home again", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 11, 2011; "Allderdice to induct 6 to Alumni Hall of Fame", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 31, 2011; http://www.alumni.cmu.edu/s/1410/images/editor_documents/alumnirelations/getinvolved/alumniawards/all_honorees_2018june1.pdf; "Archived copy"; Conner, Lynne (2007). Pittsburgh In Stages: Two Hundred Years of Theater. University of Pittsburgh Press. pp. 204. . Retrieved 2011-06-06 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Rob Marshall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Feinberg, "Rob Marshall on Movie Musicals and His Journey 'Into the Woods' (Q&A)", The Hollywood Reporter, 5 January 2015 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Rob Marshall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Michael Fleming, "Rob Marshall circles 'Pirates'", Variety, 2009-08-02; "Pirates of the Caribbean presented by Disney", Pirates of the Caribbean (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Rob Marshall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - Box Office Mojo", boxofficemojo.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Marshall, "Dogmatic formalism to practical humanism: changing attitudes towards the passion of Christ in medieval English literature", University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1965. facts only, no text reused. search.library.wisc.edu
- "Faculty of Arts and Sciences". facts only, no text reused. bulletins.pitt.edu
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