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Rob Marshall mini-bio:
Rob Marshall (born October 17, 1960) is an American theater, film director and choreographer. He is a six-time Tony Award nominee, Academy Award nominee, Golden Globe nominee and Emmy winner whose most noted work includes the 2002 film Chicago and the 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret.
Marshall was born in Madison, Wisconsin and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He debuted in the film industry with the 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 received his first Academy Award nomination for directing.
More recent work of his include the Geisha drama Memoirs of a Geisha based on the best-selling book of the same name by Arthur Golden. The film went on to win three Academy Awards from six nominations, including a nomination for the famous score by John Williams. Marshall's next film, due December 2009, is the adaptation Nine from the Broadway production with the same name starring amongst others Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench and Daniel Day-Lewis.
Marshall has confirmed that he is directing Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides the fourth chapter of Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean film series starring Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush.
| VITAL STATS | Rob Marshall Information:
| | Eye color:green | | Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) | | Nickname(s):rob | | Notable feature(s): | Education: Taylor Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh
Graduated from Carnegie Mellon University | Family:parents
sisters Kathleen Marshall & Maura
brother in law Scott Landis | | Resides in:los angeles | | Religious affiliations: | | Political affiliation: | | Personal interests/hobbies:film making, dancing, trained in both jazz and ballet | | Charities/Causes: | | Other:he went to the same high school that Jeff Goldblum and Curtis Martin attended | | |
