- Source of Wealth: Film and Television
- Age: 59
- Birth Place: Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Marital Status: Partner (John DeLuca)
- Full Name: Robert Doyle Marshall Jr.
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: October 17, 1960
- Occupation: Film and Theater Director
- Education: Fanny Edel Falk Laboratory School, Taylor Allderdice High School, and Carnegie Mellon School of Drama
Born in the US state of Wisconsin, Rob Marshall is a renowned film and theater director and choreographer with an estimated net worth of $16 million. He is perhaps best known for “Chicago,” which went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2002. Marshall has won a lot of awards including the Emmy Award four times and the Golden Globe. He has been nominated for the Tony Award as many as six times.
Though he was born in Madison, Wisconsin, Rob Marshall grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Rob’s first inspiration was his own sister, Kathleen Marshall, a director and choreographer. He worked in the theater scene in Pittsburgh while he was studying at Carnegie Mellon University. He made his debut on the big screen with Annie with Martin Charnin and Charles Strouse. His next project was Chicago which got him the Best Director Academy Award nomination. He then did Memoirs of a Geisha, which received rave reviews. This movie featured Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Gong Li, and Zhang Ziyi. The fact that it was produced by none other than Steven Spielberg proves that Hollywood realized what a good director Marshall was. Memoirs of a Geisha was a huge success as well. It won as many as three Academy Awards and was able to collect $162,242,962 in box office sales.
Rob Marshall is now in huge demand. He has directed productions with some of the biggest names in Hollywood, such as Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Daniel Day-Lewis, Penélope Cruz, and Sophia Loren.