Editing Rob Marshall (section)

{{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]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[John DeLuca (producer)|John DeLuca]]|2012}}<br>(together since {{circa|1983}})
| relatives          = [[Kathleen Marshall]] (sister)
| awards             = [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film]]<br />''[[Chicago (2002 film)|Chicago]]'' (2002)
}}
'''Robert Doyle Marshall Jr.'''<ref name="all honorees">http://www.alumni.cmu.edu/s/1410/images/editor_documents/alumnirelations/getinvolved/alumniawards/all_honorees_2018june1.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> (born October 17, 1960)<ref name="filmreference">{{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}}</ref> is an American film and theater director, producer, and [[choreographer]]. He is best known for directing the [[Chicago (2002 film)|film version]] of the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musical ''[[Chicago (musical)|Chicago]]'', which was based on the [[Chicago (play)|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 (film)|Memoirs of a Geisha]]'', ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides]]'', ''[[Into the Woods (film)|Into the Woods]]'', ''[[Mary Poppins Returns]]'', and the [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] [[List of remakes and adaptations of Disney animated films|live-action remake]] ''[[The Little Mermaid (2023 film)|The Little Mermaid]]''.