Rob Marshall (born October 17, 1960) is an American theater director, film director and choreographer. He is a six-time Tony Award nominee, Academy Award nominee, Golden Globe nominee and four-time Emmy winner whose most noted work is the 2002 Academy Award Best Picture winner Chicago. Marshall was born in Madison, Wisconsin and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He debuted in the film industry with the Emmy Award-wining 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 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 $162,242,962 at the worldwide box office. In 2009, Marshall directed Nine, an adaptation of the hit 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. Marshall then went on to direct Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the fourth chapter of Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean film series starring Johnny Depp, Ian McShane, Penélope Cruz and Geoffrey Rush, which is set to open on May 20, 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rob Marshall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 17, 1960 (66)
- Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Director and producer, also actor
- 11 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
Known for
What are Rob Marshall's films like?
Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 10
Light 7 · Serious 4 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 7
Gentle 4 · Charged 6 · Intense 1
Steady 6 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 2
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1
Casual 6 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 7 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy6
- Bittersweet5
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Rob Marshall's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Rob Marshall's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
14 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 14 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Little Mermaid(2023)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Mary Poppins Returns(2018)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Into the Woods(2014)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Chicago in the Spotlight: A Retrospective with the Cast and Crew (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Nine(2009)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Memoirs of a Geisha(2005)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Chicago(2002)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Annie(1999)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Cinderella(1997)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Mrs. Santa Claus(1996)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Victor/Victoria (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Guys and Dolls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles, 13 of them dated from 1996 to 2023.
Biggest box office
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
Highest rated
Chicago (2002)
Most popular right now
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
4 Primetime Emmys and 2 other major awards from 14 major nominations, 1997–2019.
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Feature Film
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Choreography
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Directors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety
- Oscar, nominated · Best Director
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Director - Motion Picture
- BAFTA Award, nominated
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Directors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Choreography
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Choreography
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Choreography
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Rob Marshall's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 11; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 69th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th3
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 11 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Loved with Detractors1
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 68/100 and the pacing 47/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Rob Marshall's work okay for kids?
Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs lighter than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Rob Marshall work with?
People who share at least 2 of Rob Marshall's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Dion Beebe shares the most, 7.
Writers
- David MageeShared titles: The Little Mermaid (2023), Mary Poppins Returns (2018)See all 2 shared titles with David Magee
Actors
- Emily BluntShared titles: Mary Poppins Returns (2018), Into the Woods (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Emily Blunt
- Meryl StreepShared titles: Mary Poppins Returns (2018), Into the Woods (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Meryl Streep
- Christine BaranskiShared titles: Into the Woods (2014), Chicago (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Christine Baranski
- Johnny DeppShared titles: Into the Woods (2014), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Johnny Depp
Cinematographers and editors
- Dion BeebeShared titles: The Little Mermaid (2023), Mary Poppins Returns (2018), Into the Woods (2014), Nine (2009), Tony Bennett: An American Classic (2006), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), Chicago (2002)See all 7 shared titles with Dion Beebe
- Wyatt SmithShared titles: The Little Mermaid (2023), Into the Woods (2014), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), Nine (2009), Tony Bennett: An American Classic (2006)See all 5 shared titles with Wyatt Smith
Producers
- John DeLucaShared titles: The Little Mermaid (2023), Mary Poppins Returns (2018), Into the Woods (2014), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), Nine (2009), Tony Bennett: An American Classic (2006)See all 6 shared titles with John DeLuca
- Marc PlattShared titles: The Little Mermaid (2023), Mary Poppins Returns (2018), Into the Woods (2014), Nine (2009)See all 4 shared titles with Marc Platt
- Harvey WeinsteinShared titles: Nine (2009), Chicago (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Harvey Weinstein
- Craig ZadanShared titles: Chicago (2002), Annie (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Craig Zadan
Mixed roles
- Lin-Manuel MirandaShared titles: The Little Mermaid (2023), Mary Poppins Returns (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Lin-Manuel Miranda
