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
- Actor, director and producer
- 11 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
Known for
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
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.