Biography
Robert Doyle Marshall Jr. is an American film and theater director, producer, and choreographer. He is best known for directing the film version of the Broadway musical Chicago, which was based on the 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, Nine, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Into the Woods, Mary Poppins Returns, and The Little Mermaid.
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Awards & recognition
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series · 2007
- American Choreography Awards
- Directors Guild of America Award
- Helpmann Award — Best Choreography in a Musical
- Primetime Emmy Award
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- Academy Award — Best Director · 2003 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Direction of a Musical · 1998 · nominated
Filmography15 titles
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
Memoirs of a Geisha
Chicago
Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Cinderella
Mary Poppins Returns
Annie
The Little Mermaid
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic
Mrs. Santa Claus
Into the Woods
Nine