Frank Marshall (film producer)
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| Frank Marshall | |
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 Marshall receives an Inkpot Award at the 1982 San Diego Comic Con. Credit to Alan Light. |
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| Born | Frank Wilson Marshall September 13, 1946 Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | film producer and director |
| Spouse(s) | Kathleen Kennedy (1987-) |
Frank Wilson Marshall (born September 13, 1946) is a four-time Academy Award-nominated American movie producer and director, often working in collaboration with his wife, Kathleen Kennedy. With Kennedy and Steven Spielberg, he was one of the founders of Amblin Entertainment. He is a partner with Kennedy in The Kennedy/Marshall Company, a film production company formed in 1991, which presently has a contract with Universal Pictures.
Marshall was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of composer Jack Marshall. has worked on many of Hollywood's biggest films since 1973. Starting as location manager or associate producer on such films as The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon and What's Up, Doc?, he next worked on E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and received producing credits on Daisy Miller, the Indiana Jones trilogy, the Back to the Future trilogy, The Color Purple (Academy Award for Best Picture nominee), Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Empire of the Sun and Poltergeist. He made his directorial debut in 1990 with Arachnophobia. His films as producer include The Sixth Sense, Snow Falling on Cedars, and his upcoming Jurassic Park IV and Crossing Over. In an interview with MTV he says that he plans to get the Roger Rabbit sequel (or prequel) back in the works for theatrical release. Movies he has directed include Eight Below, Arachnophobia, Alive: The Miracle of the Andes, and Congo. Marshall is an alumnus of UCLA where he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. The track field at Drake Stadium (UCLA) is named in his honor.
Marshall and Kennedy were announced by Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki as the producers for the US version of Ghibli's next animated feature, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea. [1]
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