Frank Wilton Marshall (born September 13, 1946) is an American film producer and director. He often collaborates with his wife, film producer Kathleen Kennedy, with whom he founded the production company

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, along with

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. In 1991, he founded, with Kennedy, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, a film production company. Since May 2012, with Kennedy taking on the role of President of Lucasfilm, Marshall has been Kennedy/Marshall's sole principal. Marshall has worked with directors such as Spielberg, Paul Greengrass, Peter Bogdanovich, David Fincher, M. Night Shyamalan, and Robert Zemeckis. He has also directed the films ''

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'' (1990), '' Alive'' (1993), '' Congo'' (1995), '' Eight Below'' (2006), and the documentaries '' The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart'' (2020), '' Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story'' (2022) and ''The Beach Boys'' (2024). Marshall has produced various successful film franchises, including ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Bourne'' and '' Jurassic World'', and has received five nominations for the

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. His other accolades include the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, bestowed by the

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to "creative producers, whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production", the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures, a

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, a Sports Emmy Award, and a

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. Marshall is one of the few people to have received an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT), with one of the awards being non-competitive.

Early life and education

Born in

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, Marshall is the son of guitarist, conductor and composer Jack Marshall. His early years were spent in

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. In 1961, his family moved to Newport Beach, where he attended Newport Harbor High School, and was active in music, drama, cross country, and track. He entered

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in 1964 as an engineering major, and graduated in 1968 with a degree in

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. While at UCLA, he was initiated into Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, helped create its first NCAA soccer team, and played collegiate soccer there in 1966, 1967 and 1968.

Career

In 1966, he met film director Peter Bogdanovich at a birthday party for the daughter of director

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, a friend of his father. Marshall volunteered to work on Bogdanovich's first film, '' Targets'' (1968), which became his apprenticeship in film production, as he assumed various productions roles, even appearing in a bit part. Following graduation from UCLA, Marshall spent the next two years working in

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and Marina del Rey, as a waiter/guitar player at "The Randy Tar," a steak and lobster restaurant. While traveling through

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in March 1970, he received another call from Bogdanovich, offering him a position on '' The Last Picture Show'' (1971). Three days later he arrived in Archer City, Texas, doubling as location manager and actor in this seminal film. Under Bogdanovich's guidance, Marshall would work his way up from producer's assistant to associate producer on five more films. He branched out to work with

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as a line producer on the music documentary '' The Last Waltz'' (1978) and as an associate producer on director

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's gritty crime thriller, ''

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'' (1978). The following year, Marshall earned his first

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credit on Hill's cult classic street gang movie, '' The Warriors'' (1979) and first producer credit on George Lucas and

's '' Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (1981). He continued to collaborate with Bogdanovich, completing their tenth film together,

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' unfinished '' The Other Side of the Wind'' in 2018. In 1981, together with his future wife Kathleen Kennedy and

, he co-founded

, one of the industry's most productive and profitable production companies. As a producer, Marshall has received five

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nominations for Best Picture for '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' (2008), '' Seabiscuit'' (2003), '' The Sixth Sense'' (1999), '' The Color Purple'' (1985), and '' Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (1981). During the 1980s and 1990s, Marshall served on the advisory board of the National Student Film Institute. His feature film directing debut was the thriller ''

'' (1990), starring Jeff Daniels. In 1991, he and Kennedy created The Kennedy/Marshall Company and began producing their own films. Marshall directed the company's first film, '' Alive'' (1993), about a rugby team struggling to survive in the snow after their plane crashes in the Andes. Next, he directed '' Congo'' (1995), based on

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's novel, followed by '' Eight Below'' (2006), an adventure about loyalty and the bonds of friendship set in the extreme wilderness of

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. In 1998, he directed the episode "Mare Tranquilitatis", for the

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-winning

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miniseries ''

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''. As part of

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's '' 30 for 30'' series, Marshall directed a documentary about Olympian Johann Olav Koss entitled ''Right to Play'' (2012). (the name of Koss's humanitarian organisation). Marshall stated that the documentary, broadcast in 2012, sought to capture not only Koss' sporting career and the ideals behind his nonprofit organization, but also his "drive and how it has changed the world." From 1991 to 2012, The Kennedy/Marshall Company produced many films, including '' The Sixth Sense'', '' Signs'', '' Seabiscuit'', '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'', '' War Horse'', '' Lincoln'', '' Sully'', the ''Bourne'' series and the feature documentary '' The Armstrong Lie'' (2013). Since taking over as sole principal of the company, Marshall has broadened its slate beyond feature films to include television, documentaries and

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. Those include the summer blockbuster series '' Jurassic World'', Orson Welles's final film, '' The Other Side of the Wind'', and the Emmy Award-nominated documentaries '' Sinatra: All or Nothing at All'', '' Laurel Canyon'', and '' McCartney 3,2,1''. In 2020, he directed the Hélder Guimarães virtual magic shows ''The Present'' and ''The Future'' for the Geffen Stayhouse, both which had sold-out runs and '' The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart'', which was nominated for six Emmys. In 2022, he produced the Tony-award-winning musical '' A Strange Loop'' and co-directed the Grammy-winning documentary '' Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story''. His 2023 productions included ''

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'' and '' Good Night, Oscar'', starring Tony Winner Sean Hayes. In 2024, Marshall directed '' The Hope Theory'' at Geffen Playhouse with Helder Guimarães, ''

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'' documentary for Disney+ and produced '' Twisters'' for Universal Pictures.

Personal life

Marshall is a former VP, member of the board of directors and member of the Executive Committee of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC). He was awarded the Olympic Shield in 2005, and inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame class of 2008 for his years of service to the USOPC. Currently, he serves on the board of Athletes for Hope, as Board Co-Chair of The Archer School for Girls, the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television Executive Board, and the BAFTA North America Board. He is a recipient of the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement presented alongside Kathleen Kennedy by Awards Council member George Lucas, the UCLA Alumni Professional Achievement Award and the California Mentor Initiative's Leadership Award. In June 2004, Marshall gave the Commencement Address at the UCLA College of Letters and Science graduation ceremony in Pauley Pavilion. Marshall enjoys magic and music and has performed under the moniker of "Dr. Fantasy" or "DJ Master Frank". Marshall, a long distance runner, and American premiere miler Steve Scott founded the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series, which debuted in 1998 in

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as the largest first-time marathon in history.

Filmography

Director

Film Documentary films Television

Producer credits

Producer * '' Paper Moon'' (1973) * '' At Long Last Love'' (1975) * ''

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'' (1976) * '' Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (1981) * ''

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'' (1982) * '' The Color Purple'' (1985) * '' The Money Pit'' (1986) * '' Empire of the Sun'' (1987) * ''

Who Framed Roger Rabbit ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' is a 1988 American fantasy comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis from a screenplay written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. It is loosely based on the 1981 novel ''Who Censored Roger Rabbit?'' by Gary K. Wol ...

'' (1988) * '' Always'' (1989) * ''

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'' (1991) * '' Noises Off'' (1992) * '' Milk Money'' (1994) * ''

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'' (1995) * '' Olympic Glory'' (1998) * '' The Sixth Sense'' (1999) * '' Snow Falling on Cedars'' (1999) * '' A Map of the World'' (1999) * '' Signs'' (2002) * '' Seabiscuit'' (2003) * '' The Young Black Stallion'' (2003) * '' The Bourne Supremacy'' (2004) * '' Roving Mars'' (2006) * '' Hoot'' (2006) * '' The Bourne Ultimatum'' (2007) * '' Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' (2008) * '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' (2008) * '' Crossing Over'' (2009) * '' The Last Airbender'' (2010) * '' The Bourne Legacy'' (2012) * ''The Armstrong Lie'' (2013) * '' The Tale of the Princess Kaguya'' (2014) (U.S. dub) * '' Jurassic World'' (2015) * '' The BFG'' (2016) * '' Jason Bourne'' (2016) * '' Sully'' (2016) * ''

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'' (2016) * '' Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'' (2018) * '' The Other Side of the Wind'' (2018) * ''The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash'' (2019) * '' Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous'' (2020) * '' Diana'' (2021) * ''Mr. A & Mr. M: The Story of A&M Records'' (2021) * '' McCartney 3,2,1'' (2021) * '' Jurassic World Dominion'' (2022) * ''

'' (2023) * '' Jurassic World: Chaos Theory'' (2024) * '' Twisters'' (2024) * '' Music by John Williams'' (2024) * '' Jurassic World Rebirth'' (2025) Associate producer * '' Daisy Miller'' (1974) * ''

'' (1978) Line producer * '' The Last Waltz'' (1978) Executive producer * '' The Warriors'' (1979) * '' Twilight Zone: The Movie'' (1983) * ''

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'' (1984) * '' Gremlins'' (1984) * '' Young Sherlock Holmes'' (1985) * ''

'' (1985) * '' The Goonies'' (1985) * ''

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'' (1985) * '' An American Tail'' (1986) * '' Batteries Not Included'' (1987) * '' Back to the Future Part II'' (1989) * '' Dad'' (1989) * '' Tummy Trouble'' (1989) * ''

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'' (1989) * '' Gremlins 2: The New Batch'' (1990) * '' Back to the Future Part III'' (1990) * '' Roller Coaster Rabbit'' (1990) * '' Joe Versus the Volcano'' (1990) * '' An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'' (1991) * '' Cape Fear'' (1991) * '' A Brief History of Time'' (1991) (uncredited) * '' Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation'' (1992) (

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) * '' Were Back! A Dinosaurs Story'' (1993) * '' A Dangerous Woman'' (1993) * '' A Far Off Place'' (1993) * '' The Bourne Identity'' (2002) * '' Ponyo'' (2009) (U.S. dub production) * '' Hereafter'' (2010) * '' The Secret World of Arrietty'' (2012) (U.S. dub) * '' From Up on Poppy Hill'' (2013) (U.S. dub) * '' The Wind Rises'' (2014) (U.S. dub) * '' Boston: An American Running Story'' (2017) * '' The People's Fighters: Teofilo Stevens and the Legend of Cuban Boxing'' (2018) * '' The Nagano Tapes'' (2018) * '' The Golden Generation'' (2018) * '' Why We Hate'' (2019) * '' The Iron Hammer'' (2020) * '' Laurel Canyon'' (2020) * '' The Distance'' (2021) * '' Rulon Gardner Won't Die'' (2021) * '' A Brilliant Curling Story'' (2022) * '' The Redeem Team'' (2022) * '' SF Sounds'' (2023) Co-executive producer * '' Innerspace'' (1987) * '' The Land Before Time'' (1988)

Other credits

Location manager * '' The Last Picture Show '' (1971) * '' What's Up Doc?'' (1972) * '' The Thief Who Came to Dinner '' (1973) Production management * '' E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' (1982) * '' The Other Side of the Wind'' (2018) 2nd unit director * '' Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (1981) (Uncredited) * ''

'' (1984) (London unit) * ''

'' (1985) * '' The Color Purple'' (1985) (Kenya) * '' Empire of the Sun'' (1987) * ''

'' (1988) (UK unit) * ''

'' (1989) * '' Always'' (1989) (Montana unit) * '' Noises Off'' (1992) * '' Milk Money'' (1994) * '' Snow Falling on Cedars'' (1999) * '' Seabiscuit'' (2003) Acting roles

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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