Rodney Rothman is an American filmmaker and author. He is known for his work on ''
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'' (2019) (which served as his feature directorial debut), ''
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping'' (2016), ''
22 Jump Street
''22 Jump Street'' is a 2014 American adult buddy cop action comedy film directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, written by Jonah Hill, Michael Bacall, Oren Uziel and Rodney Rothman and produced by and starring Hill and Channing T ...
'' (2014), ''
Forgetting Sarah Marshall'' (2008), and ''
Get Him to the Greek'' (2010), as well as being part of the writing staff of the shows ''
Undeclared'' and ''
Late Show with David Letterman''. He has been nominated for five
Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series.
Rothman is the author of the best-selling nonfiction humor book ''Early Bird: A Memoir of Premature Retirement''. His writing has also appeared in ''
The New Yorker
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'', ''
GQ'', ''
The New York Times
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'', ''
The New York Times Magazine'', and ''
McSweeney's Quarterly''. His piece "My Fake Job" was included in ''
The Best American Nonrequired Reading''.
His work on ''Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'' earned him the
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, the
Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film
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and
Annie Awards for
Directing and
Writing in a Feature Production.
Career
In 2005, Rothman wrote the book ''Early Bird: A Memoir of Premature Retirement''. He has been nominated for five
Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series, and also wrote the scripts for ''
Grudge Match'', ''
22 Jump Street
''22 Jump Street'' is a 2014 American adult buddy cop action comedy film directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, written by Jonah Hill, Michael Bacall, Oren Uziel and Rodney Rothman and produced by and starring Hill and Channing T ...
'' and ''
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'', which served as his feature directorial debut. He co-directed the film with
Bob Persichetti and
Peter Ramsey, and co-wrote with
Phil Lord. His work on the film earned him the
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, the
Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film
The Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film is a Golden Globe Award category that was awarded for the first time at the 64th Golden Globe Awards in 2007. It was the first time that the Golden Globe Awards had created a separate categor ...
and
Annie Awards for
Directing and
Writing in a Feature Production.
In 2021, Rothman partnered with former
MGM
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Co-President of Production Adam Rosenberg to form ''Modern Magic'', a media company focused "on creating event entertainment for the 21st-century audience, across animation and live-action". Upcoming projects include collaborations with
Stephen Curry
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,
Billie Eilish
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,
Finneas O'Connell,
Neal Stephenson
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Stephenson's work explores mathemati ...
,
Ricky Williams,
Junji Ito, an original animated feature inspired by the music of the late rapper
Juice WRLD, an animated feature based on the SXSW award-winning short film ''Nuevo Rico'', another animated series with hour-long episodes based on Wendy and Richard Pini’s influential comic series
Elfquest
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, and a live-action feature that
Quinta Brunson is currently scripting for
Sony Pictures.
In August 2022, Rothman revealed on Twitter that he was the person who
Chris Farley picked up and threw into a dumpster during Farley's appearance on ''
Late Show with David Letterman'' in February 1996. Rothman was a writer at the ''Late Show'' at the time.
Filmography
Television
Film
Executive producer
* ''
Forgetting Sarah Marshall'' (2008)
* ''
Year One'' (2009)
* ''
The Five-Year Engagement'' (2012)
* ''
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'' (2023)
* ''
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse'' (2027)
Producer
* ''
Get Him to the Greek'' (2010)
* ''
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping'' (2016)
* ''
Goat
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'' (2026)
References
External links
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21st-century American Jews
American animated film directors
American animated film producers
American film producers
American male screenwriters
American male television writers
American television writers
Animation screenwriters
Annie Award winners
Directors of Best Animated Feature Academy Award winners
Hugo Award–winning writers
Jewish American screenwriters
Living people
Middlebury College alumni
Nebula Award winners
Sony Pictures Animation people
Year of birth missing (living people)