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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), ''
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'' (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 ''
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'', '' GQ'', ''
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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
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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
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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
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, Finneas O'Connell,
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, 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
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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) * ''
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'' (2026)


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