Background
Marshall was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Anne and Robert D. Marshall, a professor
choreographer director film producer
Marshall was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Anne and Robert D. Marshall, a professor
He graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in 1978 and was inducted into their alumni hall of fame in 2012. He attended Carnegie Mellon University and worked in the Pittsburgh theatre scene, performing with such companies as Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.
He was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Marshall went on to perform as a dancer in various Broadway shows, but suffered a herniated disc while performing in Cats and after recovering, transitioned into choreography and then directing. He debuted in the film industry with the Emmy Award-winning television adaptation of the musical Annie by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin.
His next feature film was the drama Memoirs of a Geisha based on the best-selling book of the same name by Arthur Golden starring Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh and Ken Watanabe.
Marshall then went on to direct Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the fourth chapter of Disney"s Pirates of the Caribbean film series starring Johnny Depp, Ian McShane, Penélope Cruz and Geoffrey Rush, which opened on May 20, 2011. Marshall directed Disney"s film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim"s Into the Woods (2014).