Rawson Marshall Thurber

What strikes me about Rawson Marshall Thurber is the range he packs into one career. He broke out writing and directing Dodgeball, a goofy underdog comedy, then pivoted to glossy action vehicles. That tells me he's a filmmaker who chases the audience rather than a single genre, and I respect that flexibility even when the results are uneven. Born in San Francisco in 1975, he came up through the studio comedy world before scaling up to big-budget spectacle. I find that arc more interesting than a tidy auteur narrative; he reads to me like a working director who keeps betting on what plays in a crowded room.

Name (English)

Rawson Marshall Thurber

Name (Japanese)

ローソン・マーシャル・サーバー

Reading

ろーそん・まーしゃる・さーばー

Born

February 9, 1975 (age 51)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rabbit

Origin

San Francisco, California, United States

Occupation

film director / writer / screenwriter / actor / director

High school

Miramonte High School

University

Union College

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC

Tags

• California
• film director
• writer
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-02

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