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Rawson Marshall Thurber

ローソン・マーシャル・サーバー / ろーそん・まーしゃる・さーばー

American film director

February 9, 1975 (age 51) ・ San Francisco, California, United States

  • California
  • film director
  • writer
  • screenwriter

My Take

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.

Overview

Rawson Marshall Thurber (born February 9, 1975) is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for writing and directing the 2004 comedy film Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

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
Blood type
Private
Height
Private
Agency
Private
Occupation
film director / writer / screenwriter / actor / director

2. Background

Elementary school
Private
Junior high
Private
High school
Miramonte High School
University
Union College

3. Relationships

Spouse
Private
Children
Private
Parents
Private
Siblings
Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

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7. About this entry

Tags

  • California
  • film director
  • writer
  • screenwriter
Last updated
2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.