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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
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- 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.