Rawson Marshall Thurber


Rawson Marshall Thurber is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for directing the films , We're the Millers, Central Intelligence, and Skyscraper.

Early life

Thurber was born in San Francisco, California. He is the son of attorney and speaker Marshall Thurber.
He was a 1997 graduate of Union College, where he was a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity and played wide receiver on the football team for two years. He is also a graduate of the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC.

Career

Thurber worked as an assistant to screenwriter John August, beginning with the 2000 August-created television show D.C. In 2002, he wrote and directed the original ' commercials for Reebok.
In 2004, he wrote and directed the hit comedy film, '.
He wrote and directed the film adaptation of Michael Chabon's novel The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, released in 2008.
He directed the 2013 hit We're the Millers, starring Jason Sudekis and Jennifer Aniston. In June 2014 he was rumored to replace Edgar Wright to direct Marvel's Ant-Man, but later turned the job down.
He wrote and directed 2016's action-comedy Central Intelligence with Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart.
Most recently, Thurber wrote and directed the action film Skyscraper from Legendary Pictures, reteaming the director with Dwayne Johnson and was released by Universal on 13 July 2018. Thurber will next direct Universal/Legendary ' $150 million budget action comedy Red Notice for which he will also draft the screenplay, starring Johnson in the lead and Gal Gadot. It will be the third time the two have collaborated. Filming was originally scheduled to begin in 2019 with a potential release in 2020. However, the project moved to Netflix in July 2019, with an unspecified release date.
Thurber won an auction in 2017 to appear in Madden NFL 18.

Filmography

Acting credits