Frank Marshall
Biography
Frank Wilton Marshall (born September 13, 1946) is an American film producer and director. He often collaborates with his wife, film producer Kathleen Kennedy, with whom he founded the production company Amblin Entertainment, along with Steven Spielberg. In 1991, he founded, with Kennedy, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, a film production company. Since May 2012, with Kennedy taking on the role of President of Lucasfilm, Marshall has been Kennedy/Marshall's sole principal. Marshall has worked with directors such as Spielberg, Paul Greengrass, Peter Bogdanovich, David Fincher, M. Night Shyamalan, and Robert Zemeckis. He has also directed the films Arachnophobia (1990), Alive (1993), Congo (1995), Eight Below (2006), and the documentaries The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (2020), Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story (2022) and The Beach Boys (2024). Marshall has produced various successful film franchises, including Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Bourne, and Jurassic Park, and has received five Academy Award nominations for Best Picture. His other accolades include the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, bestowed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to "creative producers, whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production", the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures, a Grammy Award, a Sports Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. Marshall is one of the few people to have received an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT), with one of the awards being non-competitive. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank Marshall (filmmaker), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
The Oscars
1953
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022
The Last Picture Show
1971
Music by John Williams
2024
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
2023
Picture This
1991
Hoot
2006
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
2009
Epic Ride: The Story of Universal Theme Parks
2025
Filmography
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self · 2015
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
Raiders of the Lost Ark
as Pilot · 1981
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
as Tourist at Airport (uncredited) · 1984
LIGHT & MAGIC
as Self - Producer · 2022
The Last Picture Show
as Tommy Logan · 1971
Music by John Williams
as Self - Filmmaker · 2024
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
as Self · 2023
Picture This
as Self · 1991
Hoot
as Golfer #2 · 2006
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
as Self · 2009
Epic Ride: The Story of Universal Theme Parks
as Himself · 2025
The Other Side of the Wind
as Documentary Filmmaker · 2018
Nickelodeon
as Dinsdale's Assistant · 1976
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker · 2014
Targets
as Ticket Boy · 1968
Indiana Jones 4: The Return of a Legend
as Self · 2008
Citizen Steve
as Mover · 1987
Growing Up Wild
as Self · 2016
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self · 2018
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
as Self · 2025
Looking Back to the Future
as Self (archive footage) · 2009
Monster Maker
as Self
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
as self · 2003
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
as Self · 2002
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
as Self · 2023
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
as Self · 1981
From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
as Self · 2014
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
as Self · 1999
Tales from the Future
as Self · 2010
The Making of 'Seabiscuit'
as Self · 2004
Hustlers, Hoaxsters, Pranksters, Jokesters and Ricky Jay
· 1996
'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend
as Self · 2003
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
as Self · 2014
The Making of Poltergeist
as Self · 1982
Alive: 20 Years Later
as Self - Director · 1993
Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit
as Self · 2003
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
as Self · 1984
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
as Self – Producer · 1988
A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making
as Self - Producer · 2018
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
as Self · 2014
The Making of 'The Color Purple'
as Self · 2003
The Next Picture Show
as Self · 2003
Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'
as Self · 2008
The Making of Jurassic World VelociCoaster
as Himself · 2021
Fallen Kingdom: Malcolm's Return
as Self · 2018
Untold Stories of Back to the Future
as Self · 2025
They Are Here: The Real World of the Poltergeists
as Self · 2007
The Sixth Sense: Rules and Clues
as Self · 2000
Making 'Signs'
as Self - Producer · 2003
Searching for Orson
as Self · 2006