Frank Wilton Marshall (born September 13, 1946 in Glendale, California, USA ) is a four-time Academy Award-nominated American movie producer and director, often working in collaboration with his wife, Kathleen Kennedy. With Kennedy and Steven Spielberg, he founded Amblin Entertainment. He is also a partner with Kennedy in The Kennedy/Marshall Company, a film production company formed in 1991, which presently has a contract with Universal Pictures. He is one of the producers for the film The Last Airbender.
Marshall was born in Glendale to composer, Jack Marshall. The first few years of his life was spent in Van Nuys, California before moving to Newport Beach, where he attended Newport Harbor High School.
Being a very athletic person, Marshall is also a former VP, member of the Board of Directors and member of the Executive Committee of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). Marshall was awarded the Olympic Shield in 2005, and inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame class of 2008 for his years of service to the USOC.
He married Kathleen Kennedy in 1987 and has had two children with her.
Marshall has produced many films during his career, inclduing Hook, Eight Below, The Bourne Trilogy, and The Last Airbender. For a full list, see here.
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