Rawson Marshall Thurber
Rawson Marshall Thurber (born February 9, 1975) is an American film director, film producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for directing the films "", "We're the Millers", "Central Intelligence", "Red Notice" and "Skyscraper". Early life. Thurber was born in San Francisco, California. He is the son of attorney Marshall Thurber. He was a 1997 graduate of Union College (Schenectady, New York), 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 Sudeikis 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. Thurber wrote and directed the 2018 action film "Skyscraper" from Legendary Pictures, reteaming with Dwayne Johnson and released by Universal. He next wrote and directed Legendary's $150 million budget action comedy "Red Notice" (2021), starring Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, and Johnson. It is the third time he has collaborated with the latter. The project was released by Netflix. In 2021, Ubisoft announced Thurber would direct the film adaptation of its game series, "The Division", starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain. The film will be released on  Netflix. In 2022, entertainment company eOne announced that Thurber will be writing and producing pilot for upcoming TV series "Dungeons & Dragons". He also signed on to direct a live-action film based on the "Voltron" franchise.