Rawson Marshall Thurber

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Rawson Marshall Thurber is a writer and director of comedy films and commercials.

In 2002, he wrote and directed the original Terry Tate: Office Linebacker commercials for Reebok. In 2004, he wrote and directed the hit comedy film, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. In January 2006, he signed on to write/direct a Magnum P.I. movie. He also adapted Michael Chabon's The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, which began filming in Pittsburgh in 2006.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Director Filmography 1.2 Writer Filmography 2 External links

[edit] Career

Rawson is a 1997 graduate of Union College (Schenectady, New York) where he was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity and played wide receiver on the football team for two years. His great grandfather was writer James Thurber.

He is a graduate of the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC.

[edit] Director Filmography

• The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2008)
• "The Loop" (episode "Trouble in the Saddle") (2006)
• Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
• Terry Tate: Office Linebacker (2002)
• The Band (1999)

[edit] Writer Filmography

• The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2007) (screenplay)
• Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) (screenplay)
• Terry Tate: Office Linebacker (2002) (screenplay)
• The Band (1999) (screenplay)

[edit] External links

• Official Rawson Thurber website
• Rawson Marshall Thurber at the Internet Movie Database
• Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story at the Internet Movie Database