Born in Los Angeles, CA; son of composer Jack Marshall (1921-1973). Producer and sometiimes director who entered American film as an assistant to director Peter Bogdanovich for TARGETS (1968). He moved into producing first as a line producer for Orson Welles' THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND (1972), then as an associate producer for Bogdanovich's next 4 films PAPER MOON (1973), DAISY MILLER (1974), AT LONG LAST LOVE (1975) and NICKELODEON (1976, producer). After working with Martin Scorsese on THE LAST WALTZ as a line producer and serving as executive producer for Walter Hill's THE WARRIORS (1979), Marshall began his association with Steven Spielberg, producing RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981, also 2nd unit director) and its sequels: INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984, exec. producer & 2nd unit director) and INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989, exec. producer) and INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OFTHE CRYSTAL SKULL (2008). Other notable (non-nominated) credits include POLTERGEIST (1982), TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE (1983, exec. producer), THE GOONIES, YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES and BACK TO THE FUTURE (also 2nd unit director) (all 1985, all exec. producer), THE MONEY PIT and AN AMERICAN TAIL (both 1986), EMPIRE OF THE SUN (1987, also 2nd unit director), WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (1988, also 2nd unit director), DAD and BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II (both 1989, both exec. producer), JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO, BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III, GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH, ARACHNOPHOBIA (also director) and ROLLER COASTER RABBIT (all 1990, all exec. producer), CAPE FEAR (exec. producer) and HOOK (both 1991), NOISES OFF (1992, also 2nd unit director), CONGO (1995, exec. producer & director), THE INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD (also 1995), SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS (also 2nd unit director) and A MAP OF THE WORLD (both 1999), THE BOURNE IDENTITY (2002, exec. producer), SIGNS (also 2002), THE YOUNG BLACK STALLION and SEABISCUIT (both 2003), THE BOURNE SUPREMACY and MR. 3000 (both 2004), ROVING MARS, EIGHT BELOW (also director) and HOOT (all 2006), CROSSING OVER (2007), THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON, JURASSIC PARK IV and "The Talisman" (TV mini-series) (all scheduled for 2008), and EMMA'S WAR and an untitled Lance Armstrong project (also director) (both scheduled for 2009). Marshall's other directing credits include ALIVE (1993) and Part 6 of the 1998 TV mini-series "From the Earth to the Moon." He married his producing partner Kathleen Kennedy in 1987. They have two children.

Nominated for Best Picture 1981: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK - Producer at Lucasfilm  Nominated for Best Picture 1985: THE COLOR PURPLE - Producer at Warner Bros. (w. Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy & Quincy Jones)  Nominated for Best Picture 1999: THE SIXTH SENSE - Producer at Hollywood Pictures/Spyglass (w. Kathleen Kennedy & Barry Mendel)  Nominated for Best Picture 2003: SEABISCUIT - Producer at Universal, DreamWorks/Spyglass (w. Kathleen Kennedy & Gary Ross) 4 nominations