Rodney Rothman

Rodney Rothman
Born	(1974-01-01) January 1, 1974
Birth place	United States
Occupation	Television writer, producer, author, screenwriter, film director

Rodney Rothman (born January 1, 1974) is an American writer, producer, and film director.

In 2005, Rothman wrote the book Early Bird: A Memoir of Premature Retirement. He has been nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series, and also wrote the scripts for Grudge Match, 22 Jump Street and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which served as his feature directorial debut. He co-directed the film with Bob Persichetti and Peter Ramsey, and co-wrote with Phil Lord. His work on the film earned him the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film and Annie Awards for Directing and Writing in a Feature Production.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Writer	Producer	Notes
1995–2000	Late Show with David Letterman	Yes	Yes	Apprentice writer (1995–1996); Staff writer (1996–1998); Head writer (1998–2000); Producer (1999–2000)
2001–2002	Undeclared	Yes	supervising
2004	Game Over	No	consultant
	$5.15/hr.	Yes	executive	TV pilot for HBO
2005	Early Bird	No	executive	Creator; TV pilot for NBC
	Committed	Yes	supervising
2006	Help Me Help You	Yes	executive
	The 78th Annual Academy Awards	Yes	No
TBA	The Promised Neverland	No	executive	Director

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
2013	Grudge Match	No	Yes	Co-writer, screenplay only (with Tim Kelleher)
2014	22 Jump Street	No	Yes	Co-writer, screenplay only (with Michael Bacall and Oren Uziel)
2018	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	Yes	Yes	Feature directorial debut Co-director (with Bob Persichetti and Peter Ramsey) Co-writer, screenplay only (with Phil Lord)

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External links

• Rodney Rothman at IMDb

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v - e - dAcademy Award for Best Animated Feature 2000s Shrek – Aron Warner (2001) • Spirited Away – Hayao Miyazaki (2002) • Finding Nemo – Andrew Stanton (2003) • The Incredibles – Brad Bird (2004) • Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – Nick Park and Steve Box (2005) • Happy Feet – George Miller (2006) • Ratatouille – Brad Bird (2007) • WALL-E – Andrew Stanton (2008) • Up – Pete Docter (2009) 2010s Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich (2010) • Rango – Gore Verbinski (2011) • Brave – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman (2012) • Frozen – Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and Peter Del Vecho (2013) • Big Hero 6 – Don Hall, Chris Williams, and Roy Conli (2014) • Inside Out – Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera (2015) • Zootopia – Byron Howard, Rich Moore, and Clark Spencer (2016) • Coco – Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson (2017) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (2018) • Toy Story 4 – Josh Cooley, Jonas Rivera, and Mark Nielsen (2019) 2020s Soul – Pete Docter and Dana Murray (2020) Template:Annie Award for Directing in a Feature Production Template:Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production Template:Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature Template:Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film Template:Nebula Award for Best Script/Bradbury Award

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