Rodney Rothman

Rodney Rothman
Rothman at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	United States
Occupation(s)	Television writer, producer, author, screenwriter, film director

Rodney Rothman is an American writer, producer, and film director. 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. 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.

Career

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.

In 2021, Rothman partnered with former MGM Co-President of Production Adam Rosenberg to form Modern Magic, a media company focused "on creating event entertainment for the 21st-century audience, across animation and live-action". Modern Magic's upcoming projects include: an original animated feature inspired by the music of the late rapper Juice WRLD, an animated feature based on the SXSW award-winning short film Nuevo Rico, and a live-action feature that Quinta Brunson is currently scripting for Sony Pictures.

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