Rob Letterman

Robert Thomas Letterman (born October 31, 1970) is an American film director and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut as co-director of the animated comedy film Shark Tale (2004), for which he received a nomination for the Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production. He then co-directed the animated science fiction comedy film Monsters vs. Aliens (2009).^[1][2]

Rob Letterman
Letterman at San Diego Comic-Con 2014
Born	Robert Thomas Letterman (1970-10-31) October 31, 1970 (age 54) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Southern California
Occupations	Film director screenwriter
Years active	1999–present
Children	2

Letterman has since transitioned into live-action filmmaking, directing the fantasy comedy film Gulliver's Travels (2010), the horror comedy film Goosebumps (2015), and the fantasy mystery film Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019).

Early life

Letterman was born in Hawaii and attended Mid-Pacific Institute and USC.^[3]

Career

Prior to joining DreamWorks Animation, Letterman directed the short film Los Gringos, which was accepted at 2000's Sundance Film Festival.^[4]

In 2002, Vicky Jenson and Eric "Bibo" Bergeron invited him as a screenwriter (then as co-director) in the making of Shark Tale. In 2010, Letterman directed the live-action film Gulliver's Travels, starring Jack Black in the lead role.^[5] He also directed the live-action/CGI film Pokémon Detective Pikachu, based on the Pokémon videogame franchise. The film was released on May 10, 2019, and grossed $433 million at the box office as well as attained the highest percentage of positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes for a film adaptation of a video game at the time.^[6]

In 2020, Netflix announced Letterman as director for an upcoming live-action animated film adaptation of Ubisoft's Beyond Good & Evil video game.^[7] Since then, no further updates have been given for the film since the announcement.

Personal life

Letterman is in a relationship with Beth Pontrelli and has two children, Jack and Eva.^[8][9]

Filmography

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes
1996	Shrek – I Feel Good	No	Yes	No	Animation test
1999	Los Gringos	Yes	No	Yes
2005	Club Oscar	Yes	No	No

Feature film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
2004	Shark Tale	Yes	Yes	Co-directed with Vicky Jenson and Bibo Bergeron
2009	Monsters vs. Aliens	Yes	Yes	Co-directed with Conrad Vernon
2010	Gulliver's Travels	Yes	No
2015	Goosebumps	Yes	No
2019	Detective Pikachu	Yes	Yes

Television

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Executive Producer	Creator	Notes
2023–present	Goosebumps	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Directed 4 episodes Written 4 episodes

Other credits

Year	Title	Role
1999	Lake Placid	Color and Lighting Supervisor: Digital Domain
2001	Shrek	Propellerhead: Los Angeles pre-production
2009	Monsters vs. Aliens	Also voiced Secret Service Man #1
2017	Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie	Executive producer