Biography
Marshall Rimmer is a former employee of Rooster Teeth Productions who worked as an editor, writer, director, and actor for the company. Presently, he is a creative video professional specializing in crafting television commercials and branded entertainment for the digital space. He has created commercial content for clients such as Adidas, Disney, Microsoft, Nestle, Starbucks, State Farm, and Yamaha. Technology news site Wired called one of his projects, "the most brilliant satirical short in a long time," while IGN praised another as "a great way to spend two minutes of your day." He has work closely with much of YouTube's top talent including Rooster Teeth (8M subscribers), Markiplier (9M subscribers), Vevo (10M subscribers), and Smosh (21M subscribers). He is presently a Senior Producer at The Forge Collective in the Entertainment Industry in Los Angeles, California in the Entertainment Industry. He studied and graduated at The University of Texas at Austin. Some of his previous jobs include working at University of Chicago, Marshall Rimmer Productions, and Rooster Teeth Productions. Additionally, his short films have played at such Academy-Award Qualifying film festivals as the Los Angeles Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Palm Springs International ShortFest, Austin Film Festival, as well as many other film festivals around the world. His work has been nominated for multiple Webby awards and has amassed over 34 million views online.
Marshall Rimmer was born and raised in the United States of America. His Film music credits include Thick As Thieves. His movies include Thick As Thieves, The Exquisite Corpse Project, Foolproof, When I Grow Up.
For his Education, Marshall studied and graduated from The University of Texas at Austin where he took the following 8 Courses: Creativity and American Culture, Media Studies, Development of Motion Picture, Narrative Strategies, Image and Sound, Advanced Writing for Feature Film, Advanced Producing for Film and Television and Advanced Narrative: Digital Production. While at the Red McCombs School of Business, a a business school at The University of Texas at Austin, he also took the following 12 Courses: Business Finance, Fundamentals of Financial Accounting, Fundamentals of Managerial Accounting, Information and Analysis, Business Communication: Oral and Written, Principles of Marketing, Business Law, Organizational Behavior, Professional Communication Skills, Information Technology in Business, Professional Selling and Sales Management and Global Marketing. In one of his Test Scores, (his SAT test, in The SAT is a standardized test widely used for college admissions in the United States) he aced it with a Score of 1510/1600 in May 2004. At The University of Texas at Austin where he studied from 2006 until graduating in 2009. He created short films that screened there such as Rice Film Showcase, Saddle Up! NYC, and Hollywood Showcase. Additionally, his TSTV show was nominated for multiple College Broadcasters, Inc. National Student Production Awards, the SXSW Greenlight Awards, and an Audience Choice Award by the International Academy of Web Television. At The University of Texas at Austin - Red McCombs School of Business, he earned BBA and Marketing from 2005 until graduating in 2009.
Beginning his career, he worked as a Part-Time Assistant Video Editor at Straight Shooter Productions for 4 years and 6 months from March 2001 until August 2005 in Colleyville, TX. Getting his first taste of the video and film making industry, he edited projects for various broadcast companies and industrial organizations.
Next, he worked as a Videographer at Incomparable Camp Ozark, a company based in Mt. Ida, AR. Incredible, he worked there for only 3 months from May 2007 until July 2007. There, he shot and edited weekly ten minute session videos and instructed classes both on basic and advanced video techniques.
Then, he worked as a Marketing Intern at dreamFLY Productions for another 3 months from June 2008 until August 2008. At a talent management and production company, he made outside sales calls to national advertising agencies. Furthermore, he developed business proposals, formulated operating budgets, scheduled freelancers, and oversaw deliverables. After this, he also worked as a Video Production/Communications Specialist at Lark The Beard Productions for almost 3 full years from October 2007 until September 2010. There, he shot and edited videos that raised awareness of Cerebral Palsy via being featured on G4TV, Yahoo! News, The New York Times, CNN, and Good Morning America, he wrote and produced a ten-episode serial web-series that earned an Audience Choice Award nomination from the International Academy of Web Television, managed a database of freelance talent, videographers, and equipment rentals, created and maintained social media channels to promote content releases, planned and marketed a television finale screening event with cast appearance and managed a team of creative professionals, producing video content that has garnered over 2,000,000 hits and 19,000 subscribers on YouTube.
Later, he worked as a Content Producer at Rooster Teeth Productions, a media company based in Austin, TX. He worked there for one year and 8 months from October 2010 from May 2012. There, he wrote, directed, edited, and produced dozens of videos which aggregated over 30 million views online and garnered attention from TIME, WIRED, and CBS News, developed a recurring video series that, within the first day, routed over 20,000 unique viewers to the official website and sparked over 9,000 comments, led a cross-functional team of creative professionals in weekly video production drafted and negotiated both schedules and budgets for the complete scope of video production, ranging anywhere from $20,000 to $200,000 recorded ADR and VO utilizing a professional sound booth and mixer created YouTube header, icons, and thumbnails. He has made appearances in RT Shorts, Past Cast, and Achievement HORSE. He also provided the voice for Fido in Rooster Teeth's mini series, Nature Town, as well as had a minor voice role in Red vs. Blue. Marshall left Rooster Teeth in May 2012 in order to pursue other film making and acting projects. Marshall also left Rooster Teeth to work on a new comedy project called "The Exquisite Corpse Project" which was finished and realized on the 23rd of April 2012 and therefore, he also continued to peruse writing and producing comedies.
Ever since January 2013, he presently works as a Writer, Director, and Producer at The Force Collective, based in Los Angeles, California. He resides in LA.
