Rob Letterman

Robert Thomas Letterman (born October 31, 1970) is an American film director and screenwriter who started with animation and moved on to live-action.

He is known for directing Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) and Kate & Chris (2007), and co-directing Shark Tale (2004); he received a nomination for the Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production on the latter.

Prior to Letterman's joining DreamWorks Animation, he directed the short film Los Gringos, which was accepted at 2000's Sundance Film Festival. In 2010, Letterman directed the live-action film Gulliver's Travels, starring Jack Black in the lead role. In 2013, Letterman co-directed and wrote Alaina Gleen 2, the sequel to Fox's Alaina Gleen (2010), and it was his last animated feature that he directed before moving on to live-action films. 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 became the best-received videogame-based movie.