Marc Webb Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison with a degree in English
• Recorded shows on tour with the band No Doubt for six months, which influenced his music video directing style
• Started out as a music video director who worked on Green Day's "21 Guns" and My Chemical Romance's "Teenagers․"
• Quote: "You want to give inner life to the character․ That's always a compass for how I shoot a scene, my work with the actors․ It's all about connecting the thought process of a character to the audience․"
• Quote: "[on "(500) Days of Summer"] "There's huge big love all around us, and it's deeply romantic ․․․ at the same time, there is love [with] consequences ․․․ that doesn't turn out the way that we hoped․ Love is more complicated than people give it credit for․""
• Best known as the director of "(500) Days of Summer" and the rebooted "The Amazing Spider-Man" franchise
• (500) Days of Summer was the only feature film he had directed before being offered the chance to direct "The Amazing Spider-Man․"