Known For
Directing
Born
Aug 20, 1958
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
34 titles
David O. Russell
Biography
David Owen Russell (born August 20, 1958) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He has earned numerous accolades including two British Academy Film Awards, and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for five Academy Awards. Russell started his career directing the dark comedy films Spanking the Monkey (1994), Flirting with Disaster (1996), Three Kings (1999), and I Heart Huckabees (2004). He gained critical success with the biographical sports drama The Fighter (2010), the romantic comedy-drama Silver Linings Playbook (2012), and the dark comedy crime film American Hustle (2013). The three films were commercially successful and acclaimed by critics, earning him three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, as well as a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination for Silver Linings Playbook and a Best Original Screenplay nomination for American Hustle. Russell received his seventh Golden Globe nomination for the semi-biographical comedy-drama Joy (2015). He also directed the comedic mystery thriller Amsterdam (2022). Across his career, Russell has been widely noted for combative and abusive behavior towards crew members and actors in his films, including documented incidents with George Clooney, Lily Tomlin, Amy Adams, Christopher Nolan, and Christian Bale. Description above from the Wikipedia article David O. Russell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Madden
Director
SEGAL
Self
Amsterdam
Writer
Hal
Self
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Self
Past Forward
Director
Joy
Director
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Accidental Love
Director
The Making of American Hustle
Self
American Hustle
Writer
Silver Linings Playbook
Director
The Fighter
Director
Where the Wild Things Are
Thanks
Students of 'The Graduate'
Himself
Students of 'The Graduate'
Self
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Executive Producer
I ♥ Huckabees
Director
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Executive Producer
Soldiers Pay
Director
Adaptation.
Orlean Dinner Guest
The Slaughter Rule
Producer
Divine Trash
Self
Three Kings
Director
Flirting with Disaster
Writer
Spanking the Monkey
Director
Hairway to the Stars
Director
Bingo Inferno: A Parody on American Obsessions
Director
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble: Live at the El Mocambo
Camera Operator
Untitled Linda Ronstadt Biopic
Director
Shutout
Director
Super Toys
Writer
Not Fade Away
Producer
Sammy's Hill
Adaptation