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David O. Russell
New York City, New York, USA
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…
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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.
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2026
Madden
Movie Director
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2025
SEGAL
Movie Self
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2022
Amsterdam
Movie Writer
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2019
Hal
Movie Self
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2019
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Movie Self
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2016
Past Forward
Movie Director
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2015
Joy
Movie Director
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2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV show Self
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2015
Accidental Love
Movie Director
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2014
The Making of American Hustle
Movie Self
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2013
American Hustle
Movie Writer
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2012
Silver Linings Playbook
Movie Director
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2010
The Fighter
Movie Director
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2009
Where the Wild Things Are
Movie Thanks
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2007
Students of 'The Graduate'
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2007
Students of 'The Graduate'
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2004
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Movie Executive Producer
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2004
I ♥ Huckabees
Movie Director
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2004
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Movie Executive Producer
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2004
Soldiers Pay
Movie Director
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2002
Adaptation.
Movie Orlean Dinner Guest
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2002
The Slaughter Rule
Movie Producer
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2000
Divine Trash
Movie Self
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1999
Three Kings
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1996
Flirting with Disaster
Movie Writer
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1994
Spanking the Monkey
Movie Director
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1989
Hairway to the Stars
Movie Director
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1987
Bingo Inferno: A Parody on American Obsessions
Movie Director
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1983
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble: Live at the El Mocambo
Movie Camera Operator
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Shutout
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Not Fade Away
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Super Toys
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Untitled Linda Ronstadt Biopic
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Sammy's Hill
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