David O. Russell

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1958-08-20 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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 succ...

Acting

2002

Adaptation.

as Orlean Dinner Guest

2019

Hal

as Self

2000

-

SEGAL

as Self

Production

2004

I ♥ Huckabees

as Director

1996

1999

Three Kings

as Director

1999

Three Kings

as Screenplay

2004

2004

1989

1989

2010

The Fighter

as Director

1994

1994

2012

2013

2013

American Hustle

as Director

2022

Amsterdam

as Writer

2015

Joy

as Director

2015

Joy

as Screenplay

2004

Soldiers Pay

as Director

2015

Accidental Love

as Director

-

Sammy's Hill

as Adaptation

1994

Spanking the Monkey

as Executive Producer

2015

Joy

as Producer

2015

Joy

as Story

2004

Soldiers Pay

as Producer

-

Super Toys

as Writer

-

Super Toys

as Director

-

Madden

as Director

2016

Past Forward

as Director

2016

Past Forward

as Writer

-

Madden

as Writer

-

Madden

as Producer

2004

I ♥ Huckabees

as Producer

-

Not Fade Away

as Producer

2022

Amsterdam

as Director

2022

Amsterdam

as Producer

2002

2004

2004

Soldiers Pay

as Camera Operator

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Shutout

as Director

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Shutout

as Producer

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