David O. Russell

Known for DirectingBorn 1958-08-20 (age 67)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 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). Throughout his career, Russell has garnered controversy for being combative and abusive towards crew members and actors in his films. Incidents involving George Clooney, Lily Tomlin, Amy Adams, Christopher Nolan, and Christian Bale have been documented. Description above from the Wikipedia article David O. Russell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Bingo Inferno: A Parody on American Obsessions

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble: Live at the El Mocambo

The Fighter

Adaptation.

Silver Linings Playbook

Divine Trash

American Hustle

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

Hairway to the Stars

Hal

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Joy

Three Kings

Where the Wild Things Are

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

I ♥ Huckabees

Amsterdam

Flirting with Disaster

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

Spanking the Monkey

The Slaughter Rule

Accidental Love

Soldiers Pay

Madden

SEGAL

Past Forward

The Making of American Hustle

Students of 'The Graduate'

Students of 'The Graduate'

Sammy's Hill

Untitled Linda Ronstadt Biopic

Super Toys

Not Fade Away

Shutout