- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- August 20, 1958
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
David O. Russell
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 receive…
Filmography
Madden
2026 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieSEGAL
2025 · Self
movieAmsterdam
2022 · Writer, Director, Producer
movieHal
2019 · Self
movieWhat She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019 · Self
moviePast Forward
2016 · Director, Writer
movieJoy
2015 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Story
tvClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
movieAccidental Love
2015 · Director
movieThe Making of American Hustle
2014 · Self
movieAmerican Hustle
2013 · Writer, Director
movieSilver Linings Playbook
2012 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Fighter
2010 · Director
movieWhere the Wild Things Are
2009 · Thanks
movieStudents of 'The Graduate'
2007 · Himself
movieStudents of 'The Graduate'
2007 · Self
movieWake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004 · Executive Producer
movieI ♥ Huckabees
2004 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieAnchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004 · Executive Producer
Soldiers Pay
2004 · Director, Producer, Camera Operator
movieAdaptation.
2002 · Orlean Dinner Guest
movieThe Slaughter Rule
2002 · Producer
movieDivine Trash
2000 · Self
movieThree Kings
1999 · Director, Screenplay
movieFlirting with Disaster
1996 · Writer, Director
movieSpanking the Monkey
1994 · Director, Writer, Executive Producer
movieHairway to the Stars
1989 · Director, Writer, Producer
Bingo Inferno: A Parody on American Obsessions
1987 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieStevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble: Live at the El Mocambo
1983 · Camera Operator
Sammy's Hill
— · Adaptation
Untitled Linda Ronstadt Biopic
— · Director
Super Toys
— · Writer, Director
Not Fade Away
— · Producer
Shutout
— · Director, Producer