David O. Russell

Also Credited As:

David Owen Russell
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Biography

Bursting onto the filmmaking scene with an uncomfortable, but darkly comic examination of mother-son incest, David O. Russell quickly developed a reputation for being one of the most original and forward-looking directors working in Hollywood. The splash he made with "Spanking the Monkey" (1994) opened the doors wide for Russell, who became one of those rare talents to gain studio backing for highly-personal and risky films that typically …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer

Born

David Owen Russell on August 20, 1958 in New York City, New York, USA

LATEST CREDITS

Directors on Film: A Conversation About Preservation

Panelist

In Bad Taste: The John Waters Story

Interviewee

Adaptation

Orlean Dinner Guest

Silver Linings Playbook

Director

Nailed

Director

Flirting With Disaster

Director, Screenplay

The Ends of the Earth

Director

The Fighter

Director

I Heart Huckabees

Director, Producer

Three Kings

Director, Screenplay

Spanking the Monkey

Director, Executive Producer

Old St. Louis

Director, Screenplay

Under Cover

Director (has been mentioned)

Untitled (Columbia Pictures/David O. Russell Drama Project)

Director, Screenplay (rewrite)

Untitled (Tribeca Films/Buddy Cianci Project)

Director

Rex Mex

Producer

NFL: A Love Story

Producer

Anchorman

Executive Producer

Harold and the Purple Crayon

Screenplay (previous rewrite )