David O. Russell

Director

1958-08-20 · 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).

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.

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• El lado bueno de las cosas (2012) — Director, Screenplay
• La gran estafa americana (2013) — Director, Writer
• The Fighter (2010) — Director
• El reportero: La leyenda de Ron Burgundy (2004) — Executive Producer
• Joy (2015) — Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer
• Adaptation. El ladrón de orquídeas (2002) — Orlean Dinner Guest
• Tres reyes (1999) — Director, Screenplay
• Donde viven los monstruos (2009) — Thanks
• Ámsterdam (2022) — Writer, Director, Producer
• Extrañas coincidencias (2004) — Director, Producer, Writer
• Un accidente llamado amor (2015) — Director
• Flirteando con el desastre (1996) — Director, Writer
• Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (2004) — Executive Producer
• Spanking the Monkey (1994) — Director, Writer, Executive Producer
• Tiro de gracia (2002) — Producer
• Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble: Live at the El Mocambo (1983) — Camera Operator
• Hairway to the Stars (1989) — Director, Writer, Producer
• Madden (2026) — Director, Writer, Producer
• Past Forward (2016) — Director, Writer