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David O. Russell

David O. Russell

Director · Born 1958-08-20 · New York City, New York, USA

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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 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 docume…

Directed

  1. Silver Linings Playbook (2012) — Director
  2. American Hustle (2013) — Director
  3. The Fighter (2010) — Director
  4. Joy (2015) — Director
  5. Three Kings (1999) — Director
  6. Amsterdam (2022) — Director
  7. I ♥ Huckabees (2004) — Director
  8. Accidental Love (2015) — Director
  9. Flirting with Disaster (1996) — Director
  10. Spanking the Monkey (1994) — Director
  11. Soldiers Pay (2004) — Director
  12. Hairway to the Stars (1989) — Director
  13. Bingo Inferno: A Parody on American Obsessions (1987) — Director
  14. Untitled Linda Ronstadt Biopic — Director
  15. Super Toys — Director
  16. Madden (2026) — Director
  17. Past Forward (2016) — Director
  18. Shutout — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Adaptation. (2002) — Orlean Dinner Guest
  2. Divine Trash (2000) — Self
  3. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) — Self
  4. What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2019) — Self
  5. Hal (2019) — Self
  6. Students of 'The Graduate' (2007) — Self
  7. SEGAL (2025) — Self
  8. The Making of American Hustle (2014) — Self
  9. Students of 'The Graduate' (2007) — Himself