David Owen Russell (born 20 August 1958) is an American film director and screenwriter. He directed and wrote Three Kings and the existential comedy I ♥ Huckabees. Earlier films include independent films Flirting with Disaster and Spanking the Monkey, which won him the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay.
Russell was born in Larchmont, New York to a Jewish father and an Italian American Catholic mother. He graduated from Amherst Co...
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David Owen Russell (born 20 August 1958) is an American film director and screenwriter. He directed and wrote Three Kings and the existential comedy I ♥ Huckabees. Earlier films include independent films Flirting with Disaster and Spanking the Monkey, which won him the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay.
Russell was born in Larchmont, New York to a Jewish father and an Italian American Catholic mother. He graduated from Amherst College in 1981, majoring in political science and English. He is good friends with film directors Alexander Payne and Spike Jonze and Rabbi John Linder. Jonze played the character Conrad Vig in Three Kings.
Russell's next film, Nailed, is a political comedy co-written by Kristen Gore which stars Jessica Biel, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tracy Morgan, Catherine Keener, Paul Reubens, Josh Brolin and Kirstie Alley. Production was delayed or shut down four times for reasons ranging from on-set conflict that resulted in James Caan quitting the film to...
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