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David O. Russell is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Thanks American born on 20 august 1958 at New York City (USA)
David Owen Russell (born August 20, 1958) is a BAFTA Award winning American film director and screenwriter. His films include Spanking the Monkey (1994), Flirting with Disaster (1996), Three Kings (1999), I ♥ Huckabees (2004), The Fighter (2010), and Silver Linings Playbook (2012), which all feature ensemble casts.
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David Owen Russell (born August 20, 1958) is a BAFTA Award winning American film director and screenwriter. His films include Spanking the Monkey (1994), Flirting with Disaster (1996), Three Kings (1999), I ♥ Huckabees (2004), The Fighter (2010), and Silver Linings Playbook (2012), which all feature ensemble casts.
Biography
David O. Russell naît à Manhattan de Maria (née Muzio) et Bernard Russell. Son père fut directeur des ventes pour Simon & Schuster, tandis que sa mère y travaillait comme secrétaire. Son père venait d'une famille russe juive, tandis que sa mère était italo-américaine et catholique. Il a été élevé dans un foyer athée.Best films
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Flirting with Disaster (1996)
, 1h32Directed by David O. Russell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Road movies
Actors Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Téa Leoni, Mary Tyler Moore, George Segal, Alan Alda
Rating66%
Mel Coplin and his wife, Nancy, live in New York, near Mel's neurotic, Jewish, adoptive parents, Ed and Pearl Coplin. Mel and Nancy have just had their first child, and Mel won't decide on a name for their son until he can discover the identity of his biological parents. After an adoption agency employee locates his biological mother's name in a database, Mel decides to meet her personally.
Spanking the Monkey (1994)
, 1h40Directed by David O. Russell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality
Actors Jeremy Davies, Alberta Watson, Benjamin Hendrickson, Carla Gallo, Zak Orth
Rating62%
Susan Aibelli, a married, lonely woman, suffers a leg injury at home just as her husband is about to leave on his job as a travelling salesman and her son, Raymond, is about to leave for the summer on a medical internship. Raymond is then forced to stay at home to take care of her as his father cannot. He loses both the internship and his girlfriend. These troublesome events leave him emotionally confused as he and his mother are left alone together, and they develop an incestuous relationship.
Scriptwriter
, 1h48Directed by Burr Steers
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about families, Zombie films, Comedy horror films
Actors Lily James, Sam Riley, Jack Huston, Matthew Smith, Douglas Booth, Bella Heathcote
Rating58%
Jane Austen's classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England is faced with a new challenge—an army of undead zombies.
Joy (2015)
, 2h4Directed by David O. Russell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Children's films
Actors Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Isabella Cramp, Édgar Ramírez, Elisabeth Röhm
Roles Story
Rating65%
Aux États-Unis, dans le Massachusetts des années 1980, Joy est une jeune mère célibataire de deux enfants, qui cohabite dans une maison avec son ex-mari, chanteur, vivant au sous-sol, et sa mère qui passe ses journées devant la télévision. Son père Rudy, responsable d’un garage, revient un beau jour après une rupture et doit partager le sous-sol avec son ex-gendre qu’il n’apprécie guère. En recherchant une nouvelle conquête, Rudy rencontre rapidement Trudy, veuve fortunée.
American Hustle (2013)
, 2h18Directed by David O. Russell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Films about sexuality, Musical films, Political films, Heist films, Gangster films
Actors Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Lee Renner, Robert De Niro
Roles Writer
Rating71%
The opening screen says: "Some of this actually happened." In 1978, con artists Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale) and Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) have started a relationship and are working together. Sydney has improved Rosenfeld's scams, posing as English aristocrat "Lady Edith Greensly". Irving loves Sydney, though is hesitant to leave his unstable and histrionic wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence), fearing he will lose contact with her son Danny, whom Irving has adopted. Rosalyn has also threatened to report Irving to the police if he leaves her.
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
, 2h2Directed by David O. Russell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Christmas films, Films about sexuality, Sports films, American football films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Anupam Kher
Rating76%
After eight months of treatment for bipolar disorder, Pat Solitano is released from a mental health facility in Baltimore, and returns to Lansdowne, Pennsylvania into the care of his father Patrizio and mother Dolores. Pat soon learns that his estranged wife, Nikki, has moved away, and that his father is out of work and resorting to illegal bookmaking to earn money with the hopes of opening a restaurant. Pat is determined to get his life back on track and reconcile with Nikki, who obtained a restraining order against him after a violent episode sent him away.
Soldiers Pay (2004)
, 35minutesDirected by David O. Russell
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films
Rating66%
I ♥ Huckabees (2004)
, 1h46Directed by David O. Russell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Environmental films, Children's films
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Huppert, Jude Law, Jason Schwartzman, Lily Tomlin, Mark Wahlberg
Rating64%
Albert Markovski (Jason Schwartzman) is a young man who heads the local chapter of an environmental group, the "Open Spaces Coalition". One of their current projects is an attempt to stop the building of a new Huckabees store, a chain of "big-box" department stores. Albert is a rival of Brad Stand (Jude Law), a shallow power executive at Huckabees. Brad infiltrates Open Spaces and charismatically displaces Albert as the leader. Dawn Campbell (Naomi Watts) is Brad's live-in girlfriend and the face and voice of Huckabees; she appears in all of the store's commercials.
Three Kings (1999)
, 1h54Directed by David O. Russell
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Saïd Taghmaoui, Spike Jonze, Cliff Curtis
Rating70%
The film opens with an Iraqi Army soldier trying to surrender as U.S. troops mop up loose ends, following the end of the Gulf War. U.S. Army Reserve Sergeant First Class Troy Barlow (Mark Wahlberg) shoots him in the confusion over how to handle stray soldiers, earning him the admiration of his bumbling comrades, Private First Class Conrad Vig (Spike Jonze) and Specialist Walter Wogeman (Jamie Kennedy). Boisterous celebrations continue into the night, until Staff Sergeant Chief Elgin (Ice Cube) breaks up the party.
Flirting with Disaster (1996)
, 1h32Directed by David O. Russell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Road movies
Actors Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Téa Leoni, Mary Tyler Moore, George Segal, Alan Alda
Roles Writer
Rating66%
Mel Coplin and his wife, Nancy, live in New York, near Mel's neurotic, Jewish, adoptive parents, Ed and Pearl Coplin. Mel and Nancy have just had their first child, and Mel won't decide on a name for their son until he can discover the identity of his biological parents. After an adoption agency employee locates his biological mother's name in a database, Mel decides to meet her personally.
Spanking the Monkey (1994)
, 1h40Directed by David O. Russell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality
Actors Jeremy Davies, Alberta Watson, Benjamin Hendrickson, Carla Gallo, Zak Orth
Roles Writer
Rating62%
Susan Aibelli, a married, lonely woman, suffers a leg injury at home just as her husband is about to leave on his job as a travelling salesman and her son, Raymond, is about to leave for the summer on a medical internship. Raymond is then forced to stay at home to take care of her as his father cannot. He loses both the internship and his girlfriend. These troublesome events leave him emotionally confused as he and his mother are left alone together, and they develop an incestuous relationship.
Producer
Joy (2015)
, 2h4Directed by David O. Russell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Children's films
Actors Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Isabella Cramp, Édgar Ramírez, Elisabeth Röhm
Roles Producer
Rating65%
Aux États-Unis, dans le Massachusetts des années 1980, Joy est une jeune mère célibataire de deux enfants, qui cohabite dans une maison avec son ex-mari, chanteur, vivant au sous-sol, et sa mère qui passe ses journées devant la télévision. Son père Rudy, responsable d’un garage, revient un beau jour après une rupture et doit partager le sous-sol avec son ex-gendre qu’il n’apprécie guère. En recherchant une nouvelle conquête, Rudy rencontre rapidement Trudy, veuve fortunée.
Soldiers Pay (2004)
, 35minutesDirected by David O. Russell
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films
Roles Producer
Rating66%
, 1h33Directed by Adam McKay
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about television
Actors Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Fred Willard
Roles Executive Producer
Rating60%
The film "follows the KVWN Channel 4 News Team as they investigate the extremist bank-robbing organization The Alarm Clock."
I ♥ Huckabees (2004)
, 1h46Directed by David O. Russell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Environmental films, Children's films
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Huppert, Jude Law, Jason Schwartzman, Lily Tomlin, Mark Wahlberg
Roles Producer
Rating64%
Albert Markovski (Jason Schwartzman) is a young man who heads the local chapter of an environmental group, the "Open Spaces Coalition". One of their current projects is an attempt to stop the building of a new Huckabees store, a chain of "big-box" department stores. Albert is a rival of Brad Stand (Jude Law), a shallow power executive at Huckabees. Brad infiltrates Open Spaces and charismatically displaces Albert as the leader. Dawn Campbell (Naomi Watts) is Brad's live-in girlfriend and the face and voice of Huckabees; she appears in all of the store's commercials.