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Jay Russell is a Director, Writer and Producer American born on 10 january 1960 at North Little Rock (USA)
Jay Russell (born January 10, 1960 in North Little Rock, Arkansas), is a film director and also executive producer and director of the film My Dog Skip.
His other directing credits include Tuck Everlasting, Ladder 49 and The Water Horse. He has also written and directed End of the Line.
Russell graduated from Columbia University in 1984 with a MFA in screenwriting and directing, having studied with producer Michael Hausman and director Miloš Forman. His first film, End of the Line (1987), was a Sundance Institute project and was released by Orion Classics. He has since written projects for Imagine Entertainment and TriStar Pictures and has directed numerous documentaries for PBS, Discovery Channel, Learning Channel, CBS, Fox, USA Network and NBC.
He has also worked on film projects such as Duncan, Whole Lotta Sole and Wake the Dead.
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His other directing credits include Tuck Everlasting, Ladder 49 and The Water Horse. He has also written and directed End of the Line.
Russell graduated from Columbia University in 1984 with a MFA in screenwriting and directing, having studied with producer Michael Hausman and director Miloš Forman. His first film, End of the Line (1987), was a Sundance Institute project and was released by Orion Classics. He has since written projects for Imagine Entertainment and TriStar Pictures and has directed numerous documentaries for PBS, Discovery Channel, Learning Channel, CBS, Fox, USA Network and NBC.
He has also worked on film projects such as Duncan, Whole Lotta Sole and Wake the Dead.
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The Water Horse (2007)
, 1h51Directed by Jay Russell
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Films about magic and magicians, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques, Films about dragons, Children's films
Actors Emily Watson, Alex Etel, David Morrissey, Craig Hall, Ben Chaplin, Brian Cox
Rating64%
In present-day Scotland, an American tourist couple go into a bar where they meet an old man who tells them a story about the Loch Ness Monster.
Ladder 49 (2004)
, 1h55Directed by Jay Russell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement, Disaster films
Actors Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta, Jacinda Barrett, Morris Chestnut, Robert Patrick, Billy Burke
Rating64%
The film opens with Baltimore firefighter Jack Morrison (Joaquin Phoenix) saving a man's life in a massive four-alarm fire in a 20-story concrete grain elevator/warehouse in the Canton waterfront neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland; however the grain being stored in the warehouse explodes, sending Jack falling through several floors, breaking his leg on landing. The film follows the efforts of the other men in his unit, Ladder Company 49, led by the commands of Deputy Chief Mike Kennedy (John Travolta), Jack's longtime mentor, to rescue him while Morrison tries to reach a safe area of the burning structure. Interspersed with the current rescue efforts are a series of flashbacks showing how Jack joined the fire department, his first meeting (at a supermarket) with the woman who would eventually become his wife (Jacinda Barrett), his relationship with his children, and the bonds he formed and the trials and tribulations he endured with his fellow firefighters.
Tuck Everlasting (2002)
, 1h36Directed by Jay Russell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Alexis Bledel, Jonathan Jackson, Ben Kingsley, William Hurt, Sissy Spacek, Scott Bairstow
Rating65%
The plot revolves around a 15-year-old girl named Winnie Foster, who is from a proper, upper-class family living in the town of Treegap. Winnie feels suffocated and longs to make her own choices in life, but her parents constantly restrict her actions. One day, after being told that she would be sent way to boarding school, she runs off into the forest. She soon gets turned around and ends up in a strange part of the forest where she meets a boy named Jesse Tuck, drinking from a spring at the foot of a great tree. She is then kidnapped by his elder brother Miles and brought back to the Tuck's home where they tell her they'll return her as soon as they can trust her.
My Dog Skip (2000)
, 1h32Directed by Jay Russell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about animals, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, Films about dogs, L'enfance marginalisée, Political films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Films about school violence
Actors Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson, Kevin Bacon, Cody Linley, Caitlin Wachs
Rating69%
Willie Morris as an adult is looking back on his childhood in the early 1940s and how it was colored by his dearly beloved dog, a Jack Russell Terrier whom he had named Skip (Enzo). In the beginning, Willie (Frankie Muniz) is a lonely child with a gruff, proud father (Kevin Bacon) and a charismatic, talkative mother (Diane Lane), but he is an only child and small for his age with few friends. His one companion is a young man who lives next door, Dink Jenkins (Luke Wilson), who is the local sports hero in Mississippi. However, when Dink is drafted to go to war, Willie's mother decides to buy him a dog, against his father's wishes, in order that he should have some company.
End of the Line (1987)
, 1h43Directed by Jay Russell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Action
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Rail transport films
Actors Wilford Brimley, Kevin Bacon, Mary Steenburgen, Levon Helm, Holly Hunter, Michael Beach
Rating56%
Jugeant peu rentable certaines lignes de chemins de fer, une compagnie de transports ferroviaire décide d'en fermer. Cette fermeture marque la condamnation d'employés au chômage. Mais deux employés, refusant de se soumettre, décident de voler une locomotive afin de se rendre au siège de leur entreprise.
Scriptwriter
End of the Line (1987)
, 1h43Directed by Jay Russell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Action
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Rail transport films
Actors Wilford Brimley, Kevin Bacon, Mary Steenburgen, Levon Helm, Holly Hunter, Michael Beach
Roles Writer
Rating56%
Jugeant peu rentable certaines lignes de chemins de fer, une compagnie de transports ferroviaire décide d'en fermer. Cette fermeture marque la condamnation d'employés au chômage. Mais deux employés, refusant de se soumettre, décident de voler une locomotive afin de se rendre au siège de leur entreprise.
Producer
Whole Lotta Sole (2011)
, 1h29Directed by Terry George
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Brendan Fraser, Colm Meaney, David O'Hara, Yaya DaCosta, Martin McCann, Conor MacNeill
Roles Producer
Rating54%
Hoping to pay back some of the gambling debt he owes to local mobster Mad Dog Flynn (David O'Hara), Jim (Martin McCann) robs the local fishmongers, only to discover that it's actually a front for the mobster's business. Now on the run and pursued by police detective Weller (Colm Meaney), Jim is cornered in an antique shop where he takes hostage a collection of colourful characters, including American Joe Maguire (Brendan Fraser), the owner who may be his illegitimate father, and his girlfriend Sophie (Yaya DaCosta). Caught between the mobster's gang and the police, the unfortunate young Jim must find a way out of this tricky situation with help from his hostages.
The Water Horse (2007)
, 1h51Directed by Jay Russell
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Films about magic and magicians, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques, Films about dragons, Children's films
Actors Emily Watson, Alex Etel, David Morrissey, Craig Hall, Ben Chaplin, Brian Cox
Roles Producer
Rating64%
In present-day Scotland, an American tourist couple go into a bar where they meet an old man who tells them a story about the Loch Ness Monster.
My Dog Skip (2000)
, 1h32Directed by Jay Russell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about animals, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, Films about dogs, L'enfance marginalisée, Political films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Films about school violence
Actors Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson, Kevin Bacon, Cody Linley, Caitlin Wachs
Roles Executive Producer
Rating69%
Willie Morris as an adult is looking back on his childhood in the early 1940s and how it was colored by his dearly beloved dog, a Jack Russell Terrier whom he had named Skip (Enzo). In the beginning, Willie (Frankie Muniz) is a lonely child with a gruff, proud father (Kevin Bacon) and a charismatic, talkative mother (Diane Lane), but he is an only child and small for his age with few friends. His one companion is a young man who lives next door, Dink Jenkins (Luke Wilson), who is the local sports hero in Mississippi. However, when Dink is drafted to go to war, Willie's mother decides to buy him a dog, against his father's wishes, in order that he should have some company.