David O. Russell

DirectorProducerWriterActorCrew 1983–2026 (43 year career)

6.2 avg rating

Highest Rated

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble: Live at the El Mocambo

1983 · Camera Operator

8.2

The Fighter

2010 · Director

7.4

Adaptation.

2002 · as Orlean Dinner Guest

7.3

Known For

Film

Silver Linings Playbook

Director

Film

The Fighter

Director

Film

American Hustle

Director

Film

Adaptation.

Orlean Dinner Guest

Film

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Executive Producer

Film

Joy

Director

Film

Three Kings

Director

Film

Where the Wild Things Are

Thanks

Filmography

Acting (8)

Movies (7)

SEGAL

2025

as Self

Hal

2019

as Self

6.5

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

2019

as Self

6.7

The Making of American Hustle

2014

as Self

Students of 'The Graduate'

2007

as Self

Adaptation.

2002

as Orlean Dinner Guest

7.3

Divine Trash

2000

as Self

7.2

Television (1)

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

2015

as Self

6.2

Crew (49)

Movies (49)

Madden

2026 Upcoming

Director

Nov 26

Madden

2026 Upcoming

Producer

Nov 26

Madden

2026 Upcoming

Writer

Nov 26

Amsterdam

Director

Amsterdam

Producer

Amsterdam

Writer

Past Forward

Director

Past Forward

2016

Writer

Joy

Director

Joy

Producer

Joy

Screenplay

Joy

Story

Accidental Love

Director

American Hustle

Director

American Hustle

Writer

Silver Linings Playbook

2012

Director

7.1

Silver Linings Playbook

Screenplay

The Fighter

Director

Where the Wild Things Are

2009

Thanks

6.5

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Executive Producer

I ♥ Huckabees

Director

I ♥ Huckabees

Producer

I ♥ Huckabees

Writer

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

Executive Producer

Soldiers Pay

Camera Operator

Soldiers Pay

Director

Soldiers Pay

Producer

The Slaughter Rule

Producer

Three Kings

Director

Three Kings

Screenplay

Flirting with Disaster

1996

Director

6.2

Flirting with Disaster

Writer

Spanking the Monkey

Director

Spanking the Monkey

Executive Producer

Spanking the Monkey

Writer

Hairway to the Stars

Director

Hairway to the Stars

1989

Producer

Hairway to the Stars

1989

Writer

Bingo Inferno: A Parody on American Obsessions

1987

Director

Bingo Inferno: A Parody on American Obsessions

1987

Editor

Bingo Inferno: A Parody on American Obsessions

1987

Writer

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble: Live at the El Mocambo

1983

Camera Operator

8.2

Shutout

Director

Shutout

Producer

Super Toys

Director

Super Toys

Writer

Not Fade Away

Producer

Sammy's Hill

Adaptation

Untitled Linda Ronstadt Biopic

Director