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David Owen Russell (born 20 August 1958 in New York) is an American film director and screenwriter. He directed and wrote Three Kings and the existential comedy I ♥ Huckabees . Earlier films include the independents Flirting with Disaster and Spanking the Monkey.

Russell was born in Larchmont, New York to a Jewish father and an Italian Catholic mother. He graduated from Amherst College in 1981, majoring in political science and English.

Filmography

Director

• The H-Man Cometh (2006) - announced
• Soldiers Pay (2004)
• I ♥ Huckabees (2004)
• Three Kings (1999)
• Flirting with Disaster (1996)
• Spanking the Monkey (1994)
• Hairway to the Stars (1990)
• Bingo Inferno (1987)

Writer

• The H-Man Cometh (2006) - announced
• I ♥ Huckabees (2004)
• Three Kings (1999)
• Flirting with Disaster (1996)
• Spanking the Monkey (1994)
• Bingo Inferno (1987)

Awards and nominations

• Sundance Film Festival for Spanking the Monkey in 1994
  • Audience Award
• Independent Spirit Awards for Spanking the Monkey in 1994
  • Best First Feature
  • Best First Screenplay
• Independent Spirit Awards for Flirting with Disaster in 1996
  • Best Director (nominated)
  • Best Screenplay (nominated)
• Boston Critics Association for Three Kings in 1999
  • Best Feature
  • Best Director
• Writers Guild of America Awards for Three Kings in 1999
  • Best Original Screenplay (nominated)

Trivia

• Is good friends with film directors Alexander Payne and Spike Jonze. Jonze had played the character Conrad Vig in Three Kings.
• Played a dinner guest of Susan Orlean in the 2002 Spike Jonze film Adaptation.

External links

• "The 'Quirky' New Wave". Alternate Takes

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