David O. Russell

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q314342: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Three Kings (1999); The Fighter (2010); Silver Linings Playbook (2012); Joy (2015); Amsterdam (2022); American Hustle; Flirting with Disaster; Untitled Al Davis / Madden film (David O. Russell).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Fighting with My Family (2019): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through The Fighter (2010), which they directed: The Fighter ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview). Merchant borrowed The Fighter's low-budget trick of using HBO boxing cameramen so the wrestling would look like a real broadcast.
    “They used HBO boxing cameramen to shoot a lot of their fight scenes.”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:41:16 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (9) everyone in directing

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

people (2)

  1. people (loyal collaborator): Christian Bale → David O. Russell. Bale's Oscar nominations all come from Adam McKay or David O. Russell movies, and he is doing an Al Davis film for Russell.
    “All of his Oscar nominations are either for Adam McKay or David O. Russell movies.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 2:37:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. people (director clout): Peter Weir → David O. Russell. Both were directors A-listers trusted and expected awards from.
    “The last guy who kind of had this for better or worse, and mostly for worse, was David O. Russell.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 0:36:22 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (passed on directing): David O. Russell → Fight Club. Fox first handed the book to David O. Russell, who says he did not understand it.
    “David O. Russell says he did not understand the book.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:53:32 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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