David O. Russell

David Owen Russell born August 20 1958 is an American film director screenwriter and producer He has earned numerous accolades including two British Academy Film Awards and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for five Academy Awards Russell started his career directing the dark comedy films Spanking the Monkey 1994 Flirting with Disaster 1996 Three Kings 1999 and I Heart Huckabees 2004 He gained critical success with the biographical sports drama The Fighter 2010 the romantic comedydrama Silver Linings Playbook 2012 and the dark comedy crime film American Hustle 2013 The three films were commercially successful and acclaimed by critics earning him three Academy Award nominations for Best Director as well as a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination for Silver Linings Playbook and a Best Original Screenplay nomination for American Hustle Russell received his seventh Golden Globe nomination for the semibiographical comedydrama Joy 2015 He also directed the comedic mystery thriller Amsterdam 2022 Across his career Russell has been widely noted for combative and abusive behavior towards crew members and actors in his films including documented incidents with George Clooney Lily Tomlin Amy Adams Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale Description above from the Wikipedia article David O Russell licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia