Jay Russell
Template:About Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Jay Russell (born January 10, 1960, in North Little Rock, Arkansas), is an American film director, writer and producer.
BiographyEdit
He graduated from Columbia University in 1985 with a MFA in screenwriting and directing, having studied with producer Michael Hausman and director Miloš Forman. He wrote the screenplay and served as director for his debut film, End of the Line (1987), which was a Sundance Institute project and was released by Orion Classics.<ref name=NYT>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1996 he directed two episodes of the PBS documentary mini-series Great Drives; notably interviewing Willie Morris for the episode "Highway 61: Memphis to New Orleans".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Russell returned to feature film directing with the Warner Bros. family film My Dog Skip (2000).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Reviews2001">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He next directed two Disney features, Tuck Everlasting (2002) and Ladder 49 (2004).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He directed The Water Horse (2007) for Columbia Pictures.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> For the Hallmark Channel he directed the original film One Christmas Eve (2014).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Russell served as a producer on Whole Lotta Sole (2011) and the 2015 stage adaptation of the Cornell Woolrich thriller Rear Window, starring his End of the Line and My Dog Skip (2000) collaborator Kevin Bacon.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
FilmographyEdit
- End of the Line (1987)
- Great Drives
- Highway 61 (1996)
- Highway 93 (1996)
- My Dog Skip (2000)
- Tuck Everlasting (2002)
- Ladder 49 (2004)
- The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)
- One Christmas Eve (2014)
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External linksEdit
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