Russo brothers

Anthony and Joe Russo
Joe (left) and Anthony Russo at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International
Occupation	Film directors, producers, screenwriters, actors, film editors
Years active	1997–present

Anthony Russo and Joseph V. Russo are American film and television directors. The brothers direct most of their work jointly, and also occasionally work as producers, screenwriters, actors, and editors. The brothers directed the superhero films Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Captain America: Civil War (2016), and will be directing the two Avengers: Infinity War films. They won an Emmy Award for their work on the comedy series Arrested Development.

Biography

Anthony and Joe Russo were raised in Cleveland, Ohio, and attended Benedictine High School.^[1] Their parents are Patricia and Basil Russo, an attorney and former judge.^[2] The Russos were graduate students at Case Western Reserve University when they began directing, writing, and producing their first feature, Pieces. They financed the film with student loans and credit cards.^[3] After viewing Pieces at a film festival, Steven Soderbergh approached the duo and offered to produce their next film, along with his producing partner George Clooney.^[3] This project was the crime comedy Welcome to Collinwood, starring William H. Macy, Sam Rockwell, and Clooney.

FX network executive Kevin Reilly hired the Russos to direct the pilot for the series Lucky, having liked the pair's work on Collinwood.^[3] Ron Howard was a fan of the pilot, and he had a hand in hiring the brothers to direct the pilot for Fox's Arrested Development.^[3] The brothers won an Emmy for their work on the episode.

In 2006, the Russo brothers returned to film, directing the Owen Wilson comedy You, Me, and Dupree. The film grossed $140 million worldwide.^[3] For the 2007–08 TV season, the Russos joined the crew of the ABC series Carpoolers as executive producers and directors. They served as executive producers and directors on the first several seasons of the NBC sitcom Community and the ABC series Happy Endings.

In July 2013, the brothers wrapped principal production on Captain America: The Winter Soldier, a superhero sequel for Marvel Studios; the film was released on April 4, 2014.^[4]

The Russos cite the sitcoms M*A*S*H, Taxi, and Cheers as influences.^[1] Their younger sister Angela Russo-Ostot also is in television, having worked as a writer and producer on V and Trust Me, among other series.^[1]

In January 2014, the brothers signed on to return to direct the third Captain America film, Captain America: Civil War, which was released on May 6, 2016. In May 2014, they were announced to co-write and direct The Gray Man and in March 2015, the brothers were set to direct the reboot of Ghostbusters, produced by Sony's new-founded company, Ghost Corps.^[5]^[6]^[7] However, as of March 2016, the Russos are no longer attached to the Ghostbusters project.^[8] On March 23, 2015, it was confirmed that the Russo brothers will direct the two part Avengers: Infinity War, which are scheduled for release in 2018 and 2019.^[9]

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Credit(s)
2002	Welcome to Collinwood	Directors Writers
2006	You, Me and Dupree	Directors
2014	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	Directors
2014	A Merry Friggin' Christmas	Executive Producers
2016	Captain America: Civil War	Directors
2018	Avengers: Infinity War – Part I	Directors
2019	Avengers: Infinity War – Part II	Directors
TBA	Untitled Ghostbusters project	Producers

Short films
Year	Title	Credit(s)
2002	Kiss, TheThe Kiss	Directors Producers Writers
2006	No. 6	Producer (Joe only)
2008	Square One	Writer (Anthony only)
2008	Carfuckers	Directors
2009	Donkey Punch	Producer (Anthony only)
2012	Leader of the Pack	Producers

Television
Year	Program	Episode(s)	Credit(s)
2003	Lucky	"Calling Dr. Con"	Directors
2003–05	Arrested Development	Both: "Pilot" Anthony only: "Top Banana", "Key Decisions", "The Immaculate Election", "Spring Breakout" Joe only: "Bringing Up Buster", "In God We Trust", "Pier Pressure", "Marta Complex", "Shock and Aww", "Missing Kitty", "Hand to God", "Motherboy XXX", "Meet the Veals"	Directors
2004	LAX	"Pilot"	Directors
2004–05	LAX	All episodes	Co-executive producers
2006	Secrets of a Small Town	Failed ABC pilot	Executive producers
2006	What About Brian	"Pilot"	Directors
2006–07	What About Brian	All episodes	Executive producers
2007–08	Carpoolers	Both: "Pilot" Anthony only: "The Code", "The Recital" Joe only: "Laird of the Rings", "What Would You Do?", "Down for the Count", "The Seminar", "A Divorce to Remember", "The Handsomest Man", "Lost in America"	Directors
2007–08	Carpoolers	All episodes	Executive producers
2008	Courtroom K	Failed Fox pilot	Directors
2009	Untitled Family Pilot	Failed NBC pilot	Directors
2009	Comedy Showcase	"The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret"	Directors
2009–2012, 2014	Community	Both: Pilot Anthony only: "Introduction to Film", "Social Psychology", "Home Economics", "The Politics of Human Sexuality", "Physical Education", "Beginner Pottery", "The Psychology of Letting Go", "Basic Rocket Science", "Asian Population Studies", "Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy", "Biology 101", "Competitive Ecology", "Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism" Joe only: "Spanish 101", "Advanced Criminal Law", "Football, Feminism and You", "Debate 109", "Investigative Journalism", "Romantic Expressionism", "Pascal's Triangle Revisited", "Anthropology 101", "Accounting for Lawyers", "Cooperative Calligraphy", "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons", "Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking", "Competitive Wine Tasting", "A Fistful of Paintballs", "Geography of Global Conflict", "Advanced Gay", "Documentary Filmmaking: Redux", "Geothermal Escapism", "Advanced Advanced Dungeons & Dragons"	Directors
2009–2012, 2014	Community	Seasons 1-3 and 5	Executive producers, directors only (season five)
2010	Running Wilde	"Pilot"	Directors Executive producers
2010	The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret	"In Which Claims are Made and a Journey Ensues" (original Comedy Showcase pilot, some footage reshot)	Directors
2011	The Council of Dads	Fox pilot	Directors
2011–2012	Happy Endings	Both: "Pilot" Anthony only: "Barefoot Pedaler", "Blax, Snake, Home", "Secrets and Limos" Joe only: "Bo Fight", "Yesandwitch", "The St. Valentine's Day Massacre"	Directors
	Happy Endings	Season one & season two	Executive producers
	Up All Night	Joe only: "Cool Neighbors", "Working Late and Working It", "Day After Valentine's Day"	Directors
2012	Animal Practice	Both: "Pilot" Anthony only: "Clean-Smelling Pirate"	Directors
2012	Animal Practice	All episodes	Executive producers
2015	Agent Carter	Joe only: "Bridge and Tunnel" (as Joseph V. Russo)	Directors

References

1 2 3 Luttermoser, John (August 29, 2009). "Anthony and Joe Russo put 'Community' on edge for NBC comedy series". The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio). Retrieved 2014-02-11.
↑ "'Captain America: The Winter Soldier': Directors Anthony and Joe Russo on landing in the Marvel universe and their love of '70s crime thrillers". cleveland.com.
1 2 3 4 5 "Anthony and Joe Russo: Executive Producers/Directors". Community official site: "About/Bios" (NBC). Archived from the original on September 8, 2009.
↑ "Russo Brothers On For Captain America 2 - Movie News - Empire". empireonline.com.
↑ Kroll, Justin (May 28, 2014). "Sony Acquires ‘The Gray Man’ for Joe Roth and ‘Captain America’ Directors (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
↑ "Lucy Lawless Joins Ash vs. Evil Dead". Dread Central.
↑ Mike Fleming Jr. "Guy ‘Ghostbusters’ In Works With Russo Brothers, Channing Tatum & Drew Pearce - Deadline". Deadline.
↑ Barken, Jonathan (March 18, 2016). "The Russo Brothers ‘Ghostbusters’ is Confirmed Dead". Bloody Disgusting.
↑ Kit, Borys; Siegemund-Broka, Austin (March 23, 2015). "Russo Brothers to Direct 'Avengers: Infinity War' Parts 1 and 2". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on March 23, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Russo brothers.

Anthony Russo at the Internet Movie Database
Joe Russo at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Anthony and Joe Russo

Welcome to Collinwood (2002) You, Me and Dupree (2006) Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Captain America: Civil War (2016)

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

Peter Tewksbury (1959)
Ralph Levy / Bud Yorkin (1960)
Sheldon Leonard (1961)
Nat Hiken (1962)
John Rich (1963)
Jerry Paris (1964)
William Asher (1966)
James Frawley for "Royal Flush" (1967)
Bruce Bilson for "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye" (1968)
Greg Garrison for "October 17, 1968" (1969)
Dwight Hemion for "The Sound of Burt Bacharach" (1970)
Jay Sandrich for "Toulouse-Lautrec is One of My Favorite Artists" (1971)
John Rich for "Sammy's Visit" (1972)
Jay Sandrich for "It's Whether You Win or Lose" (1973)
Jackie Cooper for "Carry on, Hawkeye" (1974)
Gene Reynolds for "O.R." (1975)
Gene Reynolds for "Welcome to Korea" (1976)
Alan Alda for "Dear Sigmund" (1977)
Paul Bogart for "Edith's 50th Birthday" (1978)
Noam Pitlik for "The Harris Incident" (1979)
James Burrows for "Louie and the Nice Girl" (1980)
James Burrows for "Elaine's Strange Triangle" (1981)
Alan Rafkin for "Barbara's Crisis" (1982)
James Burrows for "Showdown", Part 2 (1983)
Bill Persky for "A Very Loud Family" (1984)
Jay Sandrich for "The Younger Woman" (1985)
Jay Sandrich for "Denise's Friend" (1986)
Terry Hughes for "Isn't it Romantic" (1987)
Gregory Hoblit for "Pilot" (1988)
Peter Baldwin for "Our Miss White" (1989)
Michael Dinner for "Good-bye" (1990)
James Burrows for "Woody Interruptus" (1991)
Barnet Kellman for "Birth 101" (1992)
Betty Thomas for "For Peter's Sake" (1993)
James Burrows for "The Good Son" (1994)
David Lee for "The Matchmaker" (1995)
Michael Lembeck for "The One After the Superbowl" (1996)
David Lee for "To Kill a Talking Bird" (1997)
Todd Holland for "Flip" (1998)
Thomas Schlamme for "Pilot" (Sports Night) (1999)
Todd Holland for "Pilot" (Malcolm in the Middle) (2000)
Todd Holland for "Bowling" (2001)
Michael Patrick King for "The Real Me" (2002)
Robert B. Weide for "Krazee-Eyez Killa" (2003)
Anthony and Joe Russo for "Pilot" (Arrested Development) (2004)
Charles McDougall for "Pilot" (Desperate Housewives) (2005)
Marc Buckland for "Pilot" (My Name Is Earl) (2006)
Richard Shepard for "Pilot" (Ugly Betty) (2007)
Barry Sonnenfeld for "Pie-lette" (2008)
Jeffrey Blitz for "Stress Relief" (2009)
Ryan Murphy for "Pilot" (Glee) (2010)
Michael Spiller for "Halloween" (2011)
Steven Levitan for "Baby on Board" (2012)
Gail Mancuso for "Arrested" (2013)
Gail Mancuso for "Las Vegas" (2014)
Jill Soloway for "Best New Girl" (2015)

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