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Jay Russell

Born

January 10, 1960

From

North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Also:
Producer
Writer

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Decades active

In short · Directing since 1978, 6 decades active, 14 credits.

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Biography

Jay Russell was born on January 10, 1960, in North Little Rock, Arkansas. He is a film director, executive producer, and director of *My Dog Skip*. Among his other directing credits are *Tuck Everlasting*, *Ladder 49*, and *The Water Horse*. He also wrote and directed *End of the Line*.

Russell graduated from Columbia University in 1984 with an MFA in screenwriting and directing. He studied under producer Michael Hausman and director Milos Forman. His first film, *End of the Line* (1988), was a Sundance Institute project and released by Orion Classics. He has since written projects for Imagine Entertainment and TriStar Pictures, and directed numerous documentaries for PBS, Discovery Channel, Learning Channel, CBS, Fox, USA Network, and NBC.

He is currently working on film projects including *Duncan*, *Whole Lotta Sole*, and *Wake the Dead*.

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