RUSSELL, Chuck 1954–

(Charles Russell)

PERSONAL

Born 1954, in Chicago, IL; married; wife's name, Patti; children: Logan Joseph, Riley Ann. Education: Attended University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.

Addresses: Agent—Ramses Ishak, William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career: Director, producer, and writer. Edge City Films, producer.

Awards, Honors: Special mention for Critics' Award and International Fantasy Film Award nomination, Fantasporto, best film, both 1988, for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors; International Fantasy Film Award nominations, best film, 1990, for The Blob, and 1995, for The Mask.

CREDITS

Film Director:

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (also known as A Nightmare on Elm Street Part III), New Line Cinema, 1987.

The Blob, TriStar, 1988.

(As Charles Russell; with Mike Richardson and Michael DeLuca) The Mask, New Line Cinema, 1994.

(As Charles Russell) Eraser, Warner Bros., 1996.

Bless the Child (also known as Die Prophezeiung), Paramount, 2000.

The Scorpion King, Universal, 2002.

Film Executive Producer:

(With Joseph Wolf) Hell Night, Compass, 1981.

(As Charles Russell) The Mask, New Line Cinema, 1994.

(As Charles Russell) Eraser, Warner Bros., 1996.

Collateral, DreamWorks SKG/Paramount, 2004.

Film Producer:

Cheerleaders' Wild Weekend (also known as Bus 17 Is Missing and Cheerleader's Naughty Weekend), 1979.

Girls Just Want to Have Fun, New World, 1985.

Back to School, Orion, 1986.

Film Associate Producer:

Body Rock, New World Pictures, 1984.

Dreamscape, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1984.

Film Work; Other:

Second assistant director, Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw, 1976.

Second unit production assistant, Cannonball, 1976.

Production manager, Back to School, Orion, 1986.

Film Appearances:

Deputy, Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw, 1976.

Television Executive Producer; Movies:

Black Cat Run, HBO, 1998.

Television Director and Executive Producer; Pilots:

Me and Venus, The WB, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Voice, "The Mask," Space Ghost Coast to Coast (live action and animated), The Cartoon Network, 1994.

Voice, "Le livre d'histoire," Space Ghost Coast to Coast (live action and animated), The Cartoon Network, 1995.

Himself, "The Rock," A&E Biography (also known as A&E Biography: The Rock and Biography), Arts and Entertainment, 2004.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(With David Loughery and Joseph Ruben) Dreamscape, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1984.

(With Wes Craven, Bruce Wagner, and Frank Darabont) A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (also known as A Nightmare on Elm Street Part III), New Line Cinema, 1987.

(With Darabont) The Blob, TriStar, 1988.

(With Clifford Green, Ellen Green, and Don Roos) Bless the Child (also known as Die Prophezeiung), Paramount, 2000.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Film Threat, October, 2004.

Starlog, August, 1994; February, 1997.