Jay Russell

Directing

Jay Russell

Born January 10, 1960 · North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA (age 66)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jay Russell (born January 10, 1960 in North Little Rock, Arkansas), is a film director and also executive producer and director of the film My Dog Skip. His other directing credits include Tuck Everlasting, Ladder 49 and The Water Horse. He has also written and directed End of the Line. Russell graduated from Columbia University in 1984 with a MFA in scree…

Known For

Ladder 49Ladder 49 · 2004
Ladder 49
6.52004
MovieDramaAction
Under the watchful eye of his mentor, Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station. However, Jack has reached a crossroads as the sacrifices he's made have put him in harm's way innumerable times and significantly impacted his relationship with his wife and kids.
The Water HorseThe Water Horse · 2007
The Water Horse
6.52007
MovieFamilyAdventure
A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.
Tuck EverlastingTuck Everlasting · 2002
Tuck Everlasting
6.72002
MovieDramaFamily
Teenager Winnie Foster is growing up in a small rural town in 1914 with her loving but overprotective parents, but Winnie longs for a life of greater freedom and adventure.
My Dog SkipMy Dog Skip · 2000
My Dog Skip
6.72000
MovieComedyDrama
A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of the boy, Willie, as he grows into manhood.
Whole Lotta SoleWhole Lotta Sole · 2011
Whole Lotta Sole
5.42011
MovieComedyDrama
In a misguided attempt to protect his family and pay back gambling debts to the local Mobster, Jimbo robs a fish market, which is coincidentally owned by the same Mobster. On the run, Jimbo is cornered in a local curio shop, where he takes hostage an assortment of colourful characters, including a man who may be his illegitimate father. Surrounded by the Police, the SAS and the Mobster's crew, the young man must find a way out of his precarious predicament with the help of his oddball captives.
One Christmas EveOne Christmas Eve · 2014
One Christmas Eve
5.82014
MovieComedyDrama
A series of mishaps threaten a recently divorced mom's attempts to make her two kids' first Christmas "without dad" perfect.
End of the LineEnd of the Line · 1987
End of the Line
5.21987
MovieActionDrama
When the closure of a railway is announced, employees commandeer a locomotive to get to corporate headquarters and confront the president.

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