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 screenwriting and directing, having studied with producer Michael Hausman and director Miloš Forman. His first film, End of the Line (1987), was a Sundance Institute project and was released by Orion Classics. He has since written projects for Imagine Entertainment and TriStar Pictures and has directed numerous documentaries for PBS, Discovery Channel, Learning Channel, CBS, Fox, USA Network and NBC.He has also worked on film projects such as Duncan, Whole Lotta Sole and Wake the Dead.
Currently in Baltimore, working on the second movie of his career to be filmed in Maryland, Ladder 49 (2004). His last feature, Tuck Everlasting (2002) also filmed in the state, near the town of Bel Air (close to the famous Aberdeen Proving Ground in Aberdeen, Maryland).
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First job: Directed parks and tourism commercials for the state of Arkansas. Boss: Bill Clinton.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Butterfly God
attached announced
One Christmas Eve
2014
TV Movie
The Water Horse
2007
Ladder 49
2004
Tuck Everlasting
2002
My Dog Skip
2000
Great Drives
1996
TV Mini-Series documentary episode four, episode one
Case Closed
1993
TV Series 1 episode
America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back
1990
TV Series documentary 1 episode
End of the Line
1987
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Stand Off
2011
producer
The Water Horse
2007
executive producer
My Dog Skip
2000
executive producer
CyberLife
1996
TV Series segment producer - 1 episode
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
End of the Line
1987
written by
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The World's Most Dangerous Animals
1996
TV Movie documentary segment director
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
$600,000
