Chuck Russell
- Directing
- May 9, 1952 · Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
- July 22, 2026
Biography
Charles "Chuck" Russell (May 9, 1952 – July 22, 2026) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his work in the 1980s and '90s, including A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, The Blob and The Mask.
Known for
Filmography
- The Thing Expanded · Self
- Witchboard · Director, Screenplay
- Paradise City · Director, Writer
- Junglee · Director
- Wolfman's Got Nards · Self
- I Am Wrath · Director
- Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger · Self
- FEARnet's Movies with More Brains · Self
- Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy · Self
- Fringe · Director
- The House That Freddy Built · Self
- Cartoon Logic · Self
- Introducing Cameron Diaz · Self
- Return to Edge City · Self
- Collateral · Executive producer
- The Scorpion King · Director
- Bless the Child · Director
- Black Cat Run · Executive producer
- Eraser · Director, Executive producer
- The Mask · Director, Executive producer
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast · Self
- Slash & Burn: The Freddy Krueger Story · Self
- The Blob · Movie Patron (uncredited), Director
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors · Director, Screenplay
- Back to School · Production Manager, Producer
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun · Producer
- Body Rock · Associate Producer
- Dreamscape · Screenplay, Associate Producer
- The Seduction · Executive producer
- Hell Night · Executive producer
- The Hearse · Line Producer
- Gorp · First Assistant Director
- The Great American Girl Robbery · Producer
- Last of the Mohicans · Unit Manager
- Joyride · Unit Production Manager
- Supervan · First Assistant Director
- Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw · Deputy, Second Assistant Director
- Shot