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Chuck Russell

Highest Rated: 100% Witchboard (2024)

Lowest Rated: 4% Bless the Child (2000)

Birthday: May 9, 1958

Birthplace: Park Ridge, Illinois, USA

From a job sweeping soundstages, Charles 'Chuck' Russell worked his way up to line producer and assistant director on low-budget items for Sunn Classics and for producer Roger Corman (as on "Death Race 2000," 1975). He copped his first producing credit on the modestly made and rather routine horror flick "The Hearse" (1980) and moved to executive status for the similarly derivative "Hell Night" (1981) and "The Seduction" (1982). Russell's first produced screenplay, "Dreamscape" (1984), showed considerably more imagination, with Dennis Quaid discovering he has the ability to enter other people's dreams. For several years Russell continued making ordinary teen-oriented fare, reteaming with Corman for "Body Rock" (1984). His most notable film during this period was the popular and enjoyable Rodney Dangerfield comedy, "Back to School" (1986).

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Highest rated movies

100% Witchboard
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88% 68% Back to School
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86% 84% Collateral Watchlist
80% 68% The Mask
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68% 68% A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
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68% 59% The Blob Watchlist
57% 44% Hell Night
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43% 40% Eraser
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40% 70% Junglee Watchlist 40% 37% The Scorpion King Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
100% No Score Yet Witchboard Director,
Screenwriter
- 2024
14% 22% Paradise City Director,
Screenwriter
- 2022
40% 70% Junglee Director,
Screenwriter
$46.0K 2019
10% 32% I Am Wrath Director - 2016
86% 84% Collateral Executive Producer $100.0M 2004
40% 37% The Scorpion King Director $90.3M 2002
4% 43% Bless the Child Director $29.4M 2000
43% 40% Eraser Director,
Executive Producer
$101.3M 1996
80% 68% The Mask Director,
Executive Producer
$119.9M 1994
68% 59% The Blob Director,
Screenwriter
$7.8M 1988
68% 68% A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors Director $44.1M 1987
88% 68% Back to School Producer $89.2M 1986
40% 77% Girls Just Want to Have Fun Producer - 1985
57% 44% Hell Night Executive Producer - 1981
No Score Yet 25% The Hearse Producer - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Death Shot Wilson (Character) - 1973

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Space Ghost: Coast to Coast Guest 1995