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Jay Russell

Highest Rated: 74% The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)

Lowest Rated: 41% Ladder 49 (2004)

Birthday: Jan 10, 1960

Birthplace: North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Best known for directing warm-hearted and family-friendly fare, filmmaker Jay Russell has demonstrated a knack for telling simple, straightforward tales with earnest emotional resonance.

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Highest rated movies

74% 62% The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep Watchlist
73% 68% My Dog Skip
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60% 70% Tuck Everlasting
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60% 41% End of the Line
Watchlist 41% 81% Ladder 49 Watchlist
A Very Special Episode
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34% Stand Off
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43% One Christmas Eve
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Jay Russell

Jay Russell THE WATER HORSE: LEGEND OF THE DEEP, Alex Etel, director Jay Russell, Ben Chaplin, on set, 2007. ©Columbia Pictures THE WATER HORSE: LEGEND OF THE DEEP, Alex Etel (back left), director Jay Russell (back center), on set, 2007. ©Columbia Pictures THE WATER HORSE: LEGEND OF THE DEEP, Alex Etel, director Jay Russell, on set, 2007. ©Columbia Pictures THE WATER HORSE: LEGEND OF THE DEEP, director Jay Russell, on set, 2007. ©Columbia Pictures LADDER 49, Jay Russell (director), John Travolta, 2004, (c) Buena Vista View more photos

Filmography

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Credit
No Score Yet 43% One Christmas Eve Director - 2014
No Score Yet 34% Stand Off Producer - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Very Special Episode Curator (Character) - 2009
74% 62% The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep Director,
Executive Producer 		$40.4M 2007
41% 81% Ladder 49 Director $74.5M 2004
60% 70% Tuck Everlasting Director $19.2M 2002
73% 68% My Dog Skip Director,
Executive Producer 		$34.1M 2000
60% 41% End of the Line Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1988