Jay Russell
Jay Russell, born January 10, 1960, in North Little Rock, Arkansas, is an American film director, writer, and producer. He earned an MFA in screenwriting and directing from Columbia University in 1985, studying with Michael Hausman and Miloš Forman. He wrote and directed his first film, End of the Line (1987), a Sundance Institute project released by Orion Classics.
He directed My Dog Skip (2000) for Warner Bros., then Tuck Everlasting (2002) and Ladder 49 (2004). He later directed The Water Horse (2007) for Columbia Pictures and One Christmas Eve (2014) for Hallmark. As a producer, he worked on Whole Lotta Sole (2011) and the 2015 stage adaptation of Rear Window, starring Kevin Bacon. Russell has been married to Lee Cunningham since 1991.
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