---
name: "Aaron Russo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/aaron-russo"
fi1m_id: "aaron-russo"
imdb_id: "nm0751567"
tmdb_id: 18165
wikidata_id: "Q302634"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "14 February 1943"
died: "24 August 2007"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:37:21.722402+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Aaron Russo

## Identity

Aaron Russo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/aaron-russo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** aaron-russo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0751567
- **TMDB ID:** 18165
- **Wikidata ID:** Q302634
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Russo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q302634, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751567/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18165

Producer. Born 14 February 1943 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died 24 August 2007.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 14 February 1943, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- **Died:** 24 August 2007
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Russo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q302634, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751567/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18165

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Trading Places*](https://film.one/film/trading-places.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Aaron Russo (1943–2007) was an American film producer and political activist. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he began his career in the music industry, managing the Kinetic Playground nightclub in Chicago and later artists including Bette Midler and The Manhattan Transfer.

He produced feature films including *The Rose* (1979), *Trading Places* (1983), *Teachers* (1984) and *Wise Guys* (1986). Later in his career he directed and produced political documentaries such as *America: Freedom to Fascism* (2006).

Russo was active in libertarian politics, running unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for governor of Nevada in 1998 and for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination in 2004.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Trading Places* (1983), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/trading-places.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *America: Freedom to Fascism* (2006), Director, Screenplay
- *Missing Pieces* (1992), Producer
- *Off and Running* (1991), Producer
- *Aaron Russo's Mad As Hell* (1991), as Host · Writer, Producer
- *Rude Awakening* (1989), as Voice of fish · Producer, Director
- *Wise Guys* (1986), Producer
- *Teachers* (1984), Producer
- *Trading Places* (1983), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/trading-places.md)
- *Partners* (1982), Producer
- *The Rose* (1979), Producer
- *The Bette Midler Show* (1976), Producer

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