---
name: "Alex Russell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alex-russell"
fi1m_id: "alex-russell"
imdb_id: "nm10173119"
tmdb_id: 1940372
wikidata_id: "Q137341199"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:11:20.786889+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."
---

# Alex Russell

## Identity

Alex Russell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alex-russell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alex-russell
- **IMDb ID:** nm10173119
- **TMDB ID:** 1940372
- **Wikidata ID:** Q137341199
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137341199, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10173119/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1940372

Writer. Born 1 January 1991 in Chicago.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1991, Chicago
- **Active:** 2022–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Joanna Calo](https://film.one/person/joanna-calo.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137341199, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10173119/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1940372

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Bear*](https://film.one/tv/the-bear-2022.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Alex Russell is an American writer, producer and director. Born in Chicago in 1991, he initially studied engineering before teaching himself screenwriting. He began his television career as a staff writer and story editor on the FX series *Dave* (2020).

Russell has written episodes of *The Bear* (2022), *Beef* (2023) and *Interior Chinatown* (2024), and has served as a producer on the first two. He wrote and directed the feature *Lurker* (2025), his directorial debut.

*Sources: imdb.com, nytimes.com, web.archive.org, theasiancut.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Bear* (2022), Fi1m 82, Writer, Supervising Producer, Consulting Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-bear-2022.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Gary* (2026), Supervising Producer
- *Lurker* (2025), Director, Writer
- *Interior Chinatown* (2024), series, Writer
- *BEEF* (2023), series, Writer, Supervising Producer, Co-Executive Producer
- *The Bear* (2022), series, Consulting Producer, Writer, Supervising Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-bear-2022.md)
- *DAVE* (2020), series, Writer

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/alex-russell