---
name: "Anthony Russo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anthony-russo"
fi1m_id: "anthony-russo"
imdb_id: "nm0751577"
tmdb_id: 19271
wikidata_id: "Q18018415"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "3 February 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "director"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-19T04:30:31.838414+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."
---

# Anthony Russo

## Identity

Anthony Russo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/anthony-russo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** anthony-russo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0751577
- **TMDB ID:** 19271
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18018415
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Russo_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18018415, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751577/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19271

Director and producer. Born 3 February 1970 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 3 February 1970, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- **Active:** 2003–present
- **Also known as:** Энтони Руссо, The Russo Brothers, 安东尼·罗素
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 8: 6 directing, 2 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Joe Russo](https://film.one/person/joe-russo.md), [Chris Evans](https://film.one/person/chris-evans.md), [Kevin Feige](https://film.one/person/kevin-feige.md), [Stephen McFeely](https://film.one/person/stephen-mcfeely.md), [Christopher Markus](https://film.one/person/christopher-markus.md), [Robert Downey Jr.](https://film.one/person/robert-downey-jr.md), [Chris Hemsworth](https://film.one/person/chris-hemsworth.md), [Scarlett Johansson](https://film.one/person/scarlett-johansson.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as director, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 85 (2), 2010s 77 (4), 2020s 71 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 74 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 4, Adventure 4, Science Fiction 4, Comedy 2
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $6,722m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Russo_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18018415, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751577/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19271

## Coming up

- *Avengers: Doomsday* (2026-12-16), Director — [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-doomsday.md)
- *John Rambo* (2027-06-04), Executive Producer
- *Avengers: Secret Wars* (2027-12-15), Director

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Avengers: Endgame*](https://film.one/film/avengers-endgame.md) (79), [*Avengers: Infinity War*](https://film.one/film/avengers-infinity-war.md) (77), [*Captain America: The Winter Soldier*](https://film.one/film/captain-america-the-winter-soldier.md) (77), [*Captain America: Civil War*](https://film.one/film/captain-america-civil-war.md) (74)
- **Netflix:** [*Arrested Development*](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md) (87)
- **Hulu:** [*Community*](https://film.one/tv/community.md) (83)

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

## Fi1m on Anthony Russo

> Anthony Russo, usually directing alongside his brother Joe, is good at keeping several characters in play. We rate his ensemble comedy most highly, and find the move into action uneven.

In *Arrested Development* (2003), the handheld camera has a crowded family to keep up with. Anthony Russo's feel for ensembles suits a comedy in which overlapping stories and performances ask us to pay attention. We laughed at the Bluths, and enjoyed having to keep up: the overlapping stories let the performers reward close attention. Russo directed the pilot and further episodes, helping establish the programme's approach without being responsible for everything that followed.

The storytelling can become tiring, particularly in the later stretches, but we still find the Bluths worth the trouble. That is praise for the series as a whole, and it would be careless to assign all of it to a director whose clearest contribution was at the beginning. What matters for Russo is the habit of attending to several characters at once, which runs through his later work. He and his brother and co-director Joe also adapt their approach to the way individual actors work. That seems more useful than expecting everyone to arrive at a scene by the same route.

The route from *Pieces* (1997) and *Welcome to Collinwood* (2002) through television led to *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (2014). Its thriller influences gave the superhero action a physical impact, with character helping determine the action beats. Regular collaborators include screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, a useful reminder that the writers share responsibility for keeping these characters interesting. By *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), keeping a large cast and its relationships clear had become central to the brothers' appeal.

The films after *Endgame* make a less persuasive case for Russo. *The Electric State* (2025) is short of fresh ideas and the spark that makes the comedy worth following. That leaves us cautious about treating his ability to handle a large cast as a recommendation in itself. Start with the Bluths, and give the actors as much attention as the plotting demands.

## Biography

Anthony Russo is an American film and television director and producer who works with his brother Joe Russo, collectively known as the Russo Brothers. They directed several episodes of the comedy series *Arrested Development* (2003–2005), including the pilot, and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series in 2004. The brothers also directed episodes of *Community* (2009–2014) and *Happy Endings* (2011–2012).

They are best known for directing four films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (2014), *Captain America: Civil War* (2016), *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018) and *Avengers: Endgame* (2019). Other feature films they have directed include *You, Me and Dupree* (2006), *Cherry* (2021), *The Gray Man* (2022) and *The Electric State* (2025). The brothers co-founded the production company AGBO.

*Sources: tvinsider.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

### Directed (6) — the average rests on these

- *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), Fi1m 79, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-endgame.md)
- *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-infinity-war.md)
- *Captain America: Civil War* (2016), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-civil-war.md)
- *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (2014), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-the-winter-soldier.md)
- *Community* (2009), Fi1m 83, Director, Producer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/community.md)
- *Arrested Development* (2003), Fi1m 87, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)

### Produced (2)

- *Everything Everywhere All at Once* (2022), Fi1m 77, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/everything-everywhere-all-at-once.md)
- *FROM* (2022), Fi1m 65, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/from.md)

## Complete filmography (65)

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

- *Avengers: Secret Wars* (2027), Director, Producer
- *John Rambo* (2027), Executive Producer
- *Avengers: Doomsday* (2026), Director — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-doomsday.md)
- *The Whisper Man* (2026), Producer
- *The Bluff* (2026), Producer
- *The Legend of Ochi* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Something's More Than One Thing* (2025), Executive Producer
- *The Electric State* (2025), Producer, Director
- *Citadel Honey Bunny* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *Citadel: Diana* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *The Progeny* (2023), Thanks
- *All Fun and Games* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Extraction 2* (2023), Original Story, Producer
- *Citadel* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *The Gray Man* (2022), Producer, Director
- *Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *Everything Everywhere All at Once* (2022), Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/everything-everywhere-all-at-once.md)
- *FROM* (2022), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/from.md)
- *Slugfest* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *Cherry* (2021), Director, Producer
- *Relic* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Russo Bros. Pizza Film School* (2020), series, Actor
- *Extraction* (2020), Original Story, Producer
- *21 Bridges* (2019), Producer
- *Back from the Brink: Saved from Extinction* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Mosul* (2019), Producer
- *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), Director — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-endgame.md)
- *Larry Charles' Dangerous World of Comedy* (2019), series, Executive Producer
- *Deadly Class* (2019), series, Executive Producer
- *Dizzy Pursuit* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Assassination Nation* (2018), Producer
- *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-infinity-war.md)
- *Captain America: Civil War* (2016), Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-civil-war.md)
- *A Merry Friggin' Christmas* (2014), Producer
- *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (2014), Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-the-winter-soldier.md)
- *Animal Practice* (2012), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Happy Endings* (2011), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Running Wilde* (2010), series, Director, Producer
- *Community* (2009), series, Director, Producer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/community.md)
- *Car Fuckers* (2008), Director
- *Comedy Showcase* (2007), series, Director
- *Carpoolers* (2007), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *You, Me and Dupree* (2006), Director
- *LAX* (2004), series, Director
- *Arrested Development* (2003), series, Director — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *Lucky* (2003), series, Director
- *Welcome to Collinwood* (2002), Screenplay, Director
- *The Kiss* (2001), Writer, Producer, Director
- *Pieces* (1997), Writer, Director, Editor, Producer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Movie Executive 2 (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Untitled FBI Wedding Sting Film*, Producer
- *TYGO*, Producer
- *The Reckoner*, Executive Producer
- *Exit West*, Producer
- *Free Willy*, Executive Producer
- *Down Under Cover*, Producer
- *Untitled Cambridge Antalytica Project*, Producer
- *Saigon Bodyguards*, Producer
- *Prism*, series, Executive Producer
- *Nemesis*, series, Producer
- *Mercenary: An Extraction Series*, series, Executive Producer
- *SuperFudge*, Producer
- *Extraction 3*, Producer
- *Gods Unknown*, Producer
- *Ordained*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Russo brothers at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International in San Diego, California.](https://film.one/media/person/62103/gallery-b8a5deca5972.jpg) Russo brothers at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International in San Diego, California. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Anthony_Russo.jpg/1280px-Anthony_Russo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Anthony Russo speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "A Conversation with the Russo Brothers", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Di](https://film.one/media/person/62103/gallery-b2b09bf05984.jpg) Anthony Russo speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "A Conversation with the Russo Brothers", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Di — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Anthony_Russo_%2848385338751%29.jpg/1280px-Anthony_Russo_%2848385338751%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Anthony Russo speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "A Conversation with the Russo Brothers", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Di](https://film.one/media/person/62103/gallery-412179c18088.jpg) Anthony Russo speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "A Conversation with the Russo Brothers", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Di — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Anthony_Russo_%2848385343301%29.jpg/1280px-Anthony_Russo_%2848385343301%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Anthony Russo](https://film.one/media/person/62103/gallery-ef41704ac930.jpg) Anthony Russo — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Anthony_Russo_%2848385343301%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Anthony_Russo_%2848385343301%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Anthony Russo](https://film.one/media/person/62103/gallery-1e51cf9e4b4d.jpg) Anthony Russo — Image via TMDB
- ![Anthony Russo](https://film.one/media/person/62103/gallery-6d18ae3577ef.jpg) Anthony Russo — Image via TMDB
- ![Anthony Russo](https://film.one/media/person/62103/gallery-edd7b1854de8.jpg) Anthony Russo — Image via TMDB
- ![Anthony Russo speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "A Conversation with the Russo Brothers", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Di](https://film.one/media/person/62103/gallery-6570776c2dd0.jpg) Anthony Russo speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "A Conversation with the Russo Brothers", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Di — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Anthony_Russo_%2848385488142%29.jpg/1280px-Anthony_Russo_%2848385488142%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Anthony Russo](https://film.one/media/person/62103/gallery-d11cf5e17060.jpg) Anthony Russo — Image via TMDB
- ![Anthony Russo](https://film.one/media/person/62103/gallery-872e288447ed.jpg) Anthony Russo — Image via TMDB
- ![Anthony Russo](https://film.one/media/person/62103/gallery-72c4fd35fda0.jpg) Anthony Russo — Image via TMDB

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