---
name: "Joe Russo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-russo"
fi1m_id: "joe-russo"
imdb_id: "nm0751648"
tmdb_id: 19272
wikidata_id: "Q20675767"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "18 July 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "director"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-19T04:30:31.835740+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."
---

# Joe Russo

## Identity

Joe Russo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joe-russo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joe-russo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0751648
- **TMDB ID:** 19272
- **Wikidata ID:** Q20675767
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Russo_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20675767, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751648/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19272

Director and producer. Born 18 July 1971 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 18 July 1971, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- **Active:** 2003–present
- **Also known as:** Джо Руссо, Gozie Agbo, The Russo Brothers, Joseph Russo
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 8: 6 directing, 2 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Anthony Russo](https://film.one/person/anthony-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/Joe_Russo_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20675767, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751648/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19272

## 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 Joe Russo

> Joe Russo, usually directing with his brother Anthony, is good at giving a large cast room to work. We rate *Arrested Development* more highly than the efficient but indistinct action filmmaking of *The Grey Man*.

The Bluth family in *Arrested Development* (2003) is good company for an evening, though keeping up with the storytelling can become work. We laughed, and it was the performances that kept us watching when the plotting grew tiring. Joe Russo directed the pilot and further episodes with his brother Anthony, his principal collaborator. We rate their handling of a crowded cast, while allowing that a television comedy's performances belong to more people than the directors.

They had already made *Welcome to Collinwood* (2002), produced by Steven Soderbergh, before television became central to their work. *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (2014) brought them into Marvel filmmaking, applying their experience with ensembles to action and interlocking plots. That skill carried through *Captain America: Civil War* (2016), *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018) and *Avengers: Endgame* (2019). We can see why this work suited them: the appeal lies in making room for characters inside a story with a great deal to get through.

The method is practical and collaborative, with storyboard-heavy preparation for complex action and close work with writers and cast. Screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely are recurring partners, alongside casting director Sarah Finn. Those jobs matter to films whose appeal depends on keeping so many people distinct, and Joe's contribution should not be discussed as though he worked alone. Yet *Arrested Development* remains the more persuasive example of what the brothers can do: its performances are worth returning to even when we have had enough of following the story.

The weakness is clearer in *The Grey Man* (2022): the direction is efficient, the images bland and the ideas second-hand. We welcome the brothers' willingness to change genres rather than settle into a single style. But we want more from their action films than evidence that a complicated production has been kept in order. Start with *Arrested Development*, and be prepared to forgive the storytelling some tiring stretches.

## Biography

Joe Russo is an American film and television director. He works primarily with his brother Anthony Russo; the pair are known collectively as the Russo brothers.

The brothers began their television careers directing the pilot episode of the comedy series *Arrested Development* (2003), for which they received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series. They went on to direct further episodes of the series as well as episodes of *Community* (2009) and *Happy Endings* (2011).

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). Later projects include *The Gray Man* (2022) and *The Electric State* (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, tvinsider.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (8)

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

- *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), Fi1m 79, as Grieving Man — [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, as Dr. Fine — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-the-winter-soldier.md)
- *Community* (2009), Fi1m 83, Director, 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 (74)

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), as Skeevy Bot (voice) · 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), Writer, Original Story, Producer
- *Citadel* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *The Gray Man* (2022), as CIA DDO Fine · Screenplay, Director, Producer
- *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), as Restaurant Owner · Director, Producer
- *Relic* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Russo Bros. Pizza Film School* (2020), series, Actor
- *Extraction* (2020), Original Story, Screenplay, Producer
- *21 Bridges* (2019), Producer
- *Back from the Brink: Saved from Extinction* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Mosul* (2019), Producer
- *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), as Grieving Man · 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), as Dr. Broussard · Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-civil-war.md)
- *Marvel's Agent Carter* (2015), series, Director
- *A Merry Friggin' Christmas* (2014), Producer
- *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (2014), as Dr. Fine · Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-the-winter-soldier.md)
- *Ghost Phone* (2013), Production Consultant
- *Animal Practice* (2012), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Leader of the Pack* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Up All Night* (2011), series, Director
- *Happy Endings* (2011), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Running Wilde* (2010), series, Director, Producer, Executive 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
- *No. 6* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Secrets of a Small Town* (2007), series, Executive Producer
- *Crashing* (2007), Executive Producer
- *You, Me and Dupree* (2006), Personnel Manager, Director
- *What About Brian* (2006), series, Executive Producer
- *LAX* (2004), series, Director, Co-Executive Producer
- *Arrested Development* (2003), series, as Joe · Director — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *Lucky* (2003), series, Director
- *Welcome to Collinwood* (2002), Screenplay, Director
- *The Kiss* (2001), Producer, Director, Writer
- *Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'* (2000), Associate Producer
- *Pieces* (1997), Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Movie Executive 1 (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Prism*, series, Executive Producer
- *Nemesis*, series, Producer
- *Extraction 3*, Producer
- *Mercenary: An Extraction Series*, series, Executive Producer
- *Gods Unknown*, Producer
- *Ordained*, Producer
- *Untitled FBI Wedding Sting Film*, Producer
- *TYGO*, Producer
- *The Reckoner*, Executive Producer
- *Saigon Bodyguards*, Producer
- *Free Willy*, Executive Producer
- *Untitled Cambridge Antalytica Project*, Producer
- *Exit West*, Producer
- *SuperFudge*, Producer
- *Down Under Cover*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Conférence de Presse Captain America 2 (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/62101/gallery-9dee6f03fd10.jpg) Conférence de Presse Captain America 2 (2014) — Elen Nivrae from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Conf%C3%A9rence_de_Presse_Captain_America_2_%2813221132124%29.jpg/1280px-Conf%C3%A9rence_de_Presse_Captain_America_2_%2813221132124%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joe Russo](https://film.one/media/person/62101/gallery-7639cd5796fc.jpg) Joe Russo — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Joe_Russo.jpg/1280px-Joe_Russo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joe Russo and Tom Hiddleston speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Avengers: Infinity War", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Die](https://film.one/media/person/62101/gallery-a7dda7612556.jpg) Joe Russo and Tom Hiddleston speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Avengers: Infinity War", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Die — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Joe_Russo_%26_Tom_Hiddleston_%2836078771222%29.jpg/1280px-Joe_Russo_%26_Tom_Hiddleston_%2836078771222%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joe 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 Diego,](https://film.one/media/person/62101/gallery-df5d447fba5c.jpg) Joe 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 Diego, — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Joe_Russo_%2848385341031%29.jpg/1280px-Joe_Russo_%2848385341031%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joe Russo](https://film.one/media/person/62101/gallery-4ad00471849e.jpg) Joe Russo — Image via TMDB
- ![Joe Russo](https://film.one/media/person/62101/gallery-4d3b32f64e02.jpg) Joe Russo — Image via TMDB
- ![Joe Russo](https://film.one/media/person/62101/gallery-0e54b47b35ec.jpg) Joe Russo — Image via TMDB
- ![Joe 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 Diego,](https://film.one/media/person/62101/gallery-c9ce04e54f7c.jpg) Joe 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 Diego, — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Joe_Russo_%2848385483457%29.jpg/1280px-Joe_Russo_%2848385483457%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joe Russo](https://film.one/media/person/62101/gallery-3f6c14573b2a.jpg) Joe Russo — Image via TMDB
- ![Joe Russo](https://film.one/media/person/62101/gallery-8adaee9641b1.jpg) Joe Russo — Image via TMDB
- ![Joe Russo](https://film.one/media/person/62101/gallery-bb11e420af6e.jpg) Joe Russo — Image via TMDB

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