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Richard Russo

Writer / Screenwriter / Novelist / Film Producer / Actor | * 07/15/1949 (74) | Johnstown, New York (United States of America (USA))
Richard Russo (born July 15, 1949) is an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and teacher. In 2002, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for his novel Empire Falls. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Thriller

Known for these Movies & Shows

A pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair and his children are up to no good. ...

Keeping Mum

15

2005 | 3.3/5 | 1h 43min
Comedy
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Sully is a rascally ne'er-do-well approaching retirement age. While he is pressing a worker's compensation suit for a bad knee, he secretly works for his nemesis, Carl, and flirts with Carl's young wi ...

Nobody's Fool

16

1994 | 3.4/5 | 1h 50min
Drama, Comedy
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Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend and colleague Nathan Zu ...

The Human Stain

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2003 | 3.0/5 | 1h 46min
Drama, Romance / Love
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A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash. ...

The Ice Harvest

16

2005 | 3.0/5 | 1h 28min
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for Richard Russo

Guggenheim Fellowship
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Movies with Richard Russo as Actor(2)

as himself2011 Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird
as Faculty Committee Member2003 The Human Stain

Movies with Richard Russo as Crew(7)

Writing/Author2005 Keeping Mum
Production/Executive Producer2005 The Ice Harvest
Writing/Screenplay2005 The Ice Harvest
Writing/Teleplay2003 Brush with Fate
Writing/Teleplay2001 The Flamingo Rising
Writing/Writer1998 Twilight
Writing/Novel1994 Nobody's Fool

TV Shows/Series with Richard Russo as Crew(2)

Writing/Novel2023 Lucky Hank
Production/Executive Producer2023 Lucky Hank

Full Name: Richard Russo
Born: Friday, 07/15 1949 (July) in Johnstown, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 74 years + 286 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Arizona
Employer: Colby College
Richard Russo frequently works together with these people:
Robert Benton (7x, Crew)
Margo Martindale (3x, Actress)
Niall Johnson (3x, Crew)
David Gropman (3x, Crew)
Paul Lieberstein (3x, Crew)
Mary McDonagh Murphy (3x, Crew)
Paul Newman (2x, Actor)
Paul Hsu (2x, Crew)
Richard Mawe (2x, Actor)
Scott Rudin (2x, Crew)
Christopher Seward (2x, Crew)
Bob Mayer (2x, Cast)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:494796, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024