I was frustrated because I couldn't get going, as I was trying to figure out how to make films. I had various jobs, I taught a SAT class, I was a bartender, I had a day job at an office and was making short films.

Without this community I would never have made this film. He's brilliant.

His films include Spanking the Monkey (1994) Flirting with Disaster (1996) Three Kings (1999) I ♥ Huckabees (2004) The Fighter (2010) and Silver Linings Playbook (2012). For other people named David Russell see David Russell (disambiguation).