Joseph Vincent "Joe" Russo co-directed Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Doomsday, and Avengers: Secret Wars with his brother Anthony Russo.
He also directed the Agent Carter episode Bridge and Tunnel.
He portrayed Doctor Fine and the man interviewing Peggy Carter in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Theo Broussard in Captain America: Civil War, Bert in a deleted scene of Avengers: Infinity War[2] and Bobby in Avengers: Endgame.
He also performed the motion capture for Thanos in the scenes from Avengers: Endgame where Thanos interacted with Nebula due to Josh Brolin's unavailability when those scenes were shot.[3]
He also co-directed the post-credits scene of Ant-Man, which was a scene taken from Captain America: Civil War, the mid-credits scene of Captain Marvel, and the post-credits scene of Thunderbolts*, which was a scene taken from Avengers: Doomsday with Anthony.[4][5]
He was an executive producer on Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars.[6]
He was interviewed for the documentary Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe.
Awards[]
- Together with Anthony Russo, he was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Director for his work on Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
- Together with Anthony Russo, he was nominated for a NAACP Image Award for Best Director for his work on Captain America: Civil War.
- Together with Anthony Russo, he was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Director for his work on Captain America: Civil War.
Trivia[]
- Joe and Anthony Russo were the first directors hired to direct three MCU films, and the only ones to direct four, five and six MCU films.
- Joe Russo is one of the actors who has portrayed multiple characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Joe Russo is the father of Sophia Russo, Basil Russo, Ava Russo and Lia Russo, the brother of Angela Russo-Otstot, the brother-in-law of Ann Russo and the uncle of Julian Russo, Dante Rosalina and Agostino Rosalina.
- Joe Russo, and his brother Anthony, previously worked with Danny Pudi, Jim Rash, Ken Jeong, Yvette Nicole Brown, Aaron Himelstein and Brie Larson in Community.
- Joe Russo, and his brother Anthony, previously worked with Michael Douglas in You, Me and Dupree.
- Joe Russo, and his brother Anthony, worked again with Chadwick Boseman in 21 Bridges.
- Joe Russo, and his brother Anthony, worked again with Chris Hemsworth and Sam Hargrave in Extraction and Extraction 2.
- Joe Russo, and his brother Anthony, worked again with Kevin Feige and Cobie Smulders on The Simpsons.
- Joe Russo, and his brother Anthony, worked again with Tom Holland in Cherry.
- Joe Russo, and his brother Anthony, worked again with Aaron Lazar in Everything Everywhere All at Once.
- Joe Russo, and his brother Anthony, worked again with Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Chris Evans, Alfre Woodard and Callan Mulvey in The Gray Man.
- Joe Russo, and his brother Anthony, worked again with Chris Pratt, Anthony Mackie, Alan Silvestri and Jeffrey Ford in The Electric State.
- Joe Russo shares his birthday with Vin Diesel and Elsa Pataky.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Robert Downey Jr Playing Dr. Doom In Russo Brothers’ ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ & ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’ – Comic-Con
- ↑ The Russo brothers explain cutting Jon Favreau out of Avengers: Infinity War
- ↑ Avengers: Endgame Director Played Thanos in Karen Gillan’s Nebula Scenes
- ↑ Captain Marvel: 15 Spoiler Facts From Directors Anna Boden And Ryan Fleck
- ↑ Thunderbolts* director says post-credits scene was shot for Avengers: Doomsday
- ↑ Marvel Announces ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ and ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’ Directed by the Russo Brothers
