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Chuck
Russell began his Hollywood career working on Roger
Corman films as a production assistant and assistant
director. He quickly established himself as a screenwriter
on such pictures as the cult hit Dreamscape while he
continued to develop his career in film production.
Russell served as producer on Back to School, starring
Rodney Dangerfield, and Girls Just Want to Have Fun,
starring Helen Hunt and Sarah Jessica Parker. Russell’s
directorial debut, Nightmare on Elm Street III,’ which
he co-wrote with Frank Darabont, renewed the Elm Street
franchise and was the highest grossing independent film
ever made at the time of its release.
More
recently, Russell directed the box-office hit The Mask,
which launched Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz into international
stardom and set a new standard in the world of visual
effects. Russell followed that up with a second major
international hit, Eraser, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
and Vanessa Williams.
Russell
was raised in Chicago and graduated from the University
of Illinois with a B.A. in liberal arts and sciences.
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