Directors Russo Brothers full names are Anthony Russo and Joseph Russo. They are American directors, screenwriters and also producers. They are always directed their films together. They were a best known for directed films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) like “Captian America: The Winter Soldier” in the year 2014, “Captain America: Civil War” in the year 2016.
The Russo Brothers directed both “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame” in 2018 and 2019 respectively.
Anthony Russo was born on 3rd February 1970 and Joseph Russo was born on 18th July 1971. They are jointly known as the Russo Brothers.
The Russo Brothers are directed and produced by several comedy series including “Arrested Development” (2003-2005), “Community” (2009-2014), and “Happy Endings” (2011-2012). They also had won a Primetime Emmy Award for the series “Arrested Development”.
Directors Russo Brothers were raised in Cleveland City, Ohio State, USA. They were the sons of Patricia Gallupoli (mother) attorney and the judge Basil Russo (father). Russo Brothers parents were both of the Italian descents.
The Russo brothers’ maternal and paternal families emigrated from the italian regions Sicily and Abruzzo. They are settled in Ohio State and worked at steel mills. They are studied at “Benedictine High School”.
Joseph Russo had graduated from the University of Lowa. He studied English and writing as his major at university.
Directors Russo Brothers are graduated at the Case Western Reserve University. Here Anthony had studied law and Joseph had studied acting.
Once upon a time, Russo Brothers had financed the film with the student loans and the credit cards. After viewing the Pieces movie at Slamdance Film Festival American film director “Steven Soderbergh” had approached the duo. He had offered to produce their next film along with his producing partner George Clooney.
FC network executive Kevin Reilly had hired the Russo Brothers to direct the pilot for the series Lucky. The Russo Brothers were chosen because of their work on the Collinwood movie. This network liked the Russo Brothers pair’s work on the movie.
The Russo Brothers received a Primetime Emmy Award for their exceptional work.
The Russo Brothers had directed as the Owen Wilson comedy “You, Me and Dupree” movie. The film had grossed $ 130 million worldwide. After that, the Russo Brothers joined the crew of the ABC series “Carpoolers” as executive producers for the 2007 to 2008 TV season. They also directed the first several seasons of the NBC sitcom “Community” and the ABC series “Happy Endings”.
The Russo Brothers were in the final talks to direct the Marvel Studios second Captain America movie on 2012 June. They had wrapped the principal production on the Captian America: The Winter Soldier in the year 2013 on July.
The Russo Brothers were signed on direct the third Captain America film in the year 2014 on January. “Captain America: Civil War” had been released on May 6 in the year 2016.
The Russo Brothers (Joe and Anthony Russo) directed the film “Avengers: Infinity War”.
In 2018, “Avengers: Infinity War,” became the first superhero film to surpass the $2 billion mark at the box office.
The Russo Brothers are the third directors to make a movie that grossed over $2 billion.
The first two directors to achieve this feat were James Cameron, with his films “Avatar” and “Titanic”. The third director to make a $2 billion movie was J.J. Abrams directed the film “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”.
“Avengers: Endgame” was the follow-up to “Avengers: Infinity War.” The release date of “Avengers: Endgame” was April 26, 2019. The film broke numerous box office records. “Avengers: Endgame” achieved the distinction of being the second superhero film to earn over $2 billion in revenue.
They had also directed the post credits scene of Ant Man and the mid credits scene of the Captain Marvel. The Russo Brothers produced the show “Deadly Class”. The television show “Deadly Class,” which was an adaptation of the comic book series of the same name, was produced by Sony Pictures Television.
The Russo Brothers had won the rights to adapt the Nico Walsker’s 2018 novel Cherry in the year 2018 August. In 2019, the Russo Brothers were declared as the executive producers for a yet-to-be-named animated series on Netflix. The animated series was based on the “Magic: The Gathering” trading card game.
After that, The Russo Brothers produced an animated film. The film was based on the book “Superfudge”. The animation was produced in collaboration with Disney Television Animation for Disney+. The film adaption of The Electric State had landed at the Netflix in the year 2022 in June.
