Celebrated Name: | Anthony Russo |
Real Name/Full Name: | Anthony J. Russo |
Gender: | Male |
Age: | 54 years old |
Birth Date: | 3 February 1970 |
Birth Place: | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
Nationality: | American |
Height: | 1.74 m |
Weight: | 64 kg |
Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
Marital Status: | Married |
Wife/Spouse (Name): | Ann Russo |
Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): | Yes (Julian Russo) |
Dating/Girlfriend (Name): | N/A |
Is Anthony Russo Gay?: | No |
Profession: | Writer, Director, Producer |
Salary: | N/A |
Net Worth in 2024: | $12 Million |
Last Updated: | November 2024 |
Anthony Russo is an American director, producer, and screenplay writer. He is the older half of the Russo Brothers, best known for being the mastermind behind the four of the most acclaimed films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
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Early Life & Biography
Anthony Russo was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, with his siblings, Joe and Angela. Their father, Basil Russo was a former judge and their mother, Patricia was a homemaker. He attended Benedictine High School and graduated from the University of Iowa. Both the brothers are Case Western Reserve University alumni. It was their days in the CWRU when they embarked upon their journey as a writer-director-producer duo with “Pisces,” their first independent feature film.
Personal Life
Russo was born to Basil and Patricia Russo in 1970. He has two siblings, Joe Russo and Angela Russo Otto. He is married to Ann Russo and has a son named Julian.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on 3 February 1970, Anthony Russo is 54 years old as of today’s date 21st November 2024. His height is 1.74 m tall, and his weight is 64 kg.
Career
Russo started as a writer-director with his brother Joe and released “Pisces,” a film that they had produced independently and had featured their own family and friends. Slamdance and American Film Institutes screened the movie in their festivals, one of which caught filmmaker Steven Soderbergh’s attention.
They were then offered “Welcome to Collinwood,” a crime comedy film. A plethora of offers from the most reputed directors kept coming, few of which were Kevin Reilly’s “Lucky,” Ron Howard’s “Arrested Development,” “Community,” and “Happy Endings.”
Their successful career in television production fetched them an opportunity to direct one of the highest-rated films of 2014, Marvel Studios’ “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.” It was the disruptive storytelling in The Winter Soldier that further earned them the Director’s place in the three other MCU installments that followed, one of which was the highest-grossing film of all time, “Avengers: Endgame.”
Awards & Achievements
Russo was presented the Primetime Emmy Award in 2004 for his outstanding direction in “Arrested Development.” Infinity War and Endgame brought Joe and him the most number of laurels, like the CinemaCon Award for the Director of the Year, the Dragon Award for the Best Sci-Fi movie, the 2018 Golden Schmoes Award for the Best Director of the Year, etc. Apart from this, he also won the 2012 OFTA Television Award for “Community.”
Net Worth & Salary of Anthony Russo in 2024
As of November 2024, Anthony has an estimated net worth of $12 Million. He has made most of this fortune by producing and directing the highest-grossing movies of all time, like “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame” and shows like “Arrested Development,” with his brother, Joe Russo.
The American director-producer has gone from self-financing his first feature film to making the highest-grossing film of all time in the span of his career. Best known for directing four of the most well-received installments of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there’s indeed nobody worthy of what Anthony Russo has earned and achieved.