Charles "Chuck" Russell (May 9, 1952 – July 22, 2026) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his work in the 1980s and '90s, including A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, The Blob and The Mask.

Filmography

• 2025Witchboard — Screenplay, Director, Producer
• 2022Paradise City — Director, Executive Producer, Writer
• 2019Junglee — Director
• 2016I Am Wrath — Director
• Fringe — Director
• 2004Collateral — Executive Producer
• 2002The Scorpion King — Director
• 2000Bless the Child — Director
• 1998Black Cat Run — Executive Producer
• 1996Eraser — Executive Producer, Director
• 1994The Mask — Director, Executive Producer
• 1988The Blob — Movie Patron (uncredited), Screenplay, Director
• 1987A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors — Screenplay, Director
• 1986Back to School — Production Manager, Producer
• 1985Girls Just Want to Have Fun — Producer
• 1984Body Rock — Associate Producer
• 1984Dreamscape — Screenplay, Associate Producer
• 1982The Seduction — Executive Producer
• 1981Hell Night — Executive Producer
• 1980Gorp — First Assistant Director
• 1980The Hearse — Line Producer
• 1979The Great American Girl Robbery — Producer
• 1977Joyride — Unit Production Manager
• 1977Last of the Mohicans — Unit Manager
• 1977Supervan — First Assistant Director
• 1976Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw — Deputy, Second Assistant Director
• 1973Shot

Appearances as themselves (11)

• 2026The Thing Expanded — Self
• 2018Wolfman's Got Nards — Self
• 2012Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger — Self
• 2011FEARnet's Movies with More Brains — Self
• 2010Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy — Self
• 2006The House That Freddy Built — Self
• 2005Cartoon Logic — Self
• 2005Introducing Cameron Diaz — Self
• 2005Return to Edge City — Self
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast — Self
• 1991Slash & Burn: The Freddy Krueger Story — Self