Joe Russo

Joseph Vincent "Joe" Russo co-directed Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame 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^[1] 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.^[2]

He also co-directed the post-credits scene of Ant-Man, which was a scene taken from Captain America: Civil War, and the mid-credits scene of Captain Marvel with Anthony.^[3]

He was an executive producer on Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars.^[4]

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.

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