Pillow Talk (1959)

Born in New York City. The son of film pioneer Edwin Russell, he began his film career in Paramount's prop department, later becoming a screenwriter. A director of offbeat films from the early 1950s, he usually collaborated on his own scripts with producer Clarence Greene. His early work is the more interesting, as represented by THE WELL (1951), a stark study in mob psychology, and the courageous though mostly unsuccessful experiment of omitting all dialogue from THE THIEF (1952). Other writer-director credits include WICKED WOMAN (1953), NEW YORK CONFIDENTIAL (1955), THE FASTEST GUN ALIVE (1956), HOUSE OF NUMBERS (1957), THUNDER IN THE SUN (1959), A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME (1964), THE OSCAR (1966) and THE CAPER OF THE GOLDEN BULLS (1967, director only).  Nominated for Writing (Story and Screenplay) 1951: THE WELL (w. Clarence Greene)  Writing (Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) 1959: PILLOW TALK (w. Clarence Greene, Stanley Shapiro & Maurice Richlin) 2 nominations, 1 Award