Prolific sound re-recording mixer of over 175 films and TV productions who started in American television in the mid-1970s. Russell entered American films with THE HAND, ZORRO, THE GAY BLADE, UNDER THE RAINBOW and RAGTIME (all 1981). Other notable (non-nominated) credits include THE PATRIOT (1986), HAIRSPRAY (1988), STEEL MAGNOLIAS (1989), TREMORS, STANLEY & IRIS, DAYS OF THUNDER and JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO (all 1990), SCENES FROM A MALL and THE BUTCHER'S WIFE (both 1991), MY COUSIN VINNY and THE BODYGUARD (both 1992), "The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom" (1993, TV), BLUE SKY and STARGATE (both 1994), THE USUAL SUSPECTS and CRIMSON TIDE (both 1995), MULHOLLAND FALLS, THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES and GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI (all 1996), LOLITA and STARSHIP TROOPERS (both 1997), GODZILLA (1998), WILD WILD WEST and THE STORY OF US (both 1999), RULES OF ENGAGEMENT and GONE IN SIXTY SECONDS (both 2000), SAVING SILVERMAN and SPY GAME (both 2001), MEN IN BLACK II (2002), DREAMCATCHER, THE UNTED, TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES, BAD BOYS II, BIG FISH and HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG (all 2003), MAN ON FIRE, NATIONAL TREASURE and SPANGLISH (all 2004), BEWITCHED and THE ISLAND (both 2005), GLORY ROAD, RV, THE DA VINCI CODE, TALLADEGA NIGHTS; THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY, THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS and DEJA VU (all 2006), SPIDER-MAN 3 and TRANSFORMERS (both 2007), and PROM NIGHT and MADE OF HONOR (both scheduled for 2008).

Nominated for Achievement in Sound 1989: BLACK RAIN (w. Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell & Keith A. Wester)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound 1996: THE ROCK (w. Kevin O'Connell & Keith A. Wester)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound 1997: (w. Kevin O'Connell & Arthur Rochester)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound 1998: ARMAGEDDON (w. Kevin O'Connell & Keith A. Wester)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound 1998: THE MASK OF ZORRO (w. Kevin O'Connell & Pud Cusack)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound 2000: THE PATRIOT (w. Kevin O'Connell & Lee Orloff)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound 2001: PEARL HARBOR (w. Kevin O'Connell & Peter J. Devlin)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound 2002: SPIDER-MAN (w. Kevin O'Connell & Ed Novick)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound Mixing 2004: SPIDER-MAN 2 (w. Kevin O'Connell, Jeffrey J. Haboush & Joseph Geisinger)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound Mixing 2005: MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (w. Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline & John Pritchett)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound Mixing 2006: APOCALYPTO (w. Kevin O'Connell & Fernando Camara)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound 2007: TRANSFORMERS (w. Kevin O'Connell & Peter J. Devlin) 12 nominations