Directors
Anthony and Joe Russo came up in Cleveland, debuted with the 1997 indie Pieces, and developed a talent for staging chaos that got them hired to direct Arrested Development and then Community, where a paintball two-parter turned a network sitcom into a full-scale action homage. Marvel handed them that instinct at blockbuster scale: The Winter Soldier traded cosmic gloss for 1970s paranoia-thriller grammar and a handheld elevator brawl, then Civil War fit a dozen powers into one daylight airport and kept every face readable. Infinity War and Endgame closed a decade of shared-universe storytelling across two films, giving the villain the protagonist's arc and the audience a snap they still argue about. Through their own studio AGBO they have kept swinging outside the franchise, from Cherry's chaptered portrait of addiction to the globe-hopping The Gray Man.
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Major Works
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
A superhero film staged like a 1970s paranoia thriller. The elevator fight, a sealed box, handheld and brutal, is the scene that told Marvel what these two could do.
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
The airport battle puts twelve costumed heroes on one daylight tarmac and keeps every face readable, then lets Ant-Man grow to building size as the punchline.
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Thanos gets the protagonist's arc and the film has the nerve to let him win, ending on a field of drifting ash.
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
A time heist that doubles as a victory lap through the franchise's own back catalog, climaxing with every surviving hero stepping out of portals onto one battlefield.
Cherry (2021)
Tom Holland as a veteran sliding into addiction, told in chapters, with the visual style mutating from boot camp to bank robbery to withdrawal.
Also Worked On
The Electric State (2025) • The Gray Man (2022) • Community (2009) • Arrested Development (2003) • You, Me and Dupree (2006) • Welcome to Collinwood (2002) • Happy Endings (2011) • Animal Practice (2012) • Pieces (1997) • Carpoolers (2007) • Lucky (2003) • Running Wilde (2010) • LAX (2004) • Tuesdays and Fridays (2025)
