Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "David O. Russell" in English language version.
The New York-born director is of Lucanian origin on his mother's side.
During his opening monologue…Mike Birbiglia sarcastically likened the rant to a famous quote by Elia Kazan ('A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does') and then recited [Russell's confrontation with Lily Tomlin], without omission of [expletives].
... Russian-Jewish on his father's side of the family and Italian-Catholic on his mother's... Russell's Jewish grandfather, a butcher on the Upper West Side of Manhattan who had lost many of his relatives in concentration camps...
In 'Thank God for Jokes,' he recounts the kerfuffle that ensued when he hosted the 2012 Gotham Awards and roasted David O. Russell, who was one of the honorees.
Saturday for Chanel's Oscar party, Sony film exec Sanford Panitch accidentally tripped over the leg of David O. Russell, who had knelt down to speak to someone. Russell, the hotheaded filmmaker who famously brawled with George Clooney on the set of Three Kings, became immediately irate and punched Panitch hard in the stomach. Onlookers were shocked, according to an eyewitness, but Panitch saw who it was, laughed, and moved along—though I'm betting Russell's post-Amsterdam comeback attempt doesn't land at Sony. (The studio declined to comment; Russell's rep, Susan Ciccone, didn't return my email.)
...his mother - Maria, an Italian Catholic from Brooklyn ... his father Bernard, the Jewish son of a butcher, who became a sales executive for Simon & Schuster
Host Mike Birbiglia shocked and delighted the audience with his opening monologue at the IFP Gotham Awards Monday night when it slowly became apparent that he was reciting honoree-of-the-evening David O. Russell's notorious tirade against Lily Tomlin from the set of I Heart Huckabees.
...his mother - Maria, an Italian Catholic from Brooklyn ... his father Bernard, the Jewish son of a butcher, who became a sales executive for Simon & Schuster
... Russian-Jewish on his father's side of the family and Italian-Catholic on his mother's... Russell's Jewish grandfather, a butcher on the Upper West Side of Manhattan who had lost many of his relatives in concentration camps...
The New York-born director is of Lucanian origin on his mother's side.
