Biography
Russell Goldman is a writer and filmmaker from Virginia, now based in Los Angeles. He wrote and directed the upcoming feature film SENDER, starring Britt Lower, David Dastmalchian, Anna Baryshnikov, and Jamie Lee Curtis. He also wrote MOTHER NATURE for Blumhouse and Titan Comics, a graphic novel inspired by his and Curtis’ screenplay. He has played at over 100 film festivals around the world with his short film work, which includes BURN OUT, CLOSING TIME, and the short that inspired the SENDER feature.
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Sender since AFINDirector · Writer1h 34m2026 After receiving a series of packages containing unnervingly personal items, a woman tumbles down a paranoid rabbit hole to find her mysterious sender.
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Burn Out Director · Writer12m2024 An assistant will do anything to get his presentation in front of his boss… even set himself on fire.
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Closing Time Director · Writer17m2024 An estranged friend surprises his old college buddies with an unusual reunion.
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Return to Sender Director · Writer18m2022 A woman gets involved in a delivery scam that grows increasingly strange.
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No Comment Director · Writer16m2020 An anguished star hits his breaking point when a young journalist investigates his complicity in a scandal.
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I Make Good Sounds at Parties Director · Writer · Russell8m2020 A lonely man attends a house party that grows nightmarishly surreal.
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Summer of Connor Director · Writer8m2019 A photographer begins seeing the face of his barista, Connor in his work- as well as every other human being- and embraces his emerging attraction to men. He still hasn't broken it to his girlfriend.
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Mother Nature Writer The New Mexico town of Catch Creek relies on the Cobalt Corporation for its jobs and prosperity. But Nova Terrell, as a child, witnessed her father die in mysterious circumstances on one of the Cobalt Corporation's experimental oil extraction projects, and has grown up to despise the seemingly benevolent company.
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