History Creator / TheRussoBrothers

During the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic in 2020, the brothers started a webseries/podcast of sorts titled "Russo Bros. Pizza Film School", where they would take a look at some of the movies that inspired their filmmaking while eating pizza from wherever they ordered from. They usually invite a special guest that was inspired by the film as well.

Anthony Russo (born February 3, 1970 in UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}}, Ohio) and his brother Joseph Vincent "Joe" Russo (born July 8, 1971 in Cleveland, Ohio) are Italian-American film and television directors and producers of Italian descent.

** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' (2019)

[[/index]]

* ''21 Bridges'' (2019) [[note]]Produced by them[[/note]]

Anthony Russo (born February 3, 1970 in Cleveland, Ohio) and his brother Joseph Vincent "Joe" Russo (born July 8, 1971 in Cleveland, Ohio) are Italian-American film and television directors and producers from UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}}.

Anthony Russo (born February 3, 1970 in Cleveland, Ohio) and Joseph Vincent "Joe" Russo (born July 8, 1971 in Cleveland, Ohio) are Italian-American film and television directors and brothers from UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}}.

* ''21 Bridges'' (2019) [[note]]Produced byt them[[/note]]

* ''21 Brides'' (2019) [[note]]Produced byt them[[/note]]

* ''Series/DeadlyClass'' (2019) [[note]]Executive producers[[/note]]

* CreatorCameo: Joe has cameo-d in several works of the duo, usually under the pseudonym "Gozie Agbo" in the credits:

* DarkerAndEdgier: Their contributions to the MCU have been arguably the darkest and bleakest movies in the franchise thus far, with grim storylines, minimal humor and GreyAndGreyMorality abounding. Most tellingly, all of their contributions have either invoked BittersweetEnding or DownerEnding at the end of the story, with a healthy dose of NothingIsTheSameAnymore, ranging from a status quo shift for the localized group of heroes present in the movie (The Winter Soldier & Civil War) to ''permanently'' changing the landscape of the MCU (Infinity War & Endgame).

Anthony Russo (born February 3, 1970) and Joseph Vincent "Joe" Russo (born July 8, 1971) are Italian-American film and television directors and brothers from UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}}.

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse

* TomHanksSyndrome: Many people were skeptical when they were named as directors for ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', as they were previously known for working on TV sitcoms. Their performance impressed the studio execs so much they were hired for [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar the next Captain America film]] three months before ''Winter Soldier'' even released, which led them to direct the [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar biggest films]] [[Film/AvengersEndgame in history]].

* TomHanksSyndrome: Many people were skeptical when they were named as directors for ''Film/CaptainAmericaWinterSoldier'', as they were previously known for working on TV sitcoms. Their performance impressed the studio execs so much they were hired for [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar the next Captain America film]] three months before ''Winter Soldier'' even released, which led them to direct the [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar biggest films]] [[Film/AvengersEndgame in history]].

In addition to writing and directing, Joe also trained as an actor. He has an MFA in the performing arts.

Joe also trained as an actor, he has an MFA in the performing arts.

* DarkerAndEdgier: While not necessarily without humor, their MCU works are definitely far more serious than ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' or ''Series/{{Community}}''.

* ''Series/DeadlyClass'' (2019) - [-Executive producers-]

!! Works with pages on TV Tropes:

** In ''Avengers: Endgame'', he is a grieving man in Captain America's support group for people who lost loved ones to Thanos' finger snap. He happens to be the first MCU film character who's openly on the LGBTQ spectrum.

They are known to work jointly on most of their projects. They contributed to the production and directing of TV shows such as ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' and ''Series/{{Community}}'', but nowadays they're mainly known as the movie directors who helmed the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse's biggest films (and biggest successes at that). Joe also trained as an actor, he has an MFA in the performing arts.

They are known to work jointly on most of their projects. They contributed to the production and directing of TV shows such as ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' and ''Series/{{Community}}'', but nowadays they're mainly known as the movie directors who helmef the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse's biggest films (and biggest successes at that). Joe also trained as an actor, he has an MFA in the performing arts.

They are known to work jointly on most of their projects. They contributed to the production and directing of TV shows such as ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' and ''Series/{{Community}}'', but nowadays they're mainly known as movie directors in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. Joe also trained as an actor, he has an MFA in the performing arts.