David Russell

This subject of this article goes by multiple names that apply to other articles as well. See David (disambiguation), Russell (disambiguation).

David Russell (born December 13, 1950 in Los Angeles) is a storyboard artist. His original choice of profession was to be a comic book artist, inspired by the work of Jack Kirby. After meeting Kirby who became a mentor to him, Russell continued his art education and began working as a storyboard artist on cartoons. After working on Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, he storyboarded on the likes of Challenge of the GoBots, The Mighty Orbots, Super Friends and The Transformers before succeeding in becoming the first African-American to join the Hollywood storyboarding union. Since then he has moved to storyboarding big budget live-action movies, including Batman, Terminator 2, The Chronicles of Narnia, and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

Storyboarding

The Transformers

• "More than Meets the Eye"
• "Transport to Oblivion"
• "Roll for It"
• "Fire in the Sky"
• "S.O.S. Dinobots"
• "Fire on the Mountain"
• "The Immobilizer" Act II
• Season 2 (unknown episodes)

Notes

• Russell's favorite of the episodes he worked on is "Fire on the Mountain".
• Russell's likeness was the basis for Frank.

External links

• Official site
• Biography on African American registry