大卫·欧文·罗素（David Owen Russell，1958年8月20日-），美国电影导演、编剧。他因其作品中松散、喜剧的能量而受到称赞，并因与演员的爆炸性对抗而臭名昭著。他曾获得 2 项独立精神奖的编剧和导演奖，以及圣丹斯电影节的观众奖和美国作家协会奖。

罗素凭借他的第一部作品独立黑色喜剧《打猴子》（1994 年）获得了独立精神奖的最佳处女作和最佳处女作奖。此外，这部电影还为他赢得了圣丹斯电影节的观众奖。他在 2010 年代初的作品《斗士》（2010 年）、《一线希望剧本》（2012 年）和《美国骗局》（2013 年）广受好评，每部电影都获得了多项奥斯卡金像奖提名，包括最佳影片、导演、剧本和剪辑。然而，这些电影在表演类别中取得了最大的成功，克里斯蒂安·贝尔和梅丽莎·里奥凭借《斗士》获得了奥斯卡男女配角奖，詹妮弗·劳伦斯凭借《一线希望》获得了最佳女主角奖。

2011 年 12 月，拉塞尔 19 岁的跨性别侄女妮可·佩洛昆 （Nicole Peloquin） 向警方报案，指控拉塞尔对她进行了性侵犯。该案没有提出任何指控就结案了，因为被指控的袭击没有证人。根据警方的报告，拉塞尔提出帮助佩洛昆进行腹部锻炼，在此期间，他的手在她的生殖器上方徘徊。在询问了她用来增加乳房大小的荷尔蒙后，拉塞尔把手伸进她的衬衫下面，摸了摸两个乳房。

拉塞尔证实了这一事件的发生，但告诉警方，佩洛昆“对他表现得非常挑衅”，并邀请他感受她的乳房。他还承认“对丰胸感到好奇”。这一事件在2014年索尼影业黑客事件中也被直接提及。

David Owen Russell (born August 20, 1958) is an American film director and screenwriter. He has been praised for the loose, comic energy that characterizes his work, and is notorious for his explosive confrontations with cast members. He has won 2 Independent Spirit Awards for writing and directing as well as the Audience Award at Sundance, and a Writers Guild of America Award.

Russell was awarded Best First Screenplay and Best First Feature from the Independent Spirit Awards for his first work, the independent dark comedy “Spanking the Monkey” (1994).  In addition, the film won him the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. His work in the early 2010s, "The Fighter" (2010), "Silver Linings Playbook" (2012) and "American Hustle" (2013), was highly critically acclaimed, with each film racking up multiple Academy Award nominations, including for Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, and Editing. The films had their best success in the acting categories, however, with Christian Bale and Melissa Leo winning the Supporting Actor & Actress Oscars for "The Fighter," and Jennifer Lawrence winning the award for Best Actress in "Silver Linings Playbook."

In December 2011, Russell's 19-year-old transgender niece, Nicole Peloquin, filed a police report alleging Russell had sexually assaulted her. The case was closed without any charges being filed because the alleged assault had no witnesses. According to the police report, Russell offered to help Peloquin with abdominal exercises, during which his hand hovered above her genitals. After inquiring about the hormones she used to increase breast size, Russell slipped his hands under her shirt and felt both breasts.

Russell confirmed that the incident happened, but told police that Peloquin was "acting very provocative toward him" and invited him to feel her breasts. He also admitted to being "curious about the breast enhancement." This incident was also directly mentioned in the 2014 Sony Pictures hack.