Russell Swanson
AWARDS
2021 Primetime Emmy Winner - Camerawork on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - “Election Results - F*ck 2020”
2020 Primetime Emmy Winner - Camerawork on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - “Eat Sh*t, Bob!”
TELEVISION
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Seasons 1 - 11 HBO Various Directors
The Iliza Schlesinger Sketch Show - Season 1 NETFLIX - Laura Murphy, Dir.
Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas - Seasons 1 & 2 HBO - Edmond Hawkins, Dir.
The Who Was Show - Season 1 - NETFLIX - Stoney Sharp, Jared Lapidus, Dan Beers, Dirs.
Person of Interest - CBS - add’l unit D.P.
Doctor Who - BBC - NYC D.P.
Party (pilot) - MTV - Pam Thomas, Dir.
FEATURES / DOCS
The Sacrifice - Chris Werner, Dir. (short)
Here’s… Yianni! - Christina Eliopoulous, Dir.
Truth in Motion - Anonymous Pictures - Brett Morgen, Dir.
The Incomparable Rose Hartman - The Artists Company - Otis Mass, Dir.
Director’s Guild of America Documentary - Celsius Pictures - Glenn Trottinger, Dir.
Motor City Rising - Ovation TV - Bobby Sheehan, Dir.
Bar d’O - Working Pictures - Bobby Sheehan, Dir.
Jeff Koons Beyond Heaven - Ovation TV - Bobby Sheehan, Dir.
Listen to the World - Ovation TV - Bobby Sheehan, Dir.
Cayman Went - Working Pictures - Bobby Sheehan, Dir.
Gonzo Music Diaries - Universal Beef - Roy Szuper, Dir.
Mr. Prince - Ovation TV - Sara Sheehan, Dir.
Arias with a Twist - Working Pictures - Bobby sheehan, Dir.
Anna and the Asteroid - (short) Scott Sherman, Dir.
Tonight and Every Night - (short) Christina Eliopoulous, Dir.
Anything For You - (short) Celsius Pictures - Laura Belsey, Dir.
Nowhere Fast - (short) Adam Jones, Dir.
COMMERCIALS (partial list)
Home Depot, Bank of America, United Airlines, Coca Cola, Mercedes Benz, Nissan, Ford, Toyota, Spectrum, Oil of Olay, Avon, American Express, Nike, Reebok, Consumer Cellular, Johnson & Johnson, Garnier, United Healthcare, Purina, Sprint, Verizon, AARP, Levi’s, MAC Cosmetics, NY Knicks, Red Stripe Beer, Cigna, K-Mart, Old El Paso, Burger King, Parenting Magazine, McDonalds, General Electric, Kaiser Permanente, Pepsi, Sony, Motorola, Disney Cruise Lines, Discovery Channel, Time Warner Cable, Kia, Lincoln Mercury, Midori, Microsoft, Budweiser, ESPN, Bally Fitness, HSBC Bank, NC Board of Tourism, Soch, New York Times, Crest White Strips, Target, Marshall’s, Domino’s Pizza, Chicago Tribune, Guinness Beer, Sonic, Lady Foot Locker, PG&E, Burlington Coat Factory, Payless Shoe Source, Beall’s, Stage Stores, Palais Royal, Playtex, Acuvue, New York Lottery, Campbell’s Soup, Visa, Sharpie, Colorado State Lottery, Clorox, Whirlpool, Ben & Jerry’s, Kellogg’s, Viva, Subway, Windex, Hewlett Packard, Hardee’s, Maybelline, Tropicana Orange Juice, Gitano Jeans, GMC, Sephora, Big Lots, Keurig, NY Rangers, Rogaine, Oscar Mayer, Red Lobster, Cole Haan, Wrigley’s , Yale New Haven Hospital, Volvo, Trident Gum, Mylanta, Donna Karan, Macy’s, Charles Schwab, Adidas, Exxon, Dodge, Hard Rock Casino, Lysol, Ameritrade, Phoenix Suns, Brooklyn Nets, WWE, Perdue, Chrysler, Aricept, Esbriet, Sears, Foster Grant, Denny’s, Canon, Nintendo
Music Videos (partial list)
Nickelback - “Photograph”
Nickelback - “If Today Were Your Last Day”
The Roots - “What They Do”
Nine Inch Nails - “Help Me I’m In Hell”
Gin Blossoms - “Follow You Down”
Stain’d - “Outside”
Stain’d - “For You”
Will Smith - “So Fresh”
Tom Petty - “It’s Good to be King” (2nd Unit)
Fuel - “Hemorrhage”
Depeche Mode - “Only When I lose Myself”
Matchbox 20 - “Push”
Collective Soul - “The World I Know”
Sheryl Crow - ”Lullaby”
Gloria Estefan - “Heaven’s What I Feel”
Backstreet Boys - “I’ll Never Break Your Heart”
Joan Osborne - “St. Teresa”
Dashboard Confessional - “Vindicated”
Lauren Hill / The Fugees - “Killing Me Softly”
Harvey Danger - “Flagpole Sitta”
Tricky - “Christiansands”
Good Charlotte - Little Things”
Supertramp - “You Win, I lose”
Ace of Base - “Cruel Summer”
Aaron Neville - “Use Me Up”
Rascal Flatts - ”Everyday”
Keb Mo - “Just Like You”
Tony Rich - “Missing You”
Morphine - “Early to Bed”
Cam’Ron - “Oh Boy”
D Generation - “No Way Out”
God Lives Underwater - “No More love”
Ben Fold’s Five - “The Army”
Tommy Lee - “Planet Boom”
Me"‘Shell Ndege’Ocello - “Lavitticus Faggot”
Social Distortion - “When the Angels Sing”
Eve’s Plum - “Jesus Loves You”