The writer/director David O. Russell has had a remarkable resurgence in the past three years. His films The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook, and his latest, American Hustle, are emotionally vibrant and teeming with life, energetic and observant American sagas that are dramatic and comic, and filled with memorable performances by such actors as Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Melissa Leo, Robert DeNiro, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, and Mark Wahlberg.