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Janet Grillo(I)

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Janet Grillo
Janet Grillo is a critically acclaimed filmmaker, Emmy Award winning Producer, and former Studio Executive. She directed the award-winning indie features Alien Intervention (Festival Director Award, Boston Sci Fi FF), Jack of the Red Hearts (Jury Prize, Bentonville FF), wrote/directed/produced the critically acclaimed Fly Away (nominated Best Feature SXSW), Executive Produced the Emmy Award winning HBO documentary, Autism: The Musical, and oversaw the cult classic House Party series while a creative executive at New Line Cinema. She is a full time Arts Professor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Kanbar Institute of Film and Television
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 3 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Known for

    Beth Broderick and Ashley Rickards in Fly Away (2011)
    Fly Away
    6.3
    • Producer
    • 2011
    Famke Janssen, Scott Cohen, AnnaSophia Robb, Israel Broussard, and Taylor Richardson in Jack of the Red Hearts (2015)
    Jack of the Red Hearts
    7.0
    • Producer
    • 2015
    Autism: The Musical (2007)
    Autism: The Musical
    7.7
    • Producer
    • 2007
    Alien Intervention (2023)
    Alien Intervention
    5.7
    • Director
    • 2023

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Crazy (2017)
      Crazy
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Famke Janssen, Scott Cohen, AnnaSophia Robb, Israel Broussard, and Taylor Richardson in Jack of the Red Hearts (2015)
      Jack of the Red Hearts
      7.0
      • executive producer
      • 2015
    • Beth Broderick and Ashley Rickards in Fly Away (2011)
      Fly Away
      6.3
      • producer
      • 2011
    • Autism: The Musical (2007)
      Autism: The Musical
      7.7
      • executive producer
      • 2007
    • Searching for Paradise (2002)
      Searching for Paradise
      5.5
      • producer
      • 2002
    • Joe the King (1999)
      Joe the King
      6.7
      • executive producer
      • 1999
    • Jeremy Davies in Spanking the Monkey (1994)
      Spanking the Monkey
      6.3
      • executive producer
      • 1994
    • Chris Tucker, Bernie Mac, Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas, David Edwards, Anthony Johnson, Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes, Freez Luv, Christopher Martin, Angela Means, Christopher Reid, Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins, and Immature in House Party 3 (1994)
      House Party 3
      4.7
      • executive producer
      • 1994
    • Who's the Man? (1993)
      Who's the Man?
      5.4
      • associate producer
      • 1993
    • Christopher Martin and Christopher Reid in House Party 2 (1991)
      House Party 2
      5.3
      • executive producer
      • 1991
    • Hangin' with the Homeboys (1991)
      Hangin' with the Homeboys
      6.9
      • executive producer
      • 1991
    • Christian Slater in Pump Up the Volume (1990)
      Pump Up the Volume
      7.2
      • associate producer
      • 1990

    Director

    • Alien Intervention (2023)
      Alien Intervention
      5.7
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Famke Janssen, Scott Cohen, AnnaSophia Robb, Israel Broussard, and Taylor Richardson in Jack of the Red Hearts (2015)
      Jack of the Red Hearts
      7.0
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Beth Broderick and Ashley Rickards in Fly Away (2011)
      Fly Away
      6.3
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Flying Lessons
      7.8
      Short
      • Director
      • 2008
    • At the Beach
      Short
      • Director
      • 2007

    Writer

    • Beth Broderick and Ashley Rickards in Fly Away (2011)
      Fly Away
      6.3
      • written by
      • 2011
    • Flying Lessons
      7.8
      Short
      • story and writer
      • 2008
    • At the Beach
      Short
      • story
      • 2007
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Personal details

    • Official sites
      • Motion Picture website
      • Official Site
    • Spouse
      • David O. Russell1992 - 2007 (divorced, 1 child)
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      • 2 Articles

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      Mother of actor Matthew Antonio Grillo Russell with director David O. Russell.

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