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David O. Russell's first film, Spanking the Monkey, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Sundance Audience Award in 1994. It also was named Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay at the Independent Spirit Awards.

His second film was the comedy Flirting with Disaster. It appeared on more than 30 critics' Top Ten Best Films lists for 1996.