Financed his first independent film Pieces, which he wrote, directed and produced with his brother, with student loans and credit cards
While still in debt from Pieces, went to UCLA to pursue a degree in Film
Paid the credit card debt accumulated from making Pieces a decade later, it cost $30,000 to make the movie
After seeing Pieces, director Steven Soderbergh decided to produce the brothers' next film, Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
Directs most of his work along with his brother Joseph Russo, and they are known together as the Russo brothers
Known for directing multiple films from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018)