Russell Cunningham (producer)

From 1978 to 1979, Cunningham worked as a stand-up comedian performing at the Playboy Club, Barnum & Bailey Circus, as the Hamburgler and Ronald McDonald.

In 1980, Cunningham moved to Hollywood, there he was hired to market and promote motion picture films for major studios and production companies, most notably Annie, directed by the John Huston.

Cunningham began his involvement with the Australian Film Industry in 1989, when he was hired by Hoyts Cinemas following a move to Australia.

[2] Also in that year, he began work on the Australian film, G'day La, to have been directed by Tom Jeffries.

In 2005, he began development work on Dingo Dreaming, a film that was to be shot in the Western Australian Pilbara town of Roebourne.