Russell Richard Archhttp://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/y/o/u/Linda-D-Young/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0029.html is an American director, writer and animator who lives in

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, USA. He has worked extensively in hidden camera, and is currently the executive producer and showrunner of TruTV's ''

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'', having worked on the show since its pilot episode. In addition, he wrote and directed on both seasons of NBC's ''

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''. He is also an editor, having cut segments for most shows he's worked on. In 2013, he edited segments, and created the initial episode, of Howie Mandel's TBS hidden-camera prank series '' Deal With It''. In 2012, he broke episode stories for the BBC3 black comedy '' Way To Go'', and wrote episode #4. He co-created, wrote, edited and directed all 26 episodes of ''

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'', a five-minute talk show (produced for Sony Pictures Television) that also shot in Arch's garage-studio. He created ''The Toodles'', a scripted comedy about a rock band turned " Wiggles" type band and sold it to VH-1. Arch created '' The Pat Kilbane Show'' out of his home office, and eventually sold the project to

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. He also co-created the pilot "Harsh Reality" with Kevin Healey and Scott Hallock (''

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''). His animations have been seen on MTV, VH-1, CBS, Fox, and even won him a

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for his FOX "Little J.T." Christmas campaign. He has also directed numerous promotional campaigns for TV Networks. These include greenscreen segments with Dan Whitney

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in a series of promos for '' Blue Collar TV'', in which Larry was "cut into" existing scenes from ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He is married to actress

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, with whom he has a son, Garrett Mitchell Arch, who was born on September 18, 2007.

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Russell Arch's Blog
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