# Russell Hadaya

> Russell M. Hadaya is a Los Angeles location professional, producer, and founder of Chip City Entertainment whose credits stretch from an internship on Gone Baby Gone to location work on Dolemite Is My Name, which brought his team a 2020 Location Managers Guild International nomination. An Ithaca College alumnus, he has also produced independent films and spent years volunteering and mentoring young people through the arts.

- **Role:** Founder and manager at Chip City Entertainment
- **Organizations:** Chip City Entertainment, Create Now, Location Managers Guild International, Teamsters Local 399, Local Development Catalyst Network
- **Education:** Ithaca College
- **Known for:** Member of the Dolemite Is My Name location team nominated for the 2020 LMGI Award for Outstanding Locations in a Period Film., Nominated in the 2019 California on Location Awards field for Assistant Location Manager of the Year - Feature Film for Dolemite Is My Name., Advanced from location intern and assistant credits to location manager and supervising key assistant location manager roles.

## Career timeline

- **2004-2008** — Studied at Ithaca College; participated in football, club lacrosse, campus radio, promotions, and student film production.
- **2007** — Credited as a location intern and location assistant on Gone Baby Gone.
- **2010** — Worked as a location assistant on Edge of Darkness and held production work on The Town.
- **2011** — Public professional profile dates membership in the Location Managers Guild of America from 2011.
- **2012** — Public professional profile dates membership in Teamsters Local 399 from 2012.
- **2013-2014** — Worked in location departments on films including Breaking the Girls and Medeas and on the television series Betas.
- **2015** — Began volunteering with Create Now; met Ricardo Ortega at an arts workshop and helped him start a screenplay.
- **2016** — Chip City Entertainment was formed in California for entertainment investment and production; Hadaya is listed as manager.
- **2016** — Received a co-producer credit on the short film Mother's Day.
- **2017** — Served as an executive producer on All About the Money.
- **2019** — Worked as supervising key assistant location manager on Dolemite Is My Name and as location manager on the APEX Legends PRO AM television special.
- **2020** — The Dolemite Is My Name location team, including Hadaya and David B. Lyons, was nominated for an LMGI award for Outstanding Locations in a Period Film.
- **2021** — Filmography listings include a credit on Violet.
- **2024** — Chip City Entertainment filed a California Statement of Information listing Hadaya as manager.

## Achievements

- Member of the Dolemite Is My Name location team nominated for the 2020 LMGI Award for Outstanding Locations in a Period Film.
- Nominated in the 2019 California on Location Awards field for Assistant Location Manager of the Year - Feature Film for Dolemite Is My Name.
- Advanced from location intern and assistant credits to location manager and supervising key assistant location manager roles.
- Executive producer of the 2017 feature All About the Money.
- Sustained a multi-year arts mentorship that began at a Create Now youth filmmaking event.

## Latest updates

- **2024-09** — Chip City Entertainment filed a California Statement of Information continuing to list Russell M. Hadaya as its manager.
- **2020-09** — Create Now published the story of Hadaya's long-running mentorship with Ricardo Ortega.

## Links

- Website: http://www.aplusfilmz.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/russell-m-hadaya-2306bb31
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/UxUtLcorSw8

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Last updated: 2026-09-28