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Bruce Joel Rubin Biography (1943-)

Born March 10, 1943, in Detroit, MI; son of James (a contractor) and Sondra Rubin; married Blanche Mallins; children: Joshua, Ari. Career: Screenwriter, director, and producer. NBC News, assistant film editor, mid-1960s; Whitney Museum, film department, associate curator. Member: Writer's Guild of America. Awards, Honors: Academy Award, best original screenplay,and Writers Guild of America Award, both 1990, for Ghost. Addresses: Office: c/o Geoffrey Sanford, Sanford, Skouras, Gross & Associates, 1015 Gayley Ave., Third Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90024-3424.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Screenwriter, director, producer

Birth Details

March 10, 1943

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• (As Bruce Rubin) Assistant director, Hi, Mom! (also known as Blue Manhattan, Confessions of a Peeping John, and Son of Greetings), Sigma III, 1970
• Associate producer, Ghost, Paramount, 1990
• Associate producer, Jacob's Ladder (also known as Dante's Inferno), TriStar, 1990
• Director and producer, My Life, Columbia, 1993
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• (With Robert Statzel and Philip Frank Messina) Brainstorm, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1983
• Deadly Friend, Warner Bros., 1986
• Ghost, Paramount, 1990
• Jacob's Ladder (also known as Dante's Inferno), TriStar, 1990
• (As Derek Saunders) Deceived, Buena Vista, 1991
• My Life, Columbia, 1993
• Deep Impact, Paramount, 1998
• In Your Dreams, Universal, forthcoming.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

• Schanzer, Karl, and Thomas Lee Wright, American Screenwriters, Avon Books (New York), 1993.*