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Bruce Joel Rubin

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 03/10/1943 (81) | Detroit, Michigan (United States of America (USA))
Bruce Joel Rubin (born March 10, 1943) is an American screenwriter, meditation teacher, and photographer. His films often explore themes of life and death with metaphysical and science fiction elements. Prominent among them are Jacob's Ladder, My Life and Ghost, for which he received the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Ghost was also nominated for Best Picture, and was the highest-grossing film of 1990. He is sometimes credited as "Derek Saunders" or simply "Bruce Rubin". ()
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Bruce Joel Rubin (b. March 10, 1943, Detroit, Michigan) is a screenwriter best known for the supernatural romance, Ghost for which he won the 1991 Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. He also wrote the screenplay for the 1990 psychological thriller Jacob's Ladder.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Horror

Known for these Movies & Shows

A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran ...

Deep Impact

PG-13

1998 | 3.1/5 | 2h
Action, Drama, Science Fiction
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After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around hi ...

Jacob's Ladder

R

1990 | 3.7/5 | 1h 53min
Drama, Mystery, Horror
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Sam Wheat is a banker, Molly Jensen is an artist, and the two are madly in love. However, when Sam is murdered by his friend and corrupt business partner Carl Bruner over a shady business deal, he is ...

Ghost

PG-13

1990 | 3.6/5 | 2h 7min
Fantasy, Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance / Love
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Stuart, an adorable white mouse, still lives happily with his adoptive family, the Littles, on the east side of Manhattan's Central Park. More crazy mouse adventures are in store as Stuart, his human ...

Stuart Little 2

G

2002 | 2.9/5 | 1h 18min
Kids & Family, Adventure, Animation, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Bruce Joel Rubin

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
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Movies with Bruce Joel Rubin as Actor(5)

as himself2009 Tales from the Script
as himself2007 Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
as himself2007 The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin
as himself2001 Ghost: Remembering the Magic
as himself1990 Building 'Jacob's Ladder'

Movies with Bruce Joel Rubin as Crew(23)

Writing/Original Story2019 Jacob's Ladder
Writing/Original Film Writer2010 Ghost
Writing/Screenplay2009 The Time Traveler's Wife
Writing/Screenplay2007 The Last Mimzy
Writing/Story2002 Stuart Little 2
Writing/Screenplay2002 Stuart Little 2
Writing/Screenplay1998 Deep Impact
Directing/Director1993 My Life
Production/Producer1993 My Life
Writing/Writer1993 My Life
Writing/Screenplay1991 Deceived
Production/Producer1990 Jacob's Ladder
Production/Associate Producer1990 Jacob's Ladder
Writing/Writer1990 Jacob's Ladder
Production/Associate Producer1990 Ghost
Writing/Writer1990 Ghost
Writing/Writer1987 Blood Rage
Writing/Screenplay1986 Deadly Friend
Writing/Story1983 Brainstorm
Crew/Cinematography1970 Dionysus in '69
Directing/Director1970 Dionysus in '69
Editing/Editor1969 To Bridge This Gap
Directing/Second Unit Director1965 The Responsive Eye

Full Name: Bruce Joel Rubin
Born: Wednesday, 03/10 1943 (March) in Detroit, Michigan (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 81 years + 44 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Educated at: Mumford High School
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Other names for Bruce Joel Rubin (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Derek Saunders"
Bruce Joel Rubin frequently works together with these people:
Brian De Palma (7x, Crew)
Jerry Zucker (4x, Crew)
Demi Moore (3x, Actress)
Patrick Swayze (3x, Actor)
Whoopi Goldberg (3x, Actress)
James Horner (3x, Crew)
Mary Agnes Donoghue (3x, Crew)
Charles Kiselyak (3x, Crew)
Robert Fiore (3x, Crew)
Peter Hanson (3x, Crew)
Adam Greenberg (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:10088, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024