Joseph Ruben
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Joseph Ruben | |
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| Born | May 10, 1950 |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, producer |
| Years active | 1974–2017 |
Joseph Porter Ruben (born May 10, 1950) is an American retired filmmaker.
Movie career
[edit]Ruben's earlier films, such as The Stepfather, have become cult classics. In the 1990s, he went to direct high-grossing mainstream films such as Sleeping with the Enemy starring Julia Roberts (which grossed over $150,000,000 on box office), the controversial thriller The Good Son starring Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood, Money Train starring Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes, and Return to Paradise starring Vince Vaughn and Joaquin Phoenix. He frequently collaborated with film editor George Bowers.
Ruben has won awards at various film festivals for his films The Stepfather, True Believer, starring Robert Downey Jr. and James Woods, and Dreamscape, starring Dennis Quaid. His 2013 feature, Penthouse North, stars Michael Keaton and Michelle Monaghan. He will return to direct the serial killer thriller Jack after not working for six years. Ruben is also attached to direct the film The Politician's Wife written by Nicholas Meyer.
The Ottoman Lieutenant was released around the period of the film The Promise, a film depicting the Armenian genocide.[1] The perceived similarities between the films resulted in accusations that The Ottoman Lieutenant existed to deny the Armenian genocide.[1][2]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Name | Notes |
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| 1974 | The Sister-in-Law | Also screenwriter and producer |
| 1976 | The Pom Pom Girls | Also screenwriter and producer |
| 1977 | Joyride | Also screenwriter |
| 1978 | Our Winning Season | |
| 1980 | Breaking Away | Television series (episode: ''The Cutters) |
| Gorp | ||
| 1984 | Dreamscape | Also screenwriter |
| 1987 | The Stepfather | |
| 1989 | True Believer | |
| 1991 | Sleeping with the Enemy | |
| 1993 | The Good Son | Also producer |
| 1995 | Money Train | |
| 1998 | Return to Paradise | |
| 2004 | The Forgotten | |
| 2013 | Penthouse North | Also producer |
| 2017 | The Ottoman Lieutenant |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Buckley, Cara (2017-04-20). "Battle Over Two Films Represents Turkey's Quest to Control a Narrative". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
But Turkey has insisted that many people, both Turkish and Armenian, carried out — and bore the brunt of — wartime horrors, and that no concerted extermination effort existed. [...] 'The Ottoman Lieutenant' [...] reinforces that debunked Turkish narrative, detractors say.
- ^ Ritman, Alex; Mia Galuppo (2017-04-21). "'The Promise' vs. 'The Ottoman Lieutenant': Two Movies Battle Over the Armenian Genocide". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
External links
[edit]- Joseph Ruben at the TCM Movie Database
- Joseph Ruben at AllMovie
- Rea, Steven (February 26, 1989). "Ruben's Redemption Finally, Director Joseph Ruben Has Made A Movie He Really Loves. It's Not About Teens. Or Nightmares. It's "True Believer," A Mystery About A Lawyer Who Rediscovers Himself". The Inquirer. Philly.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
- 1950 births
- American male screenwriters
- American people of German descent
- American people of German-Jewish descent
- American people of Jewish descent
- Film directors from New York (state)
- Film producers from New York (state)
- Screenwriters from New York (state)
- American horror film directors
- Living people
- People from Briarcliff Manor, New York