Joseph Ruben

Joseph Ruben
Born	May 10, 1950 (1950-05-10) (age 59) Briarcliff Manor, New York, USA
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active	1974 – present

Joseph P. Ruben (born May 10, 1950) is an award-winning American film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Ruben was born in Briarcliff Manor, New York. Most of his earlier films are b movies, some of which have become cult classics, such as The Stepfather. In the 1990s, he went to direct high grossing mainstream films such as Sleeping with the Enemy, starring Julia Roberts, which grossed over $100,000,000 at the box office, Money Train, The Good Son and Return to Paradise. He frequently collaborates with film editor George Bowers.^[1]

He has won awards at various film festivals for his films The Stepfather, True Believer and Dreamscape.^[2]

Filmography as a director

• The Forgotten (2004)
• Return to Paradise (1998)
• Money Train (1995)
• The Good Son (1993)
• Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
• True Believer (1989)
• The Stepfather (1987)
• Dreamscape (1984)
• Breaking Away (1980) (unknown episodes)
• Gorp (1980)
• Our Winning Season (1978)
• Joyride (1977)
• The Pom Pom Girls (1976)
• The Sister-in-Law (1974)

Filmography as a writer

• Dreamscape (1984) - screenplay only
• Joyride (1977)
• The Pom Pom Girls (1976) - screenplay and story only
• The Sister-in-Law (1974)

Filmography as a producer

• The Good Son (1993)
• The Pom Pom Girls (1976)
• The Sister-in-Law (1974)

References

External links

• Joseph Ruben at the Internet Movie Database