David Rubin

David Rubin

Biography

David began his career as a production assistant on "Saturday Night Live". He entered the casting field as an assistant and then associate to Mary Goldberg on such films as "Ragtime", "Silkwood" and "Amadeus". David then moved to Los Angeles to team with veteran casting director Lynn Stalmaster on "The Name of the Rose", "The Big Easy" and many other films. Opening his own casting company, David was responsible for assembling the casts of such films as: "The Addams Family", "The War of the Roses", "Fried Green Tomatoes", "My Cousin Vinny", "The Firm", "Four Weddings and a Funeral", "Get Shorty", "Romeo + Juliet", "The English Patient", "Men in Black", "My Best Friend's Wedding", and "The Talented Mr. Ripley". In partnership with Richard Hicks, David cast the films "Hairspray", "Lars and the Real Girl", "Recount" (HBO), "The Smurfs" and "Game Change" (HBO), for which they received the 2012 Emmy Award. Most recently, David worked with director Jean-Marc Vallee ('Dallas Buyers Club') casting his film 'Wild' for Fox Searchlight and with Warren Beatty on his upcoming Howard Hughes film. In 2001, David was the recipient of the Hollywood Film Festival Award for Outstanding Career Achievement in the Field of Casting, presented by Sydney Pollack. In October 2002, Baz Luhrmann presented him with an Honorary Career Achievement Award from the Casting Society of America.

Filmography

Production

The English Patient

1996

As Casting

Romeo + Juliet

1996

As Casting

Men in Black

1997

As Casting

Spaceballs

1987

As Casting

The Talented Mr. Ripley

1999

As Casting

Days of Thunder

1990

As Casting

Cold Mountain

2003

As Casting

Addams Family Values

1993

As Casting

Igby Goes Down

2002

As Executive Producer

Let's Go to Prison

2006

As Casting

Charlotte's Web

2006

As Casting

The Smurfs

2011

As Casting

Real Steel

2011

As Casting

Gravity

2013

As Casting

CrissCross

1992

As Casting

Spread

2009

As Casting

The Name of the Rose

1986

As Casting

Fallen

1998

As Casting

Waterworld

1995

As Casting

The Negotiator

1998

As Casting

The Firm

1993

As Casting

Wild

2014

As Casting

Sabrina

1995

As Casting

Strange Magic

2015

As Casting

Get Shorty

1995

As Casting

Out on the Edge

1989

As Casting

The Nightman

1992

As Casting

Hoffa

1992

As Casting

Mr. Wonderful

1993

As Casting

Ghost in the Machine

1993

As Casting

The Last Seduction

1994

As Casting

Delirious

1991

As Casting

City of Ember

2008

As Casting

Trumbo

2015

As Casting

Yes Man

2008

As Casting

Red Corner

1997

As Casting

Amadeus

1984

As Casting Associate

Wilson

2017

As Casting

Love, Mary

1985

As Casting Associate

Rules Don't Apply

2016

As Casting

Charlie Bartlett

2008

As Casting

Real Men

1987

As Casting

For Your Consideration

2006

As Casting

Alex Strangelove

2018

As Casting

Blow Dry

2001

As Producer

White Sands

1992

As Casting

Gifted

2017

As Casting

The Big Easy

1986

As Casting

The Smurfs 2

2013

As Casting

In Her Shoes

2005

As Casting

Wild Wild West

1999

As Casting

Albino Alligator

1996

As Casting

Hurlyburly

1998

As Casting

Recount

2008

As Casting

Hairspray

2007

As Casting Director

All the Way

2016

As Casting Director

Game Change

2012

As Casting Director

Gypsy

1993

As Casting Director

Final Analysis

1992

As Casting Director

Naked Tango

1990

As Casting Director

Cadillac Man

1990

As Casting Director

The Addams Family

1991

As Casting Director

Lawn Dogs

1997

As Casting Director

City of Angels

1998

As Casting

The War of the Roses

1989

As Casting

Snow Falling on Cedars

1999

As Casting

Less Than Zero

1987

As Casting

Mascots

2016

As Casting

Consenting Adult

1985

As Casting

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

As Casting

Lars and the Real Girl

2007

As Casting

My Best Friend's Wedding

1997

As Casting

Luckiest Girl Alive

2022

As Casting

Random Hearts

1999

As Casting

Little Nikita

1988

As Casting

Men Don't Leave

1990

As Casting Director

Fried Green Tomatoes

1991

As Casting Director

Scrooged

1988

As Casting

My Cousin Vinny

1992

As Casting

Frank

2014

As Casting Director

The Marc Pease Experience

2009

As Producer

The War

1994

As Casting Director

Up Close & Personal

1996

As Casting Director

The Back-Up Plan

2010

As Casting

Intimate Encounters

1986

As Casting

The Best of Times

1986

As Casting

Matilda

1996

As Casting

The Beanie Bubble

2023

As Casting

The In Crowd

1988

As Casting

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