David Rubin
Known for: Production
Born: —
Place of birth: —
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.
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Filmography
107 movies · 18 TV shows, newest first
5.9
The Five Star Weekend
2026
7.9
Elle
2026
8.0
Margo's Got Money Troubles
2026
8.1
All Her Fault
2025
6.9
Hal & Harper
2025
6.1
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025
6.0
Apples Never Fall
2024
6.7
Expats
2024
6.4
The Beanie Bubble
2023
7.0
The Last Thing He Told Me
2023
6.4
The Spencer Sisters
2023
6.5
Welcome to Chippendales
2022
6.5
Luckiest Girl Alive
2022
7.5
Where the Crawdads Sing
2022
6.5
PIECES OF HER
2022
6.9
Nine Perfect Strangers
2021
7.0
The King of Staten Island
2020
7.5
Little Fires Everywhere
2020
6.9
Four Weddings and a Funeral
2019
5.9
Men in Black: International
2019
7.8
Sharp Objects
2018
6.6
Alex Strangelove
2018
8.0
Gifted
2017
6.0
Wilson
2017
7.9
Big Little Lies
2017
5.7
Rules Don't Apply
2016
5.4
Mascots
2016
6.7
All the Way
2016
7.2
Trumbo
2015
10.0
Golan: A Farewell to Mr Cinema
2015
7.3
Strange Magic
2015
7.0
Wild
2014
6.8
Frank
2014
6.2
Walking with Dinosaurs
2013
7.2
Gravity
2013
5.7
The Smurfs 2
2013
6.9
Casting By
2012
5.6
On the Road
2012
6.9
Game Change
2012
7.1
Real Steel
2011
5.8
The Smurfs
2011
6.1
The Back-Up Plan
2010
4.8
Georgia O'Keeffe
2009
4.4
The Marc Pease Experience
2009
5.6
Spread
2009
6.7
Yes Man
2008
6.4
City of Ember
2008
5.3
Spirit of the Forest
2008
6.8
Recount
2008
6.3
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
2008
6.5
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
2008
6.7
Charlie Bartlett
2008
6.0
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
2007
NR
Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad
2007
7.2
Lars and the Real Girl
2007NR
The Gamekillers
2007
6.7
Hairspray
2007
6.2
Charlotte's Web
2006
5.9
Let's Go to Prison
2006
5.8
For Your Consideration
2006
6.2
In Her Shoes
2005
7.4
Out of Practice
2005
6.9
Cold Mountain
2003
6.6
Igby Goes Down
2002
5.9
Blow Dry
2001
7.2
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999
6.1
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999
5.6
Random Hearts
1999
5.3
Wild Wild West
1999
7.3
Notting Hill
1999
5.5
Hurlyburly
1998
7.1
The Negotiator
1998
6.8
City of Angels
1998
6.8
Fallen
1998
7.1
Lawn Dogs
1997
6.3
Red Corner
1997
7.2
Men in Black
1997
6.6
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997
5.7
Albino Alligator
1997
7.1
The English Patient
1996
6.8
Romeo + Juliet
1996
7.2
Matilda
1996
6.3
Up Close & Personal
1996
6.2
Sabrina
1995
6.5
Get Shorty
1995
6.2
Waterworld
1995
6.7
The War
1994
6.2
Gypsy
1994
6.7
The Last Seduction
1994
4.7
Ghost in the Machine
1993
7.0
Addams Family Values
1993
5.6
Mr. Wonderful
1993
6.7
The Firm
1993
6.3
Hoffa
1992
6.1
CrissCross
1992
5.9
White Sands
1992
7.5
My Cousin Vinny
1992
3.2
The Nightman
1992
5.8
Final Analysis
1992
7.7
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991
7.1
The Addams Family
1991
5.7
Delirious
1991
6.4
Naked Tango
1990
6.4
Days of Thunder
1990
5.8
Cadillac Man
1990
6.3
Men Don't Leave
1990
6.9
The War of the Roses
1989
5.8
Out on the Edge
1989
6.8
Scrooged
1988
6.1
Little Nikita
1988
6.1
The In Crowd
1988
6.4
Less Than Zero
1987
6.1
Real Men
1987
4.9
The Spirit
1987
6.9
Spaceballs
1987
6.2
The Big Easy
1986
3.8
Intimate Encounters
1986
7.5
The Name of the Rose
1986
5.7
The Best of Times
1986
5.7
Love, Mary
1985
6.0
Consenting Adult
1985
8.0
Amadeus
1984
4.5
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984
7.0
Special Bulletin
1983
6.0
Cat People
1982