---
name: "Ann Ruark"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ann-ruark"
fi1m_id: "ann-ruark"
imdb_id: "nm0747742"
tmdb_id: 4447
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-01T20:19:04.014693+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ann Ruark

## Identity

Ann Ruark

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ann-ruark
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ann-ruark
- **IMDb ID:** nm0747742
- **TMDB ID:** 4447
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0747742/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4447

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 1990–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 9: 8 producing, 1 crew
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as producer, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 76 (1), 2000s 72 (4), 2010s 63 (1), 2020s 64 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 64 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 4, Crime 3, Romance 2, Adventure 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 17 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $329m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0747742/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4447

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Eddington*](https://film.one/film/eddington.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ann Ruark is a film producer and production manager. She began working in the industry in the late 1980s and has held roles including production coordinator, unit production manager and line producer on numerous features.

Her producer credits include *Requiem for a Dream* (2000), *Frida* (2002), *Babel* (2006), *Revolutionary Road* (2008), *Biutiful* (2010), *The Beaver* (2011), *Wildlife* (2018) and *Eddington* (2025). She has also served as unit production manager or executive producer on several of these and other films, such as *Boy Erased* (2018) and *Beau Is Afraid* (2023). She has received four award nominations.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (9)

### Produced (8) — the average rests on these

- *Caught Stealing* (2025), Fi1m 68, Executive Producer, Line Producer, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/caught-stealing.md)
- *Eddington* (2025), Fi1m 64, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/eddington.md)
- *Beau Is Afraid* (2023), Fi1m 60, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/beau-is-afraid.md)
- *Biutiful* (2010), Fi1m 63, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/biutiful.md)
- *Revolutionary Road* (2008), Fi1m 71, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/revolutionary-road.md)
- *Babel* (2006), Fi1m 64, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/babel.md)
- *Garden State* (2004), Fi1m 71, Line Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/garden-state.md)
- *Requiem for a Dream* (2000), Fi1m 80, Line Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/requiem-for-a-dream.md)

### Crew (1)

- *The Unbelievable Truth* (1990), Fi1m 76, Script Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-unbelievable-truth.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Caught Stealing* (2025), Line Producer, Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/caught-stealing.md)
- *Eddington* (2025), Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/eddington.md)
- *Beau Is Afraid* (2023), Executive Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/beau-is-afraid.md)
- *Earthquake Bird* (2019), Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Boy Erased* (2018), Unit Production Manager, Executive Producer
- *Wildlife* (2018), Producer
- *Equals* (2015), Producer
- *Love & Mercy* (2015), Unit Production Manager, Executive Producer
- *The Motel Life* (2013), Producer
- *The Beaver* (2011), Unit Production Manager, Producer
- *Biutiful* (2010), Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/biutiful.md)
- *Revolutionary Road* (2008), Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/revolutionary-road.md)
- *Lou Reed's Berlin* (2007), Co-Producer
- *Babel* (2006), Co-Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/babel.md)
- *Broken Flowers* (2005), Unit Production Manager, Co-Producer
- *A Dirty Shame* (2004), Co-Producer
- *Garden State* (2004), Line Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/garden-state.md)
- *Frida* (2002), Co-Producer
- *Requiem for a Dream* (2000), Line Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/requiem-for-a-dream.md)
- *Claire Dolan* (1998), Producer
- *Kicked in the Head* (1997), Line Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Boys Life 2* (1997), Producer
- *Walking and Talking* (1996), Still Photographer
- *The Doom Generation* (1995), Unit Production Manager
- *Alkali, Iowa* (1995), Producer
- *The Dark Half* (1993), Production Coordinator
- *My New Gun* (1992), Production Manager
- *The Unbelievable Truth* (1990), Script Supervisor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-unbelievable-truth.md)

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/ann-ruark