---
name: "Bruce Joel Rubin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bruce-joel-rubin"
fi1m_id: "bruce-joel-rubin"
imdb_id: "nm0748022"
tmdb_id: 3431
wikidata_id: "Q991682"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "10 March 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T01:08:18.174818+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."
---

# Bruce Joel Rubin

## Identity

Bruce Joel Rubin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bruce-joel-rubin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bruce-joel-rubin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0748022
- **TMDB ID:** 3431
- **Wikidata ID:** Q991682
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Joel_Rubin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q991682, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0748022/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3431

Writer and producer. Born 10 March 1943 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 10 March 1943, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- **Active:** 1990–1998
- **Also known as:** Derek Saunders
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Joel_Rubin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q991682, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0748022/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3431

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Ghost*](https://film.one/film/ghost.md) (80), [*Jacob's Ladder*](https://film.one/film/jacobs-ladder.md) (80)

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## Biography

Bruce Joel Rubin is an American screenwriter. Born in Detroit, Michigan, on 10 March 1943, he attended Wayne State University and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

He wrote the screenplays for *Ghost* (1990) and *Jacob's Ladder* (1990), the latter of which he also produced. Rubin received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for *Ghost*. His other screenwriting credits include *Brainstorm* (1983), *Deadly Friend* (1986), *My Life* (1993, which he also directed) and *Deep Impact* (1998). He has occasionally been credited as Derek Saunders.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Ghost* (1990), Fi1m 80, Associate Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/ghost.md)
- *Jacob's Ladder* (1990), Fi1m 80, Writer, Producer, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/jacobs-ladder.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Jacob's Ladder* (2019), Original Story
- *Ghost* (2010), Original Film Writer
- *The Time Traveler's Wife* (2009), Screenplay
- *The Last Mimzy* (2007), Screenplay
- *Stuart Little 2* (2002), Story, Screenplay
- *Deep Impact* (1998), Writer
- *My Life* (1993), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Deceived* (1991), Screenplay
- *Jacob's Ladder* (1990), Producer, Writer, Associate Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/jacobs-ladder.md)
- *Ghost* (1990), Associate Producer, Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ghost.md)
- *Deadly Friend* (1986), Screenplay
- *Brainstorm* (1983), Story
- *Hi, Mom!* (1970), Assistant Director
- *Dionysus in '69* (1970), Director, Director of Photography
- *To Bridge This Gap* (1969), Editor
- *The Responsive Eye* (1965), Second Unit Director
- *Jennifer* (1964), Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1991: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (won), for *Ghost*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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