--- name: "Bruno Rubeo" canonical: "https://film.one/person/bruno-rubeo" fi1m_id: "bruno-rubeo" imdb_id: "nm0747941" tmdb_id: 5709 wikidata_id: "Q993716" roles: ["Production designer"] born: "26 October 1946" died: "3 November 2011" reviewed_on_fi1m: 7 average_fi1m_score: 71 average_over: 7 updated: "2026-10-05T19:49:00.771706+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." --- # Bruno Rubeo ## Identity Bruno Rubeo - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bruno-rubeo - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** bruno-rubeo - **IMDb ID:** nm0747941 - **TMDB ID:** 5709 - **Wikidata ID:** Q993716 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Rubeo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q993716, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0747941/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5709 Production designer. Born 26 October 1946 in Roma, Italy. Died 3 November 2011. ## Details - **Work:** Production designer - **Born:** 26 October 1946, Roma, Italy - **Died:** 3 November 2011 - **Active:** 1986–1994 - **Frequently works with:** [Oliver Stone](https://film.one/person/oliver-stone.md), [Arnon Milchan](https://film.one/person/arnon-milchan.md), [Steven Reuther](https://film.one/person/steven-reuther.md), [Willem Dafoe](https://film.one/person/willem-dafoe.md) - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 75 (4), 1990s 67 (3) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 70 across 7 titles - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Genres:** Drama 6, Thriller 3, War 3, Mystery 2, Action 1, Comedy 1 - **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $906m across 7 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Rubeo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q993716, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0747941/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5709 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Platoon*](https://film.one/film/platoon.md) (84), [*Salvador*](https://film.one/film/salvador.md) (74), [*Kindergarten Cop*](https://film.one/film/kindergarten-cop.md) (65) - **Netflix:** [*Born on the Fourth of July*](https://film.one/film/born-on-the-fourth-of-july.md) (74) - **Tubi:** [*Driving Miss Daisy*](https://film.one/film/driving-miss-daisy.md) (68) - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Sommersby*](https://film.one/film/sommersby.md) (63) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Bruno Rubeo was an Italian production designer. Born in Rome in 1946, he graduated from the Scuola Statale di Cinematografia di Roma and began working in film in the early 1980s. He served as production designer on Oliver Stone’s *Platoon* (1986), *Salvador* (1986), *Talk Radio* (1988) and *Born on the Fourth of July* (1989). He also worked on *Driving Miss Daisy* (1989), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Art Direction, *Kindergarten Cop* (1990), *Bound by Honor* (1993), *The Client* (1994), *Dolores Claiborne* (1995), *The Devil’s Advocate* (1997), *The Thomas Crown Affair* (1999) and *Proof of Life* (2000). His longest collaboration was with director Taylor Hackford. Rubeo died in Italy in 2011. He was married to costume designer Mayes C. Rubeo; their son Marco Rubeo is an art director. *Sources: imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com, variety.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (7) - *The Client* (1994), Fi1m 72, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-client.md) - *Sommersby* (1993), Fi1m 63, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/sommersby.md) - *Kindergarten Cop* (1990), Fi1m 65, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/kindergarten-cop.md) - *Born on the Fourth of July* (1989), Fi1m 74, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/born-on-the-fourth-of-july.md) - *Driving Miss Daisy* (1989), Fi1m 68, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/driving-miss-daisy.md) - *Platoon* (1986), Fi1m 84, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/platoon.md) - *Salvador* (1986), Fi1m 74, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/salvador.md) ## Complete filmography (22) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Love Ranch* (2010), Production Design - *The Great Raid* (2005), Production Design - *The Merchant of Venice* (2004), Production Design - *Proof of Life* (2000), Production Design - *The Thomas Crown Affair* (1999), Production Design - *Pushing Tin* (1999), Production Design - *The Devil's Advocate* (1997), Production Design - *The Evening Star* (1996), Production Design - *Dolores Claiborne* (1995), Production Design - *The Client* (1994), Production Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-client.md) - *Bound by Honor* (1993), Production Design - *Sommersby* (1993), Production Design — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/sommersby.md) - *Kindergarten Cop* (1990), Production Design — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/kindergarten-cop.md) - *Born on the Fourth of July* (1989), Production Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/born-on-the-fourth-of-july.md) - *Driving Miss Daisy* (1989), Production Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/driving-miss-daisy.md) - *Old Gringo* (1989), Production Design - *Blood Red* (1989), Production Design - *Talk Radio* (1988), as Tony · Production Design - *Walker* (1987), Production Design - *Platoon* (1986), Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/platoon.md) - *Salvador* (1986), Production Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/salvador.md) - *Spring Fever* (1982), as Art Direction ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - 1990: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Driving Miss Daisy* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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