---
name: "Danny Rubin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/danny-rubin"
fi1m_id: "danny-rubin"
imdb_id: "nm0748035"
tmdb_id: 1526
wikidata_id: "Q976462"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:55:31.080785+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."
---

# Danny Rubin

## Identity

Danny Rubin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/danny-rubin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** danny-rubin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0748035
- **TMDB ID:** 1526
- **Wikidata ID:** Q976462
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Rubin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q976462, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0748035/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1526

Writer. Born 1 January 1957 in San Francisco, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1957, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Also known as:** Daniel Rubin
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Rubin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q976462, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0748035/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1526

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Groundhog Day*](https://film.one/film/groundhog-day.md) (88)

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

## Biography

Danny Rubin is an American screenwriter and playwright. He wrote the original story and co-wrote the screenplay with Harold Ramis for the 1993 film *Groundhog Day*, for which they received a BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. He also wrote the book for the stage musical adaptation, which premiered in London in 2016 and won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 2017.

Rubin’s other screen credits include *Hear No Evil* (1993) and *S.F.W.* (1994). He received a BA in biology from Brown University and an MA in radio, television and film from Northwestern University. He has taught screenwriting at several institutions and served as the Briggs-Copeland Lecturer on Screenwriting at Harvard University from 2008 to 2013.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Groundhog Day* (1993), Fi1m 88, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/groundhog-day.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Freakier Friday* (2025), as Pink Slip Bass Player Scott — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/freakier-friday.md)
- *Stork Day* (2004), Original Film Writer
- *Freaky Friday* (2003), as Scott - Bass Player
- *S.F.W.* (1995), Screenplay
- *Hear No Evil* (1993), Writer
- *Groundhog Day* (1993), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/groundhog-day.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical 2017: Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical (nominated), for *Groundhog Day*

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

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