---
name: "Joel Tuber"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joel-tuber"
fi1m_id: "joel-tuber"
imdb_id: "nm0875636"
tmdb_id: 75690
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T19:55:09.988116+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."
---

# Joel Tuber

## Identity

Joel Tuber

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joel-tuber
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joel-tuber
- **IMDb ID:** nm0875636
- **TMDB ID:** 75690
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0875636/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/75690

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 1986–1996
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 producing, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 55 (1), 1990s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0875636/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/75690

## Biography

Joel Tuber is a film producer and assistant director. His credits include associate producer on *Heartburn* (1986) and producer on *Making Mr. Right* (1987).

He worked extensively as an assistant director, with first assistant director roles on *The Birdcage* (1996), *Desperately Seeking Susan* (1985) and *Places in the Heart* (1984), and second assistant director credits on *Silkwood* (1983) and *Ragtime* (1981). Other producing credits include associate producer on *Looking for an Echo* (2000) and executive producer on the television film *Santabear's High Flying Adventure* (1987).

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Heartburn* (1986), Fi1m 55, Producer, First Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/heartburn.md)

### Crew (1)

- *The Birdcage* (1996), Fi1m 81, First Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-birdcage.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *The Birdcage* (1996), First Assistant Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-birdcage.md)
- *Santabear's High Flying Adventure* (1987), Executive Producer, Producer
- *Rabbit Ears - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin/How the Camel Got His Hump* (1987), Producer
- *Rabbit Ears - The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher/The Tale of Peter Rabbit* (1987), Producer
- *Making Mr. Right* (1987), Producer
- *Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories* (1987), Producer
- *Rabbit Ears - The Steadfast Tin Soldier* (1986), Writer
- *Heartburn* (1986), Producer, First Assistant Director — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/heartburn.md)
- *Desperately Seeking Susan* (1985), First Assistant Director
- *Silkwood* (1983), Associate Producer, Second Assistant Director
- *Rich Kids* (1979), Second Assistant Director
- *Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams* (1973), Assistant Director Trainee

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