---
name: "Joseph Ruben"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-ruben"
fi1m_id: "joseph-ruben"
imdb_id: "nm0747849"
tmdb_id: 52629
wikidata_id: "Q332315"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "10 May 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T21:41:23.893439+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."
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# Joseph Ruben

## Identity

Joseph Ruben

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joseph-ruben
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joseph-ruben
- **IMDb ID:** nm0747849
- **TMDB ID:** 52629
- **Wikidata ID:** Q332315
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ruben, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q332315, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0747849/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52629

Director. Born 10 May 1950 in Briarcliff, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 10 May 1950, Briarcliff, New York, USA
- **Also known as:** Joseph Paul Ruben, Joseph Porter Ruben
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ruben, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q332315, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0747849/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52629

## Biography

Joseph Ruben is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Born on 10 May 1950 in Briarcliff, New York, he attended the University of Michigan and received a B.A. from Brandeis University.

His feature credits include *Dreamscape* (1984, also screenplay), *The Stepfather* (1987), *True Believer* (1989), *Sleeping with the Enemy* (1991), *The Good Son* (1993, also producer), *Money Train* (1995) and *Return to Paradise* (1998). He has won awards at film festivals including Cognac and Brussels for *Dreamscape*, *The Stepfather* and *True Believer*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sleeping with the Enemy* (1991), Fi1m 54, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/sleeping-with-the-enemy.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *The Ottoman Lieutenant* (2017), Director
- *Penthouse North* (2013), Director, Producer
- *The Forgotten* (2004), Director
- *Return to Paradise* (1998), Director
- *Money Train* (1995), Director
- *The Good Son* (1993), Director, Producer
- *HBO First Look* (1992), series, Actor
- *Sleeping with the Enemy* (1991), Director — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/sleeping-with-the-enemy.md)
- *True Believer* (1989), Director
- *The Stepfather* (1987), Director
- *Dreamscape* (1984), Director, Screenplay
- *Gorp* (1980), Director
- *Our Winning Season* (1978), Director
- *Joyride* (1977), Director, Writer
- *The Pom Pom Girls* (1976), Writer, Story, Producer, Director
- *The Sister in Law* (1975), Director, Writer, Producer

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