Joseph Ruben

Joseph Ruben
Joseph Ruben
Born	May 10, 1950; Briarcliff Manor, New York, United States
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active	1974 – present

Joseph Porter Ruben (born May 10, 1950) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer.

Movie career

His earlier films, such as The Stepfather, have become cult classics. In the 1990s, he went to direct high-grossing mainstream films such as Sleeping with the Enemy starring Julia Roberts (which grossed over $150,000,000 at the box office), the controversial thriller The Good Son starring Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood, Money Train starring Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes, and Return to Paradise starring Vince Vaughn and Joaquin Phoenix. He frequently collaborates with film editor George Bowers. He has won awards at various film festivals for his films The Stepfather, True Believer, starring Robert Downey Jr. and James Woods, and Dreamscape, starring Dennis Quaid. His 2013 feature, Penthouse North, stars Michael Keaton and Michelle Monaghan. He will return to direct the serial killer thriller Jack after not working for six years. Ruben is also attached to direct the film The Politician's Wife written by Nicholas Meyer.

The Ottoman Lieutenant was released around the period of the film The Promise, a film depicting the Armenian genocide.[1] The perceived similarities between the films resulted in accusations that The Ottoman Lieutenant existed to deny the Armenian genocide.[1][2]

Filmography


Year	Name	Notes
1974	The Sister-in-Law	Also screenwriter and producer
1976	The Pom Pom Girls	Also screenwriter and producer
1977	Joyride	Also screenwriter
1978	Our Winning Season
1980	Breaking Away	Teleivision series (episode: ''The Cutters)
1980	Gorp
1984	Dreamscape	Also screenwriter
1987	The Stepfather
1989	True Believer
1991	Sleeping with the Enemy
1993	The Good Son	Also producer
1995	Money Train
1998	Return to Paradise
2004	The Forgotten
2013	Penthouse North	Also producer
2017	The Ottoman Lieutenant

References

Buckley, Cara (2017-04-20). "Battle Over Two Films Represents Turkey's Quest to Control a Narrative". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-05-13. But Turkey has insisted that many people, both Turkish and Armenian, carried out — and bore the brunt of — wartime horrors, and that no concerted extermination effort existed. [...] “The Ottoman Lieutenant” [...] reinforces that debunked Turkish narrative, detractors say.
Ritman, Alex; Mia Galuppo (2017-04-21). "'The Promise' vs. 'The Ottoman Lieutenant': Two Movies Battle Over the Armenian Genocide". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-05-15.

External links

Joseph Ruben at the TCM Movie Database
Joseph Ruben at AllMovie
Rea, Steven (February 26, 1989). "Ruben's Redemption Finally, Director Joseph Ruben Has Made A Movie He Really Loves. It's Not About Teens. Or Nightmares. It's "True Believer," A Mystery About A Lawyer Who Rediscovers Himself". The Inquirer. Philly.com. Retrieved March 30, 2014.

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[Buckley-1] Buckley, Cara (2017-04-20). "Battle Over Two Films Represents Turkey's Quest to Control a Narrative". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-05-13. But Turkey has insisted that many people, both Turkish and Armenian, carried out — and bore the brunt of — wartime horrors, and that no concerted extermination effort existed. [...] “The Ottoman Lieutenant” [...] reinforces that debunked Turkish narrative, detractors say.

[RitmanGaluppo-2] Ritman, Alex; Mia Galuppo (2017-04-21). "'The Promise' vs. 'The Ottoman Lieutenant': Two Movies Battle Over the Armenian Genocide". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-05-15.