David Rubin
- Known for
- Production
Biography
David began his career as a production assistant on "Saturday Night Live". He entered the casting field as an assistant and then associate to Mary Goldberg on such films as "Ragtime", "Silkwood" and "Amadeus". David then moved to Los Angeles to team with veteran casting director Lynn Stalmaster on "The Name of the Rose", "The Big Easy" and many other films. Opening his own casting company, David was responsible for assembling the casts of such films as: "The Addams Family", "The War of the Roses", "Fried Green Tomatoes", "My Cousin Vinny", "The Firm", "Four Weddings and a Funeral", "Get Shorty", "Romeo + Juliet", "The English Patient", "Men in Black", "My Best Friend's Wedding", and "The Talented Mr. Ripley". In partnership with Richard Hicks, David cast the films "Hairspray", "Lars and the Real Girl", "Recount" (HBO), "The Smurfs" and "Game Change" (HBO), for which they received the 2012 Emmy Award. Most recently, David worked with director Jean-Marc Vallee ('Dallas Buyers Club') casting his film 'Wild' for Fox Searchlight and with Warren Beatty on his upcoming Howard Hughes film. In 2001, David was the recipient of the Hollywood Film Festival Award for Outstanding Career Achievement in the Field of Casting, presented by Sydney Pollack. In October 2002, Baz Luhrmann presented him with an Honorary Career Achievement Award from the Casting Society of America.
Known For
Filmography

Margo's Got Money Troubles
TV · Casting · 8 eps

Elle
TV · Casting · 8 eps

The Five Star Weekend
TV · Casting · 8 eps

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
Movie · Casting

Hal & Harper
TV · Casting · 8 eps

All Her Fault
TV · Casting · 8 eps

Expats
TV · Casting · 6 eps

Apples Never Fall
TV · Casting · 7 eps

The Beanie Bubble
Movie · Casting

The Spencer Sisters
TV · Casting · 10 eps

The Last Thing He Told Me
TV · Casting · 15 eps

Tiny Beautiful Things
TV · Casting · 1 ep

Where the Crawdads Sing
Movie · Casting

Luckiest Girl Alive
Movie · Casting

PIECES OF HER
TV · Casting · 8 eps

Welcome to Chippendales
TV · Casting Director · 8 eps

Nine Perfect Strangers
TV · Casting · 16 eps

The King of Staten Island
Movie · Casting

Little Fires Everywhere
TV · Casting · 8 eps

Utopia
TV · Casting · 1 ep

Men in Black: International
Movie · Casting

Four Weddings and a Funeral
TV · Casting · 1 ep

Alex Strangelove
Movie · Casting

Sharp Objects
TV · Casting · 8 eps

Wilson
Movie · Casting

Gifted
Movie · Casting

Big Little Lies
TV · Casting · 14 eps

Mascots
Movie · Casting

Rules Don't Apply
Movie · Casting

All the Way
Movie · Casting Director

Trumbo
Movie · Casting

Strange Magic
Movie · Casting

Wild
Movie · Casting

Frank
Movie · Casting Director

Gravity
Movie · Casting

Walking with Dinosaurs
Movie · Additional Casting

The Smurfs 2
Movie · Casting

On the Road
Movie · Casting

Game Change
Movie · Casting Director

Real Steel
Movie · Casting

The Smurfs
Movie · Casting

The Back-Up Plan
Movie · Casting

Spread
Movie · Casting

The Marc Pease Experience
Movie · Producer

Georgia O'Keeffe
Movie · Casting

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Movie · Casting

City of Ember
Movie · Casting

Yes Man
Movie · Casting

Charlie Bartlett
Movie · Casting

Recount
Movie · Casting

The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Movie · Casting

Spirit of the Forest
Movie · Casting Director

Lars and the Real Girl
Movie · Casting

Hairspray
Movie · Casting Director
The Gamekillers
TV · Producer · 5 eps

Let's Go to Prison
Movie · Casting

Charlotte's Web
Movie · Casting

For Your Consideration
Movie · Casting

In Her Shoes
Movie · Casting

Out of Practice
TV · Casting, Original Casting · 1 ep

Cold Mountain
Movie · Casting

Igby Goes Down
Movie · Executive Producer

Blow Dry
Movie · Producer

The Talented Mr. Ripley
Movie · Casting

Random Hearts
Movie · Casting

Snow Falling on Cedars
Movie · Casting

Wild Wild West
Movie · Casting

Notting Hill
Movie · Casting Consultant

Fallen
Movie · Casting

The Negotiator
Movie · Casting

Hurlyburly
Movie · Casting

City of Angels
Movie · Casting

Men in Black
Movie · Casting

My Best Friend's Wedding
Movie · Casting

Red Corner
Movie · Casting

Albino Alligator
Movie · Casting

Lawn Dogs
Movie · Co-Producer

The English Patient
Movie · Casting

Romeo + Juliet
Movie · Casting

Up Close & Personal
Movie · Casting Director

Matilda
Movie · Casting

Waterworld
Movie · Casting

Sabrina
Movie · Casting

Get Shorty
Movie · Casting

The Last Seduction
Movie · Casting

The War
Movie · Casting Director

Gypsy
Movie · Casting Director

Addams Family Values
Movie · Casting

The Firm
Movie · Casting

Mr. Wonderful
Movie · Casting

Ghost in the Machine
Movie · Casting

CrissCross
Movie · Casting

The Nightman
Movie · Casting

Hoffa
Movie · Casting

My Cousin Vinny
Movie · Casting

White Sands
Movie · Casting

Final Analysis
Movie · Casting Director

Fried Green Tomatoes
Movie · Casting Director

Delirious
Movie · Casting

The Addams Family
Movie · Casting Director

Days of Thunder
Movie · Casting

Men Don't Leave
Movie · Casting Director

Naked Tango
Movie · Casting Director

Cadillac Man
Movie · Casting Director

The War of the Roses
Movie · Casting

Out on the Edge
Movie · Casting

The In Crowd
Movie · Casting

Little Nikita
Movie · Casting

Scrooged
Movie · Casting

Spaceballs
Movie · Casting

Less Than Zero
Movie · Casting

Real Men
Movie · Casting

The Spirit
Movie · Casting

The Name of the Rose
Movie · Casting

Intimate Encounters
Movie · Casting

The Best of Times
Movie · Casting

The Big Easy
Movie · Casting

Consenting Adult
Movie · Casting

Love, Mary
Movie · Casting Associate

Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
Movie · Casting

Amadeus
Movie · Casting Associate

Special Bulletin
Movie · Casting Associate

Cat People
Movie · Casting Assistant