Writing

Bruce Joel Rubin

Born Mar 10, 1943 · 83 years24 titles 24 movies · 0 TV

Biography

Bruce Joel Rubin (b. March 10, 1943, Detroit, Michigan) is a screenwriter best known for the supernatural romance, Ghost for which he won the 1991 Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. He also wrote the screenplay for the 1990 psychological thriller Jacob's Ladder.

Also known as

Derek Saunders

Born

Mar 10, 1943

Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

7

Acting credits

4

Directing

13

Writing

4

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

1964 1 title(s)

Jennifer
movie · Writer · ★ 8.0

1965 1 title(s)

The Responsive Eye
movie · Second Unit Director · ★ 5.8

1969 1 title(s)

To Bridge This Gap
movie · Editor · ★ 7.0

1970 2 title(s)

1983 1 title(s)

Brainstorm
movie · Story · ★ 6.2

1986 1 title(s)

Deadly Friend
movie · Screenplay · ★ 6.2

1990 3 title(s)

1991 1 title(s)

Deceived
movie · Screenplay · ★ 5.8

1993 1 title(s)

My Life
movie · Director, Producer, Writer · ★ 6.7

1998 1 title(s)

Deep Impact
movie · Writer · ★ 6.2

2001 1 title(s)

Ghost: Remembering the Magic
movie · as Self · ★ 6.0

2002 1 title(s)

Stuart Little 2
movie · Story, Screenplay · ★ 5.8

2007 3 title(s)

2009 2 title(s)

2010 1 title(s)

Ghost
movie · Original Film Writer · ★ 5.2

2019 1 title(s)

Jacob's Ladder
movie · Original Story · ★ 4.4

2022 1 title(s)

Only in Theaters
movie · as Self · ★ 4.2

2025 1 title(s)

On the Rungs of Jacob's Ladder
movie · as Self · ★ 10.0