David Rubin
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.
Filmography (81)
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
The Beanie Bubble
Luckiest Girl Alive
Where the Crawdads Sing
The King of Staten Island
Men in Black: International
Alex Strangelove
Wilson
Gifted
Rules Don't Apply
All the Way
Strange Magic
Trumbo
Frank
Wild
The Smurfs 2
Gravity
Walking with Dinosaurs
On the Road
The Smurfs
Real Steel
The Back-Up Plan
Spread
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Yes Man
City of Ember
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Hairspray
Lars and the Real Girl
Charlotte's Web
Let's Go to Prison
For Your Consideration
In Her Shoes
Cold Mountain
Igby Goes Down
Blow Dry
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Wild Wild West
Notting Hill
Random Hearts
Fallen
City of Angels
The Negotiator
Men in Black
My Best Friend's Wedding
Red Corner
Albino Alligator
Lawn Dogs
Romeo + Juliet
The English Patient
Matilda
Up Close & Personal
Waterworld
Get Shorty
Sabrina
The Last Seduction
The War
The Firm
Addams Family Values
Ghost in the Machine
My Cousin Vinny
Hoffa
Final Analysis
White Sands
Fried Green Tomatoes
The Addams Family
Delirious
Days of Thunder
Cadillac Man
Men Don't Leave
The War of the Roses
Scrooged
Little Nikita
Spaceballs
Real Men
Less Than Zero
The Name of the Rose
The Big Easy
The Best of Times
Amadeus
