David Rubin (casting director)

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David Rubin (born 1956/1957) [1] is an American casting director who was president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 2019 to 2022. He has worked on films such as The English Patient , Hairspray , and Four Weddings and a Funeral ; his television credits include Big Little Lies and Sharp Objects . [2] [3]

Rubin grew up in Great Neck, New York, and graduated from Amherst College in 1978. [4] [5] He began his career working on Saturday Night Live . [5] In 2002, he received the Hoyt Bowers Award, a career achievement prize from the Casting Society of America. [5] He has been nominated for eight Primetime Emmy Awards and won twice: for Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special in 2012 for Game Change , and for Outstanding Casting for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special in 2017 for the first season of Big Little Lies . [6]

In August 2019, Rubin was elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, becoming the organization's first openly gay president. [1] He was re-elected in 2020 and 2021, though he was not eligible to seek a fourth consecutive term in 2022, due to term limits that included his time as a member of the board of governors. [7]

Producer Janet Yang was elected as Rubin's successor in August 2022, becoming the first person of Asian descent to serve as president of the Academy. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Feinberg, Scott (August 8, 2019). "New Academy President David Rubin on Oscars Challenges and Becoming First Openly Gay Leader (Q&A)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  2. ↑ Lenker, Maureen Lee (June 26, 2019). "Big Little Lies casting director David Rubin on how they landed Meryl Streep for season 2". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  3. ↑ Erbland, Kate; Harris-Bridson, Dana (August 7, 2019). "David Rubin Elected President of the Motion Picture Academy". IndieWire . Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  4. ↑ Duke, Katherine (March 23, 2020). "Recasting the Academy". Amherst Magazine. Amherst College . Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 Funk, Mia (July 23, 2020). "David Rubin". The Creative Process. Medium . Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  6. ↑ "David Rubin". Emmy Awards . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  7. ↑ Hammond, Pete (August 4, 2021). "David Rubin Re-Elected AMPAS President; DeVon Franklin, David Linde Among New Officers". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  8. ↑ Ford, Rebecca (2022-08-03). "The Academy Elects Janet Yang as President". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
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