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Joseph Ruben

American filmmaker (born 1950)

Field	Value
name	Joseph Ruben
birth_date
birth_place	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
occupation	Film director, screenwriter, producer
yearsactive	1974–2017

Joseph Porter Ruben (born May 10, 1950) is an American retired filmmaker.

Movie career

Ruben's 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 on 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 collaborated with film editor George Bowers.

Ruben 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. The perceived similarities between the films resulted in accusations that The Ottoman Lieutenant existed to deny the Armenian genocide.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer
1974	The Sister-in-Law
1976	The Pom Pom Girls
1977	Joyride
1978	Our Winning Season
1980	Gorp
1984	Dreamscape
1987	The Stepfather
1989	True Believer
1991	Sleeping with the Enemy
1993	The Good Son
1995	Money Train
1998	Return to Paradise
2004	The Forgotten
2013	Penthouse North
2017	The Ottoman Lieutenant

Television

Year	Title	Note
1980	Breaking Away	Episode "The Cutters"

References

Buckley, Cara. (2017-04-20). "Battle Over Two Films Represents Turkey's Quest to Control a Narrative". [[The New York Times]].
Ritman, Alex. (2017-04-21). "'The Promise' vs. 'The Ottoman Lieutenant': Two Movies Battle Over the Armenian Genocide".

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