Henry Alex Rubin
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Henry Alex Rubin studied film at Phillips Academy, Exeter and Columbia University. The son of a French mother and American father (Art Historian James H. Rubin), he spent his life between Europe and the United States of America.
Henry Alex directed the humourous cult film “Who is Henry Jaglom?” (PBS, First Run Features, w/ Candice Bergen, Dennis Hopper) produced “Freestyle” (Palm Pictures, w/ Mos Def, The Roots, Biggie), which won Best Documentary at the Woodstock, LAIFF and Urbanworld Film Festivals and co-directed “Murderball” (Thinkfilm, MTV Films) with his friend, the novelist Dana Adam Shapiro. “Murderball” won the Audience Award at The Sundance Festival and has been shortlisted for an Academy Award.
Henry Alex was mentored by James Mangold (“Walk the Line”) directing the Second Unit on several films including “Cop Land” and “Girl Interrupted.” He is currently finishing a mockumentary starring Winona Ryder. His next project is a fiction film about a group of returning Iraq War veterans scheduled to shoot in the summer of 2006. He is signed to SMUGGLER for directing commercials.
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- http://smugglersite.com/press/2005/rubin_creativity_sept05.jpg
- http://www.murderballmovie.com/filmmakers.html
- http://parkcity.indiewire.com/people/archives/000095.html
- http://www.organicfilms.com/bios.htm
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0748066/
Henry Alex Rubin attended Phillips Academy, Andover (and not Phillips Exeter Academy): http://209.85.165.104/u/andover?q=cache:7dknOsWPaLYJ:www.andover.edu/publications/Bulletin_PDF/2005spring_Bulletin.pdf+henry+alex+rubin&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&ie=UTF-8