Josh Ruben
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| Born | Joshua Benjamin Ruben June 30, 1983 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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Joshua Benjamin Ruben (born June 30, 1983)[1] is an American actor, comedian, director, and producer. He formerly worked for CollegeHumor and continues to appear in Dropout original shows.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Ruben was born in Washington, D.C.[2] He grew up in Woodstock, New York, with two half-siblings, one of whom is the singer-songwriter Rachael Yamagata.[2][3] He acted in youth theatre and aspired to become a comic actor.[3] He graduated from Onteora High School in 2001.[3] He worked at a gas station before being accepted into the New Actors Workshop in New York City at age 19.[3][4]
Career
[edit | edit source]Unable to get an agent in his first years in New York City, Ruben worked as a film extra and at Best Buy.[3] With childhood friend Sam Reich and others, he formed the comedy group Dutch West, which made sketch comedy videos for the internet.[3][4] Thanks to his work with the group, CollegeHumor hired him as a staffer, and he wrote and directed hundreds of its "Originals" short videos.[3][4] He has appeared on the Dropout game show Game Changer and its spinoff Make Some Noise, both hosted by Reich, and is credited as an executive producer on the latter series.[5]
Ruben moved to Los Angeles in 2016.[3] He drew from his CollegeHumor 401(k) to write, produce, and direct Scare Me, a comedy horror film shot at Cooper Lake outside of Woodstock.[3][4] Starring Ruben as an aspiring writer staying in a cabin in the woods, it premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.[4] His next film, Werewolves Within, based on the video game, was also shot in the area in the Hudson Valley.[3][4] It premiered to critical acclaim at the Tribeca Festival in June 2021.[6][7] He directed Heart Eyes, a romantic comedy slasher film.[8] He is set to direct the sci-fi horror film Green Bank[9][7] as well as the horror film Wilderness Reform.[10]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]As director
[edit | edit source]- Scare Me (2020)
- Werewolves Within (2021)
- Death to 2021 (2021)
- Heart Eyes (2025)
- Green Bank (upcoming)
- Wilderness Reform (upcoming)
References
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External links
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- Living people
- 1983 births
- People from Woodstock, New York
- Film directors from New York (state)
- Screenwriters from New York (state)
- Comedians from New York (state)
- Film producers from New York (state)
- American television directors
- CollegeHumor people
- American horror film directors
- American comedy film directors
- American male web series actors
- 21st-century American male actors
- American impressionists (entertainers)
- American male comedians