Danny Rubin
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Danny Rubin is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...

, actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

, lecturer
Lecturer
Lecturer is an academic rank. In the United Kingdom, lecturer is a position at a university or similar institution, often held by academics in their early career stages, who lead research groups and supervise research students, as well as teach...

, celebrity blog
Blog
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ger, and most notably the screenwriter of the modern classic Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day (film)
Groundhog Day is a 1993 American comedy film directed by Harold Ramis, starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. It was written by Ramis and Danny Rubin, based on a story by Rubin....

. The title of the movie has now entered the vernacular to describe the experience of a day or even a limited event repeating. Rubin received a B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 in biology from Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...

 and a M.A.
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...

 in radio, television, and film from Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....

. He has taught screenwriting at numerous universities and lectured on the topic at 20 academic conferences since 1995. Currently he holds the position of Briggs-Copeland Lecturer on Screenwriting at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

. Rubin is married with two children.

Writer

  • Groundhog Day
    Groundhog Day (film)
    Groundhog Day is a 1993 American comedy film directed by Harold Ramis, starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. It was written by Ramis and Danny Rubin, based on a story by Rubin....

    (with Harold Ramis
    Harold Ramis
    Harold Allen Ramis is an American actor, director, and writer, specializing in comedy. His best-known film acting roles are as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters and Russell Ziskey in Stripes , both of which he also co-wrote...

    ) (1992)
  • Hear No Evil
    Hear No Evil (film)
    Hear No Evil is a 1993 thriller film about a deaf woman who falls foul of a corrupt police officer looking for a stolen coin that has been hidden in the woman's apartment. The film stars Marlee Matlin, D. B. Sweeney, Ice-T, and Martin Sheen. It was released by 20th Century Fox on March 26, 1993....

    (with Randall M. Badat and Kathleen Rowell) (1993)
  • S.F.W.
    S.F.W.
    S.F.W. is a 1994 film directed by Jefery Levy. It is based on a novel by Andrew Wellman, and stars Stephen Dorff, Jake Busey and Reese Witherspoon, in one of her first lead roles.-Plot:...

    (with Jefery Levy
    Jefery Levy
    Jefery Levy is an American film and TV director.His work as a director includes the feature films Inside Monkey Zetterland, S.F.W. and Man of God, as well as numerous episodes of shows such as Numb3rs, Ghost Whisperer and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.-Selected Filmography:*Ghoulies *Rockula...

    ) (1994)

Won

  • BAFTA Film Award
    British Academy Film Awards
    The British Academy Film Awards are presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts . It is the British counterpart of the Oscars. As of 2008, it has taken place in the Royal Opera House, having taken over from the flagship Odeon cinema on Leicester Square...

     for Best Screenplay 1994: Groundhog Day
  • ALFS Award for screenwriter of the year 1994: Groundhog Day

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