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Directing

David Grubin

Career

Active from 1978 to 2021, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score76/100
Highest rated
Poster for Napoleon
Napoleon
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
David Grubin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.3, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    0.4, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    0.4, average 2.4
  • Cringe Humor
    0.4, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Documentary 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Thought-Provoking 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Educational 3
  • American History 2
  • Biographical Drama 2
  • Biographical 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

33
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard
Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard (2021)

Director

2010s

8 titles · average score 73
Stevenson - Lost and Found
Stevenson - Lost and Found (2019)

Executive Producer

Tesla
Tesla (2016)
GoodWatch score 76

Producer, Writer

Language Matters with Bob Holman
Language Matters with Bob Holman (2015)

Writer, Director

A Place to Stand
A Place to Stand (2015)

Executive Producer

Rx: The Quiet Revolution
Rx: The Quiet Revolution (2015)

Executive Producer, Writer

Downtown Express
Downtown Express (2012)

Director

The Maze
The Maze (2011)

Director

The Buddha
The Buddha (2010)
GoodWatch score 70

Director, Writer

2000s

10 titles · average score 74
The Windmill Movie
The Windmill Movie (2009)

Producer

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2008)
GoodWatch score 67

Writer, Director

Marie Antoinette: A Film by David Grubin
Marie Antoinette: A Film by David Grubin (2006)

Producer, Director

Destination America: The People and Cultures That Created a Nation
Destination America: The People and Cultures That Created a Nation (2006)

Director

Abraham and Mary Lincoln:  A House Divided
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (2005)

Director

RF
RF (2004)

Writer, Director

Kofi Annan: Center of the Storm
Kofi Annan: Center of the Storm (2003)

Director

Young Dr. Freud
Young Dr. Freud (2002)

Director, Writer

Napoleon
Napoleon (2000)
GoodWatch score 81

Director, Writer

Napoléon : L’irrésistible ascension de Bonaparte
Napoléon : L’irrésistible ascension de Bonaparte (2000)

Director

1990s

8 titles
America 1900
America 1900 (1998)

Writer, Director

Bill T. Jones: Still/Here
Bill T. Jones: Still/Here (1997)

Executive Producer, Director

Truman
Truman (1997)

Director, Writer

T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (1996)

Writer, Director

Chicago 1968
Chicago 1968 (1995)

Creative Consultant

Degenerate Art
Degenerate Art (1993)

Director

Bill Moyers' Journal: A Life Together – Donald Hall and Jane Kenyon
Bill Moyers' Journal: A Life Together – Donald Hall and Jane Kenyon (1993)

Producer, Director

LBJ
LBJ (1991)

Director

1980s

3 titles
The Wyeths: A Father and His Family
The Wyeths: A Father and His Family (1986)

Writer, Producer

Creativity with Bill Moyers: Portrait of Maya Angelou
Creativity with Bill Moyers: Portrait of Maya Angelou (1982)

Director of Photography, Producer

A Portrait of Samson Raphaelson
A Portrait of Samson Raphaelson (1982)

Director, Cinematography

1970s

3 titles · average score 82
Spain: The Land and the Legend
Spain: The Land and the Legend (1978)

Director of Photography

Winter Soldier
Winter Soldier (1972)
GoodWatch score 92

Producer, Cinematography

The Plot Against Harry
The Plot Against Harry (1971)
GoodWatch score 72

Assistant Camera