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Director

Ruben Fleischer

Bio

As a child growing up in Washington, DC, RUBEN FLEISCHER never dreamed of helming a major motion picture. It was only after working as the assistant to Miguel Arteta on two films, Chuck & Buck and The Good Girl, that Ruben had incredible first hand access to see what directing was all about. After those experiences, Ruben quit working and spent the next two years making various low budget music videos, short films, and other experiments, thereby putting himself embarrassingly deep into credit card debt in his attempt to be a “director.” Luckily, people started to watch and enjoy his videos, which led to him getting signed to a production company where he was able to direct commercials and bigger budget music videos.

Through making Six Days In May, a documentary about the Gumball Rally (a modern day Cannonball Run), Ruben met Rob & Big Black, with whom he created and developed Rob & Big, a hit reality television show on MTV. After three successful seasons, the show ended, only to be followed up by Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory, a show about Rob’s business ventures.

Director- Job Description

The principal creative artist on a movie set. A director is usually (but not always) the driving artistic source behind the filming process, and communicates to actors the way that he/she would like a particular scene played. A director's duties might also include casting, script editing, shot selection, shot composition, and editing. Typically, a director has complete artistic control over all aspects of the movie, but it is not uncommon for the director to be bound by agreements with either a producer or a studio. In some large productions, a director will delegate less important scenes to a second unit director 2UD.