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Sally Rubin

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Sally Rubin
Born9 May
Occupation(s)Director, Editor, Producer, Professor
Years active1999 - present

Sally Rubin is an American documentary film director, producer, editor, and professor.[1][2] She is best known for her work on the documentary films Mama Has a Mustache, Hillbilly, Deep Down, Life on the Line, and The Last Mountain.[3][4][5]

Life and career

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Rubin was born in Newton, Massachusetts. She graduated from the Tufts University and Stanford University.[6] She is a full-time documentary film professor at Chapman University.[7]

Her documentary, The Last Mountain, about her father's death in a hiking accident, was broadcast on PBS nationally and had a broad festival run including the Mill Valley Film Festival.[8] In 2010, she co-directed the feature documentary, Deep Down, along with Jen Gilomen. The film was funded by the Independent Television Service, the MacArthur Foundation, Chicken and Egg Pictures, and the Fledgling Fund, and tells the story of two friends in eastern Kentucky who find themselves divided over mountaintop removal coal mining near their homes.[9] The documentary aired as part of PBS’ Emmy-winning documentary series Independent Lens in 2010-2011.[10] Rubin and Gilomen received an Emmy Award nomination in the category of New Approaches in Documentary Filmmaking for Deep Down's Virtual Mine project.[9] Deep Down traveled around the world as part of the United States Department's American Documentary Showcase and premiered at the Big Sky Film Festival.[11][12]

In 2014, Rubin co-directed Life on the Line, along with Jen Gilomen, which premiered at the Santa Barbara Film Festival and aired nationally on PBS.[13] She directed and produced the documentary film, Hillbilly, with Ashley York, about media stereotypes of Appalachia and their impact on the increasing political and cultural divide in the United States. The film premiered in 2018 at the Nashville Film Festival and played at DOC NYC,[14] won the Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Los Angeles Film Festival, won Michael Moore's award for Best Documentary at the Traverse City Film Festival, and played as the Opening Night Movie at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival.[15][16][17] Hillbilly was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, was picked up by the Orchard/1091 Media for distribution, and was bought by Hulu and Al Jazeera.[18] Rubin is a judge for the Emmy Awards and the International Documentary Awards.[citation needed]

Rubin associate produced the Frontline series Country Boys, directed by David Sutherland, and edited Robert Greenwald’s documentary Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers.[19]

In 2021, Rubin directed and produced the animated documentary short, Mama Has a Mustache, about youth and gender identity which premiered at Outfest and screened at Telluride's MountainFilm and the 65th annual San Francisco International Film Festival.[20][21] In 2021, Rubin co-directed Appalachian Futures, a piece commissioned by the Smithsonian.[22]

Filmography

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Year Film Director Editor Producer
2002 Ga-Ga Cha Yes Yes Yes
2003 Cut Yes Yes Yes
2003 Body Politics Yes Yes Yes
2004 The Last Mountain Yes Yes Yes
2006 Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers Yes
2007 The ACLU Freedom Files Yes
2007 RiverWebs Yes
2010 Independent Lens - Deep Down Yes Yes Yes
2010 Deep Down: A Story from the Heart of Coal Country Yes Yes Yes
2010 Breaking Through Yes
2011 Among Giants Yes
2011 Without a Home Yes Yes
2011 The Modern Man Yes
2011 Blow! Yes
2014 Life on the Line Yes Yes Yes
2014 Culture Over Everything Yes
2014 The Last Orchard Yes
2016 After Coal Yes
2018 Hillbilly Yes Yes
2019 Relentless Yes
2019 A Long Series of Right Now Yes
2019 Slab City Yes
2019 That Was Ray Yes
2020 Les Mystères Yes
2021 Above Snakes Yes
2021 Bisbee Always Survives Yes
2021 Mama Has a Mustache Yes Yes
2021 Appalachian Futures Yes Yes

References

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  1. ^ "Grappling with "Insider" and "Outsider" Documentary Filmmaking: Sally Rubin on hillbilly". filmmakermagazine.com. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  2. ^ "Sally Rubin's doc 'Hillbilly' urges different view of Appalachia". ff2media.com. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  3. ^ "'hillbilly' Trailer: Documentary Humanizes and Traces Appalachian Roots (Exclusive)". indiewire.com. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  4. ^ "MOUNTAINTOP-REMOVAL COAL MINING HITS 'DEEP DOWN'". psmag.com. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  5. ^ "The last mountain / a film by Sally Rubin". researchworks.oclc.org. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  6. ^ "Sally Rubin". art.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  7. ^ "Faculty Spotlight: Sally Rubin". blogs.chapman.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  8. ^ The last mountain. OCLC 741260462. Retrieved 2019-03-15 – via worldcat.org.
  9. ^ a b "Deep Down". itvs.org. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  10. ^ "DEEP DOWN". pbs.org. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  11. ^ "Deep Down". finelinefilms.org. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  12. ^ "Deep Down". bigskyfilmfest.org. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  13. ^ "Life on the Line premieres at Santa Barbara International Film Festival". finelinefilms.org. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  14. ^ "New Documentary HILLBILLY Set For World Premiere at Nashville Film Festival May 19th". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  15. ^ "Here are the Winners of the 2018 LA Film Festival!". filmindependent.org. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  16. ^ "Winners announced for 14th Annual Traverse City Film Festival". upnorthlive.com. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  17. ^ "HILLBILLY". hsdff.gala-engine.com. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  18. ^ "'Hillbilly' Documentary Successfully Deconstructs The Hillbilly Stereotype". decider.com. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  19. ^ "COUNTRY BOYS". pbs.org. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
  20. ^ "MAMA HAS A MUSTACHE SCREENING AND Q&A". csulb.edu. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  21. ^ "MAMA HAS A MUSTACHE". outfestla2021.com. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  22. ^ "New Smithsonian Film Project "Futures We Dream" To Showcase Uplifting Visions of Eight Communities Across the U.S." si.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
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