David Grubin (born 1944) is an American documentary filmmaker.

Career

Grubin is best known for producing television documentaries for PBS, notably ''

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'' and ''Healing And The Mind with

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''. His work has won two Alfred I. Dupont awards, two Peabody Awards, five Writer's Guild prizes, and four

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. A member of the executive committee of the Society of American Historians, Grubin has received a

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, has been a Montgomery Fellow at

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, and is the recipient of an honorary doctorate from his alma mater,

Hamilton College Hamilton College is a private liberal arts college in Clinton, Oneida County, New York. It was founded as Hamilton-Oneida Academy in 1793 and was chartered as Hamilton College in 1812 in honor of inaugural trustee Alexander Hamilton, following ...

. He is member of the Writers Guild and Directors Guild, and is a former chairman of the board of directors of The

Film Forum Film Forum is a nonprofit movie theater at 209 West Houston Street in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. It began in 1970 as an alternative screening space for independent films, with 50 folding chairs, one projector and a $19,000 annual budget. Kare ...

. His independent feature film, '' Downtown Express'', was selected for the

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, FilmColumbia Festival, and opening night at the Cinema Arts Festival Houston. He teaches documentary filmmaking at

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's Graduate Film Program.

Personal life

Grubin is married to the artist Joan Grubin. He lives in

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Selected filmography

*''The Great Air Race of 1924'' (1989) *''LBJ'' (1991) *''FDR'' (1994) *''T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt'' (1996) *'' Truman'' (1997) *''America 1900'' (1998) *''Napoleon (2000 documentary)'' (2000) DeVillier Donegan Enterprises Public Broadcasting Service, PBS *''Money and Power TV special'' on Showtime (TV network) (2001) *''Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided'' (2001) *'' The Secret Life of the Brain'' (2002) PBS *''Young Dr. Freud'' *''RFK'' (2004) *''Marie Antoinette: A Film by David Grubin'' (2005) *''

The Jewish Americans ''The Jewish Americans'' was a three-part miniseries that originally aired on PBS during the month of January 2008. It was written and directed by David Grubin. The series focused on the traditions and styles of American Jews, as well as their c ...

'' (2008) *'' The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer'' (2009) *''

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'' (2010) *'' Downtown Express'' (2011) *'' Havana, Havana!'' (2012) *'' Language Matters with Bob Holman'' (2015) *''Tesla'' (2016)

References

External links

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Various interviews with Grubin conducted by Charlie RoseAspen Institute Panel, "The Mysterious Human Heart" moderated by Grubin
by ReadTheSpirit.com * 1944 births Living people American documentary filmmakers Columbia University faculty Film directors from New York City Film educators PBS people Peabody Award winners {{PBS-stub