Jordan Rubin is an American film director. He directed the 2014

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film ''

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''; which he also co-wrote with Jon and Al Kaplan.

Early life

Jordan Rubin was born in New York City, NY, where he was also raised. He earned a degree from

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Career

While Jordan was still studying at NYU, he began his career in

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. He went on to write for television on comedy series such as

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, and

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. He had his own half-hour

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special in 2008 and wrote the opening film for the 83rd Annual

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in 2011, in addition to many other television award shows. The

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commissioned a short film directed

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and written by Jordan Rubin for the organization's 25th anniversary celebration. Jordan's full feature directorial debut came in 2014 with the movie ''

''. A trailer for the film was released in February 2014 and went viral. The film had its world premiere on April 19, 2014, at the Tribecca Film Festival. The film was theatrically released in the United States in March 2015.

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* 1972 births Living people American film directors {{US-film-director-1970s-stub