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Rick Rubin
Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin (born March 10, 1963) is an American record executive and record producer.
Born March 10, 1963 Lido Beach, New York, USA1 movie on MoviHero
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Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin (born March 10, 1963) is an American record executive and record producer. He is a co-founder (alongside Russell Simmons) of Def Jam Recordings, founder of American Recordings, and former co-president of Columbia Records. Rubin helped popularize hip-hop by producing records for acts such as the Beastie Boys, Geto Boys, Run-DMC, Public Enemy, and LL Cool J. He has also produced hit records for acts from a variety of other genres, predominantly heavy metal (Danzig, Metallica, and Slayer), alternative rock (the Cult, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Strokes and Weezer), hard rock (Audioslave and Aerosmith), nu-metal (Linkin Park, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down), and country (Johnny Cash and the Chicks). In 2007, Rubin was called "the most important producer of the last 20 years" by MTV and was named on Time's list of the "100 Most Influential People in the World". His first book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, was published in January 2023.
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- 2026The Strokes: In Transit: Part IIProducer · Self
- 2025WWE WrestleMania 41: SaturdayHimself
- 2025Thank You Very MuchProducer
- 2024Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets WeirdSelf
- 2023Circus MaximusSelf
- 2023whyrush?Narrator
- 2023Chris Rock: Road To Live SpecialSelf
- 2022Neil Young & Crazy Horse: World Record: The Making Of - A Chronicle of the MusicHimself
- 20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonySelf
- 2021Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel FreeHimself
- 2020The Nine Lives of Ozzy OsbourneSelf
- 2020Beastie Boys StorySelf (archive footage)
- 2020Truth to PowerSelf
- 2020500 Days in UCLA (Cut Footage Documentary)Self (archive footage)
- 2017May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett BrothersHimself
- 2015Johnny Cash: American RebelSelf
- 2015808Self
- 2015I Am Johnny CashSelf
- 2013Black Sabbath: 13Self
- 2013One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna DasHimself
- 2013Sound CitySelf
- 2010Linkin Park: Meeting of A Thousand SunsSelf
- 2009Jim Jones - This Is Jim JonesSelf
- 2007Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a DreamSelf
- 2007The Making of Minutes to MidnightSelf
- 2006Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and SingSelf
- 2004JAY-Z: Fade to BlackSelf
- 2004Johnny Cash: The Last Great AmericanSelf
- 2004Run DMC: Forever KingsSelf
- 2003Rage Against the Machine: Live at the Grand Olympic AuditoriumProducer
- 2003End of the Century: The Story of the RamonesSelf
- 2001The Cult: Pure Cult Anthology 1984-1995Actor
- 1994Johnny Cash - Manhattan CenterProducer
- 1994Tom Petty: Going HomeSelf
- 1993SMW Thanksgiving Thunder 1993Producer
- 1991Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky MonksSelf
- 1990Men Don't LeaveCraig
- 1988Tougher Than LeatherDirector · Writer · Vic Ferrante
- 1985Krush GrooveRick
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