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Bruce Rubenstein(I)

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Bruce Rubenstein was born on 14 December 1955 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Everyone Wants the Kush, Johnny Handsome (1989) and Desperate Hours (1990). He has been married to Shirly Brener since 2004. They have two children.
BornDecember 14, 1955
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    • Known for

    Everyone Wants the Kush
    • Writer
      Mickey Rourke in Johnny Handsome (1989)
      Johnny Handsome
      6.1
      • Producer
      • 1989
      Mickey Rourke in Desperate Hours (1990)
      Desperate Hours
      5.4
      • Producer
      • 1990
      Wild Orchid (1989)
      Wild Orchid
      4.5
      • Producer
      • 1989

      Credits

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      Producer

      • Wish
        • executive producer
        • Development Unknown
        • TV Series
      • The Ogilvy Fortune
        • executive producer
        • Pre-production
      • Buzzin (2024)
        Buzzin
        Video
        • associate producer
        • 2024
      • Not My Circus (2023)
        Not My Circus
        Short
        • executive producer
        • 2023
      • Andrew Dice Clay in Dice (2016)
        Dice
        7.4
        TV Series
        • executive producer
        • 2016–2017
      • Andrew Dice Clay, Tara Reid, Tom Green, and Tommy Habeeb in The Big Big Show (2015)
        The Big Big Show
        TV Series
        • executive producer
        • 2015
      • Andrew Dice Clay: The Blue Show (2015)
        Andrew Dice Clay: The Blue Show
        6.8
        TV Special
        • executive producer
        • 2015
      • Andrew Dice Clay: Indestructible (2012)
        Andrew Dice Clay: Indestructible
        7.1
        TV Special
        • executive producer
        • 2012
      • Mickey Rourke in Desperate Hours (1990)
        Desperate Hours
        5.4
        • assistant producer
        • 1990
      • Wild Orchid (1989)
        Wild Orchid
        4.5
        • assistant producer
        • 1989
      • Mickey Rourke in Johnny Handsome (1989)
        Johnny Handsome
        6.1
        • assistant producer
        • 1989
      • A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
        A Prayer for the Dying
        6.3
        • assistant producer (uncredited)
        • 1987

      Writer

      • Everyone Wants the Kush
        • story
        • Script
      • Southern Comfort (2014)
        Southern Comfort
        5.2
        • written by
        • 2014
      • Hendrix (2000)
        Hendrix
        5.6
        TV Movie
        • written by (as Butch Stein)
        • 2000
      • Mickey Rourke and Tupac Shakur in Bullet (1996)
        Bullet
        6.4
        • Writer
        • 1996

      Additional Crew

      • Don Johnson and Mickey Rourke in Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
        Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
        6.1
        • assistant: Mr. Rourke
        • 1991
      • Mickey Rourke in Johnny Handsome (1989)
        Johnny Handsome
        6.1
        • assistant: Mr. Rourke
        • 1989

      Personal details

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      • Alternative name
        • Butch Stein
      • Born
        • December 14, 1955
        • New York City, New York, USA
      • Spouse
        • Shirly Brener2004 - present (2 children)
      • Children
          Mila Brener

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        Husband of Shirly Brener.

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