Ruben Samuel Fleischer\u00a0(\/\u02c8fla\u026a\u0283\u0259r\/; born October 31, 1974) is an American film director, film producer, television producer, music video director, and commercial director who lives in\u00a0Montclair, New Jersey. He is best known as the director of\u00a0Zombieland\u00a0(2009), his first feature film, and its sequel, Zombieland: Double Tap(2019). He has also directed the films\u00a030 Minutes or Less,\u00a0Gangster Squad,\u00a0Uncharted, and 2018’s\u00a0Venom, which features the\u00a0same Marvel Comics\u00a0character. Before the features, he directed television commercials for brands like\u00a0Cisco,\u00a0Eurostar,\u00a0ESPN, and\u00a0Burger King and music videos for artists such as\u00a0M.I.A.,\u00a0Electric Six,\u00a0DJ Format\u00a0and\u00a0Gold Chains.<\/p>\n
Fleischer was born and raised in Washington, D.C, the son of Karen Lee (n\u00e9e Samuel) and David Elliot Fleischer, a physician at the\u00a0Mayo Clinic\u00a0in Arizona and a professor of medicine.\u00a0His brother, Lucas, works in new media. His father was born to a\u00a0Jewish\u00a0family, while his mother\u00a0converted to Judaism. Fleischer was raised in\u00a0Reform Judaism.<\/p>\n
After graduating with a history major from\u00a0Wesleyan University, Fleischer moved to\u00a0San Francisco, where he worked as a freelance HTML programmer, unsure what he wanted to do with his life.<\/p>\n
Taking the advice of close friend\u00a0Mike White\u00a0(also a Wesleyan graduate), Fleischer worked as a PA in the writers’ office of\u00a0Dawson’s Creek. He eventually turned to directing and worked his way through the industry, tackling music videos and television commercials before landing his first feature film,\u00a0Zombieland, in 2009. His second feature,\u00a030 Minutes or Less, opened in theaters on August 12, 2011.<\/p>\n
Fleischer directed\u00a0Gangster Squad, a 2013 action thriller film based on the special tactical group created by the\u00a0LAPD\u00a0to combat the\u00a0Los Angeles crime family.\u00a0He next directed\u00a0Venom, a film about\u00a0the Marvel Comics\u00a0character\u00a0Eddie Brock, starring\u00a0Tom Hardy; it was released on October 5, 2018.<\/p>\n
In 2019, he directed\u00a0Zombieland: Double Tap, reuniting the four original leads.\u00a0In February 2020, he was hired to direct\u00a0Uncharted, based on the video game series\u00a0of the same name. In September 2022, he was hired to direct\u00a0Now You See Me 3.<\/p>\n
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Ruben Samuel Fleischer\u00a0(\/\u02c8fla\u026a\u0283\u0259r\/; born October 31, 1974) is an American film director, film producer, television producer, music video director, and commercial director who lives in\u00a0Montclair, New Jersey. He is best known as the director of\u00a0Zombieland\u00a0(2009), his first feature film, and its sequel, Zombieland: Double Tap(2019). He has also directed the films\u00a030 Minutes or Less,\u00a0Gangster Squad,\u00a0Uncharted, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-8229","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n