Ruben Fleischer

Ruben Samuel Fleischer ˈflaɪʃər born October 31 1974 is an American film director film producer television producer music video director and commercial director who lives in Montclair New Jersey He is best known as the director of Zombieland 2009 his first feature film and its sequel Zombieland Double Tap2019 He has also directed the films 30 Minutes or Less Gangster Squad Uncharted and 2018s Venom which features the same Marvel Comics character Before the features he directed television commercials for brands like Cisco Eurostar ESPN and Burger King and music videos for artists such as MIA Electric Six DJ Format and Gold Chains Fleischer was born and raised in Washington DC the son of Karen Lee née Samuel and David Elliot Fleischer a physician at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona and a professor of medicine His brother Lucas works in new media His father was born to a Jewish family while his mother converted to Judaism Fleischer was raised in Reform Judaism After graduating with a history major from Wesleyan University Fleischer moved to San Francisco where he worked as a freelance HTML programmer unsure what he wanted to do with his life Taking the advice of close friend Mike White also a Wesleyan graduate Fleischer worked as a PA in the writers office of Dawsons 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 Zombieland in 2009 His second feature 30 Minutes or Less opened in theaters on August 12 2011 Fleischer directed Gangster Squad a 2013 action thriller film based on the special tactical group created by the LAPD to combat the Los Angeles crime family He next directed Venom a film about the Marvel Comics character Eddie Brock starring Tom Hardy it was released on October 5 2018 In 2019 he directed Zombieland Double Tap reuniting the four original leads In February 2020 he was hired to direct Uncharted based on the video game series of the same name In September 2022 he was hired to direct Now You See Me 3 Description above from the Wikipedia article Ruben Fleischer licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia