David Grubin (born 1944) is an American documentary filmmaker.

Career

Grubin is best known for producing television documentaries for PBS, notably American Experience and Healing And The Mind with Bill Moyers. His work has won two Alfred I. Dupont awards, two Peabody Awards, five Writer's Guild prizes, and four Primetime Emmys. A member of the executive committee of the Society of American Historians, Grubin has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, has been a Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College, and is the recipient of an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Hamilton College. He is a member of the Writers Guild and Directors Guild, and is a former chairman of the board of directors of The Film Forum. His independent feature film, Downtown Express, was selected for the Woodstock Film Festival, FilmColumbia Festival, and opening night at the Cinema Arts Festival Houston. He teaches documentary filmmaking at Columbia University's Graduate Film Program.

Personal life

Grubin is married to the artist Joan Grubin. He lives in New York City.

Selected filmography