Biography
Danny Rubin is an American screenwriter and playwright. He wrote the original story and co-wrote the screenplay with Harold Ramis for the 1993 film Groundhog Day, for which they received a BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. He also wrote the book for the stage musical adaptation, which premiered in London in 2016 and won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 2017.
Rubin’s other screen credits include Hear No Evil (1993) and S.F.W. (1994). He received a BA in biology from Brown University and an MA in radio, television and film from Northwestern University. He has taught screenwriting at several institutions and served as the Briggs-Copeland Lecturer on Screenwriting at Harvard University from 2008 to 2013.
