Josh Ruben
Josh Ruben is an award-winning actor, writer, producer & director whose debut feature film SCARE ME premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by AMC's horror platform, Shudder.
Ruben's second feature, WEREWOLVES WITHIN, premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and received the Hollywood Critic's Association Mid-Season Award for "Best Indie." WEREWOLVES is currently nominated for "Best Actor" (Sam Richardson) by the 2nd Annual Critic's Choice Super Awards as well as "Best Limited Release" by the 2022 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards.
As a performer, Ruben had multiple roles in thousands of sketches for comedy site CollegeHumor, of which he's one of the founding members of the "Originals" team. He continues to appear in the improvised game show MAKE SOME NOISE for CollegeHumor's breakout spin-off subscription service, "Dropout."
Josh can next be seen starring in Travis Stevens' horror film, A WOUNDED FAWN as well as Noah Segan's BLOOD RELATIVES, on which he's also a producer. Both features will debut on Shudder in 2022.
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