David Rubinson (born August 7, 1942 inBrooklyn, New York)^[1] is an American recording engineer and music producer, who was particularly involved in music production from the 1960s to the 1980s. He produced such diverse acts asMoby Grape,Herbie Hancock, thePointer Sisters,Santana, andTaj Mahal. Rubinson also foundedThe Automatt Recording Studios and was the music producer for the filmApocalypse Now.^[2]

David Rubinson was graduated fromColumbia University in 1963 with a bachelor's degree in English.^[1] He commenced his record production career shortly thereafter, becoming an associate producer atCapitol Records during 1963-1964. Thereafter, he became a staff producer forColumbia Records, a position he held from 1964 to 1969. Rubinson then went into partnership withBill Graham, working with the latter in the Fillmore Corporation,^[1] and creating two record labels with him:San Francisco Records andFillmore Records.^[3] In 1976, he builtThe Automatt, the first automated recording studio in San Francisco.^[1]

After suffering a severe heart attack, Rubinson retired from record production in 1982, thereafter devoting his time to artist management (Narada Michael Walden, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Marcel Marceau, Wayne Shorter) and film.^[1] He was the executive producer ofSugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness, aPBS biography of Japanese diplomatChiune Sugihara, who facilitated the escape of thousands of Jews from Lithuania during World War II. The film won the award for Best Documentary at the 2000Hollywood Film Festival and the 2001Pare Lorentz Award, sponsored by theInternational Documentary Association.^[1]

In 2009, Rubinson relocated to France to practicepermaculture and sustainable, renewable food production and became a public opponent of the actions of Israel in Gaza.^[4]

• Record producers from New York (state)
• American audio engineers
• 1942 births
• People from Brooklyn
• Columbia College (New York) alumni
• Living people
• Engineers from New York City

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