James D. Brubaker

James D. Brubaker was an American film producer and production manager. Associated with Chartoff-Winkler Productions for several years, he had producing credits on several of the company's productions including two films in the Rocky series, as well as True Confessions and The Right Stuff. He later served as president of physical production at Universal Pictures from 2003 to 2008.

Biography

Brubaker was born in Los Angeles, to Margaret Hayes Brubaker and Dudley Sutton Brubaker. His family was of Swiss-German descent. He attended California State University, Los Angeles and served in the U.S. Army. He began working in the film industry as a driver, transporting horses to sets on Western films. For his work on Gia, he won the 1999 Directors Guild of America Award and was nominated for a 1998 Primetime Emmy Award.
Brubaker and his wife, Marcy Kelly, had three children. On January 3, 2023, he died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, from complications of multiple strokes.

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

;Production manager

Year	Film	Role
1978	Comes a Horseman	Unit production manager
1978	Uncle Joe Shannon	Production manager
1980	Raging Bull	Production manager
1981	True Confessions	Production manager
1982	Rocky III	Production manager
1983	Staying Alive	Production supervisor Unit production manager
1983	The Right Stuff	Production manager
1984	Rhinestone	Unit production manager
1989	K-9	Unit production manager
1990	Problem Child	Unit production manager
1992	Brain Donors	Unit production manager
1992	Mr. Baseball	Unit production manager
1994	Above the Rim	Unit production manager
1994	D2: The Mighty Ducks	Unit production manager
1995	A Walk in the Clouds	Unit production manager
1997	Liar Liar	Unit production manager Unit production manager: Second unit
1999	Life	Unit production manager
2000	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Unit production manager

;Transportation department

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1970	The Animals	Transportation captain
1971	Big Jake	Driver	Uncredited
1971	Diamonds Are Forever	Driver	Uncredited
1971	Harold and Maude	Driver	Uncredited
1972	Lady Sings the Blues	Transportation captain	Uncredited
1972	Thumb Tripping	Insert car driver	Uncredited
1972	Up the Sandbox	Transportation captain	Uncredited
1973	Walking Tall	Transportation coordinator
1973	Cahill U.S. Marshal	Transportation coordinator
1974	McQ	Transportation coordinator
1974	Busting	Transportation captain	-
1974	The Godfather Part II	Transportation captain	Uncredited
1975	Against a Crooked Sky	Transportation captain
1976	Embryo	Transportation coordinator
1976	Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood	Transportation captain
1976	Nickelodeon	Transportation coordinator
1977	Capricorn One	Transportation coordinator

;As an actor

Year	Film	Role
1999	Life	Judge E.M. Byrne
2000	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Krusty Reporter

;Editorial department

Year	Film	Role
1979	Rocky II	Post-production coordinator

;Miscellaneous crew

Year	Film	Role
1977	New York, New York	Assistant to production executive

;Thanks

Year	Film	Role
2001	F-Stops	The producers wish to thank
2002	Phone Booth	The producers wish to thank: For their assistance
2005	The Nickel Children	Special thanks
2005	Cry Wolf	The filmmakers wish to express their profound gratitude to
2007	Finishing the Game	Special thanks

;Production manager

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	The Gifted One	Unit production manager	Television film
1998	Gia	Unit production manager: Second unit, New York	Television film

;Transportation department

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	The Dead Don't Die	Transportation coordinator	Television film