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{{short description|Indian film editor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
{{Indian name|Ruben|Livingston Antony}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ruben
| image = File:RUBEN015.jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| birth_name = Livingston Antony Ruben
| othername = Antony L. Ruben
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Kumbakonam]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| alma_mater = [[Loyola College, Chennai]]
| occupation = [[Film editor]]
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

'''Livingston Antony Ruben''' is an Indian film editor, who works in [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] and [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] films.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The accidental editor: In conversation with Ruben |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/tamil/interviews/2022/nov/08/editor-ruben-sardar-jawan-36386.html |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
After graduating with a degree in Visual Communication from Loyola College Chennai. Ruben approached director [[Gautham Vasudev Menon]] to become an assistant, who redirected him towards noted film editor, [[Anthony (film editor)|Anthony]], to join as assistant editor. Ruben subsequently worked on the production of films including ''[[Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu]]'' (2006) and ''[[Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa]]'' (2010) under the guidance of Anthony. Ruben was then given the opportunity to work as an editor when preparing trailers for films and managed to work on projects including ''[[Thoranai]]'' (2009), ''[[Avan Ivan]]'' (2011) and ''[[Vedi (film)|Vedi]]'' (2011).<ref name="bwd">{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-editor/antony-l-ruben/an-exclusive-interview-with-editor-ruben-of-darling-fame.html|title=Editor Antony L Ruben interview |website=Behindwoods | accessdate=14 July 2020}}</ref>

He made his full debut as an editor with ''[[Kandaen]]'' (2011), before going on to win acclaim for his work in [[Elred Kumar]]'s ''[[Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal]]'' (2012), particularly for his work in the "Oru Murai" song.<ref name="bwd"/> Ruben made a career breakthrough with his work in ''[[Raja Rani (2013 film)|Raja Rani]]'' (2013), which went on to become a commercially successful film and won the editor further big budget projects. He won positive reviews for his work on the song "Oday Oday" for the film, and also played a key part in convincing the team to save funds and not shoot the "Angyaade" song, when a shoot was being prepared with locales in [[Japan]].<ref name="bwd"/> After having been credited as Antony L. Ruben in his earlier films, he adopted the name Ruben for his future ventures, to avoid being confused with editor Anthony.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}

==Filmography==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Language
!Notes
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Kandaen]]'' || Tamil
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|-
| rowspan=2|2012 || ''[[Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal]]'' || Tamil
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|-
| ''[[Edegarike]]''|| Kannada
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|-
| rowspan=2|2013 || ''[[Samar (2013 film)|Samar]]'' || Tamil
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|-
| ''[[Raja Rani (2013 film)|Raja Rani]]''|| Tamil
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2014 || ''[[Naan Sigappu Manithan (2014 film)|Naan Sigappu Manithan]]'' || Tamil
|
|-
| ''[[Jeeva (2014 film)|Jeeva]]''|| Tamil
|
|-
| rowspan=4|2015 || ''[[Darling (2015 Tamil film)|Darling]]'' || Tamil
|
|-
| ''[[Inimey Ippadithan]]''|| Tamil
|
|-
| ''[[Trisha Illana Nayanthara]]''|| Tamil
|<ref>{{cite web |date=17 September 2015 |title='Trisha Illana Nayanthara' movie review: Live audience response |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/trisha-illana-nayanthara-movie-review-live-audience-response-646941 |work=[[International Business Times]]}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Vedalam]]''|| Tamil
|<ref>{{Cite news |title='Vedalam' turns 7;Editor Ruben shares unseen trailer |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/vedalam-turns-7editor-ruben-shares-unseen-trailer/articleshow/95445822.cms |access-date=2023-03-06 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=6|2016 || ''[[Vil Ambu]]'' || Tamil
|
|-
| ''[[Theri (film)|Theri]]''|| Tamil
|
|-
| ''[[Enakku Innoru Per Irukku]]''|| Tamil
|
|-
| ''[[Veera Sivaji]]''|| Tamil
|
|-
| ''[[Remo (film)|Remo]]'' || Tamil
|
|-
| ''[[Jaguar (2016 film)|Jaguar]]'' || Telugu<br>Kannada
|
|-
| rowspan=6|2017 || ''[[Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan]]''|| Tamil
|
|-
| ''[[Vivegam]]'' || Tamil
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-09 |title=Ajith-starrer Vivegam editor Ruben describes film’s stunts as jaw-dropping and unbelievable |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/ajith-starrer-vivegam-editor-ruben-describes-films-stunts-as-jaw-dropping-and-unbelievable-4788897/ |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Mersal (film)|Mersal]]''|| Tamil
|
|-
| ''[[Aramm]]'' || Tamil
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|-
| ''[[Velaikkaran (2017 film)|Velaikkaran]]'' || Tamil
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|-
| ''[[Balloon (2017 film)|Balloon]]'' || Tamil
|
|-
| rowspan="8" |2018 || ''[[Sketch (2018 film)|Sketch]]'' || Tamil
|
|-
| ''[[Kaathiruppor Pattiyal]]'' || |Tamil
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|-
| ''[[Irumbu Thirai (2018 film)|Irumbu Thirai]]'' || Tamil
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|-
| ''[[Hyper (2018 film)|Hyper]]''|| Kannada
|
|-
| ''[[Kadaikutty Singam]]''|| Tamil
|
|-
| ''[[Silukkuvarupatti Singam]]''|| Tamil
|
|-
| ''[[Adanga Maru]]''|| Tamil
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|-
| ''[[Kanaa (film)|Kanaa]]'' || Tamil
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|-
| rowspan="14" |2019 || ''[[Viswasam]]'' || Tamil
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|-
| ''[[Dev (2019 film)|Dev]]'' || Tamil
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|-
|''[[Kanchana 3]]'' || Tamil
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|-
|''[[K-13 (film)|K-13]]'' || Tamil
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|-
|''[[Ayogya (2019 film)|Ayogya]]''|| Tamil
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|-
|''[[Sindhubaadh]]''|| Tamil
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|-
|''[[100 (2019 film)|100]]''|| Tamil
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|-
|''[[Gurkha (film)|Gurkha]]''|| Tamil
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|-
|''[[Gorilla (film)|Gorilla]]''|| Tamil
|
|-
|''[[Bakrid (film)|Bakrid]]''|| Tamil
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|-
|''[[Pailwaan]]''|| Kannada
|
|-
|''[[Namma Veetu Pillai]]''|| Tamil
|
|-
|''[[Bigil]]''|| Tamil
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=INTERVIEW {{!}} We changed Bigil’s screenplay on the edit table: Editor Ruben |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2019/oct/21/interview--we-changed-bigils-screenplay-on-the-edit-table-editor-ruben-2050526.html |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Hero (2019 Tamil film)|Hero]]''||Tamil
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-18 |title=The Makers Gave Me A Challenge, ‘Cut It If You Can’: Editor Ruben On Hero |url=https://silverscreenindia.com/movies/news/the-makers-gave-me-a-challenge-cut-it-if-you-can-editor-ruben-on-hero/ |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=Silverscreen India |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| 2020 ||''[[Ponmagal Vandhal]]''||Tamil
|
|-
|rowspan="5"|2021 ||''[[Bhoomi (2021 film)|Bhoomi]]''||Tamil
|
|-
|''[[Sulthan (2021 film)|Sultan]]''||Tamil
|
|-
|''[[Udanpirappe]]''||Tamil
|
|-
|''[[Annaatthe]]'' ||Tamil
|
|-
|''[[Pushpa: The Rise]]''||Telugu
|<ref>{{Cite news |title=Tamil editor Ruben is all set for his Telugu debut |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/tamil-editor-ruben-is-all-set-for-his-telugu-debut/articleshow/81949561.cms |access-date=2023-03-06 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="6" |2022
|''[[Etharkkum Thunindhavan]]''
|Tamil
|
|-
|''[[Ranga (2022 film)|Ranga]]''
|Tamil
|
|-
|''[[Nenjuku Needhi]]''
|Tamil
|
|-
|''[[Trigger (2022 film)|Trigger]]''
|Tamil
|
|-
|''[[Sardar (2022 film)|Sardar]]''
|Tamil
|
|-
|''[[The Legend (2022 film)|The Legend]]''
|Tamil
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2023 ||''[[Bagheera (film)|Bagheera]]''
| Tamil
|
|-
|''[[Jawan (film)|Jawan]]''
|Hindi
|
|-
|''[[Ayalaan]]''
|Tamil
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ayalaan: Editor Ruben says Sivakarthikeyan's sci-fi drama will be at par with Hollywood films |url=https://www.ottplay.com/news/ayalaan-editor-ruben-says-sivakarthikeyans-sci-fi-drama-will-be-at-par-with-hollywood-films/c0779affb6507 |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=OTTPlay |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2024
|''[[Pushpa 2: The Rule]]''
|Telugu
|
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=5977584}}

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