- Brubaker produced three movies with Eddie Murphy: "The Nutty Professor," "The Klumps" and "Life," in which he had a cameo appearance as the judge.
- Often called "Bru" by his colleagues, he served on the Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission, was a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Directors Guild of America, and The Producers Guild of America. He also lectured at UCLA and USC film schools and provided training opportunities for disadvantaged youth on his film sets.
- He was an American film producer and production manager.
- Brubaker started out in the industry driving horses to John Wayne movie locations in Mexico as a Teamster, and also was a driver for "Harold and Maude" and "Diamonds Are Forever.".
- His family was of Swiss-German descent.
- After driving for the first "Rocky" movie, he moved up to serving as production manager on the second, associate producer on the third and executive producer of "Rocky IV.".
- For his work on Gia, he won the 1999 Directors Guild of America Award and was nominated for a 1998 Primetime Emmy Award.
- From 2003 to 2008, Brubaker was as an executive for Universal Pictures in charge of supervising productions.
- He began working in the film industry as a driver, transporting horses to sets on Western films.
- He attended California State University, Los Angeles and served in the U.S. Army.
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