From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Adam Dubin (born January 10, 1964) is a filmmaker who co-directed Beastie Boys music videos "(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (to Party!)" and "No Sleep Till Brooklyn". "Fight For Your Right" is number three on MTV's all time funniest music videos. In 2007, Fuse TV interviewed Dubin when it aired a 30 minute episode about Fight For Your Right as part of their series “Videos That Rocked The World.” Dubin directed A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica feature length documentary for Metallica and their music video Nothing Else Matters. Dubin has directed several short comedy films with comedians Lewis Black and Jim Norton. A graduate of the NYU film program. Dubin was roommates at NYU with record producer Rick Rubin. In 2009, Dubin directed the concert film Stark Raving Black starring comedian Lewis Black. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adam Dubin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 10, 1964 (62)
- New York City, New York, USA
- Director, writer and producer
- 7 on Motif · 18 credits in all
Known for
What are Adam Dubin's films like?
Across their 7 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Ideas.
Genres
Their Motif films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Motif score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 6 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 2
Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 2
Steady 4 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 4
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 2
Casual 6 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 6 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous1
- Cyclical2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Adam Dubin's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 7 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Adam Dubin's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
18 credits, 7 with a Motif page.
Traction Park Massacre(2025)
Motif score: 4th percentile of all films
Metallica: Polar Beach Party (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)
Metallica: Studio Shit + U.K. Shenanigans (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)
Motif score: 92nd percentile of all films
Metallica: Freeze 'Em All (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2015)
Motif score: 94th percentile of all films
Jim Breuer: Comic Frenzy (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2015)
Hit the Lights: The Making of Metallica "Through the Never" (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2014)
Motif score: 76th percentile of all films
Motif score: 62nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Lewis Black: Stark Raving Black (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2009)
The Gynecologists (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2003)
Jim Breuer: Heavy Metal Comedy (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2002)
American Dummy (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2002)
Queensrÿche: Live Evolution (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2001)
Motif score: 98th percentile of all films
Drop Dead Rock (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1996)
Motif score: 97th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 17 titles from 1992 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Traction Park Massacre (2025)
Highest rated
Metallica: Cunning Stunts (1998)
Most popular right now
A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica (1992)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.
How do Adam Dubin's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 92nd percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 90th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 7 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved4
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the atmosphere 70/100 and the pacing 55/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Adam Dubin work with?
People who share at least 2 of Adam Dubin's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jack Gulick shares the most, 5.
Actors
- James HetfieldShared titles: Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story (2019), Metallica: Cunning Stunts (1998)See all 2 shared titles with James Hetfield
- Kirk HammettShared titles: Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story (2019), Metallica: Cunning Stunts (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Kirk Hammett
Editors
- Sean FullanShared titles: Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story (2019), Anthony Jeselnik: Thoughts and Prayers (2015), A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica (1992)See all 3 shared titles with Sean Fullan
Producers
- Jack GulickShared titles: Traction Park Massacre (2025), Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story (2019), Anthony Jeselnik: Thoughts and Prayers (2015), Lewis Black: In God We Rust (2012), A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica (1992)See all 5 shared titles with Jack Gulick
- Ben BrewerShared titles: Anthony Jeselnik: Thoughts and Prayers (2015), Lewis Black: In God We Rust (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Ben Brewer
- JoAnne AstrowShared titles: Lewis Black: In God We Rust (2012), Surviving the Holidays with Lewis Black (2009)See all 2 shared titles with JoAnne Astrow
- Lewis BlackShared titles: Lewis Black: In God We Rust (2012), Surviving the Holidays with Lewis Black (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Lewis Black
