Gary David Goldberg
Birth Name:
Gary David Goldberg
Birth Place:
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Profession
Writer, Producer, Director, Actor
Fast Facts
- Won a Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer of Television for "Brooklyn Bridge" in 1992
- Won an Outstanding Television Writer Award from the Austin Film Festival in 2001
- Won two Humanitas Prizes, one in the 30 Minute Category and one in the 60 Minute Category, for "Family Ties" in 1984 and 1987
- Won two Writers Guild of America Awards for Episodic Comedy, one for "M*A*S*H*" in 1979 and one for "Family Ties" in 1988, as well as a Valentine Davies Award in 1998 and a Herb Sargent Award in 2010
- Studied at Brandeis University and San Diego State University, where he decided to become a writer
- Got his first television writing job on an episode of "The Dumplings" in 1976
- Started out as an actor on the TV series "The Adventures of Scooterman" in 1972, but didn't appear on camera again until 2011, in the film "No Strings Attached․"
- Quote: "I was interested in the dynamic of a couple that had been together long term․․․a house where there was romance and where the parents' relationship to the kids reflected expanded lanes of communication and represented the way families were changing․"
- Quote: "I watched very little TV growing up and never thought I would end up as a TV and film writer, producer and director․ I thought I would play center field for the Brooklyn Dodgers and when that fell through I really had no back up plan․"
- In addition to his work on popular TV series "Family Ties" and "Spin City," he is perhaps also best known for his work on the semi-autobiographical "Brooklyn Bridge," which ran for two years beginning in 1991
- Wrote, produced, and directed the films "Dad" in 1989 and "Must Love Dogs" in 2005
Awards
- 1979Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Drama Series:Winner
- 1979WGA Award (TV) - Episodic Drama:Nominated
- 1979WGA Award (TV) - Episodic Comedy:Winner
- 1980WGA Award (TV) - Episodic Drama:Nominated
- 1983WGA Award (TV) - Episodic Comedy:Nominated
- 1984Humanitas Prize - 30 Minute Network or Syndicated Television:Winner
- 1984Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 1985Humanitas Prize - 30 Minute Network or Syndicated Television:Nominated
- 1985Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 1985WGA Award (TV) - Episodic Comedy:Nominated
- 1986Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 1987Humanitas Prize - 60 Minute Category:Winner
- 1987Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series:Winner
- 1987Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 1988WGA Award (TV) - Episodic Comedy:Winner
- 1989WGA Award (TV) - Episodic Comedy:Nominated
- 1990Wise Owl Award - Television and Theatrical Film Fiction:Winner
- 1992Humanitas Prize - 60 Minute Category:Nominated
- 1992PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Television:Winner
- 1992Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 1993WGA Award (TV) - Episodic Comedy:Nominated