Gary Goetzman Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Lifetime Achievement Award in Television at the 2011 PGA Awards
• Won an AFI Award for TV Program of the Year in 2011 for "The Pacific," which he shared with others
• Worked as a music supervisor on several movies before getting his opportunity as an executive producer for "The Silence of the Lambs․"
• Began his career as a child actor, first appearing in the TV series "McHale's Navy" in 1965
• Quote: "(On producing "The Pacific") "Even though it will be broken into ten separate parts when it plays on HBO, we really look at it like one huge motion picture․""
• Is a member on the National Board of Directors for the Producers Guild of America
• Best known as the executive producer of "The Silence of the Lambs," "Philadelphia," and "Big Love․"
• Is known to perform small parts in the movies that he produces, including "Modern Girls" and "Miami Blues․"
• Began his working relationship with Tom Hanks on the set of "Philadelphia" that would later lead to their co-founding of the production company Playtone in 1996
• His side career as a music composer has allowed him to work with the likes of Smokey Robinson and Thelma Houston