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 Goldberg at the 2013 Annecy International Animated Film Festival | |
| Born | Eric Allen Goldberg May 1, 1955 Levittown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1977–present |
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| Spouse | Susan Goldberg (m. 1982) |
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Eric Allen Goldberg (born May 1, 1955) is an American animator, voice actor, film director, and producer known for his work at Disney's Walt Disney Animation Studios and 20th Century Animation, as well as Warner Bros. Animation.
Goldberg was born and raised in Levittown, Pennsylvania, and moved to Cherry Hill, New Jersey as a child, where he attended Cherry Hill High School East. [2] [3] Goldberg later studied at Pratt Institute, where he majored in illustration. He first entered the industry in the mid-1970s working on Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure for the Richard Williams studio, eventually moving to Williams' London studio and rising through the ranks from assistant to director. During the 1980s, Goldberg started his own London-based studio, Pizazz Pictures, to produce television commercials.
Later, Goldberg closed his studio to work at Disney Animation Studios, Burbank, California, to work on the film Aladdin , for which he became the lead animator on the character Genie, and later the lead animator on Phil in Hercules (1997). Goldberg also was one of the directors of Disney's 1995 feature Pocahontas . During his time as the lead animator for the Genie, he also provided the majority of the original animation for MC Skat Kat's "Big Time" music video, which was finished in 1992 but left unaired.
In December 1998, Goldberg began plans to produce an animated short set to the music of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue . His film eventually became part of Disney's Fantasia 2000 after Goldberg was allowed to use the Disney staff to complete the film during a production hiatus. He also served as director for Fantasia 2000 's "The Carnival of the Animals" segment. Goldberg's wife Susan served as art director on both segments. [1]
Goldberg served as the director of animation for Warner Bros.' 2003 live-action/animation hybrid feature Looney Tunes: Back in Action , and also provided the voices of Bugs Bunny (one line), Marvin the Martian, Tweety, and Speedy Gonzales. Although the film was not commercially successful at the box office, it was met with relatively positive reviews from film critics, and Goldberg was nominated for an Annie Award for Outstanding Directing in an Animated Feature Production for his animation direction. He animated the title sequence of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 2006 remake of The Pink Panther , with Bob Kurtz of Kurtz and Friends, & provided some additional animation for Fat Albert. Goldberg was offered to direct an animated opening sequence for Wes Craven’s Cursed , but Goldberg declined twice. He was also attached to direct a CG adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are at Universal Pictures, but due to creative differences, Goldberg left the project & Universal decided to make it a live-action adaptation directed by Spike Jonze.
In 2006, Goldberg returned to Disney, [4] where he directed four minutes of animation for the Epcot attraction Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros and contributed to the 2007 animated short How to Hook Up Your Home Theater , which starred Goofy. Most recently, he was the supervising animator for Louis in The Princess and the Frog (2009), Rabbit in Winnie the Pooh (2011), and Maui's tattoos in Moana (2016).
Goldberg has also animated Mickey Mouse on Nighttime Spectaculars in DisneyParks and Resorts, including Disney Gifts of Christmas and Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland in Tokyo Disneyland, and "We Love Mickey" Main Street Projection Show in Hong Kong Disneyland.
In April 2022, Goldberg confirmed plans within the Disney studio to once again return to hand-drawn animation. [5]
In August 2024, Goldberg wrote and directed the special Donald Duck episode of the popular internet series Hot Ones. [6]
Two of Goldberg's early films, For Sale and Good Old Fashioned Cartoon Violence, were preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012. [7]
| Year | Film | Director | Animator | Voice actor | Voice role | Animation role | Notes |
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| 1973 | For Sale | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 1973 | Good Old Fashioned Cartoon Violence | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 1977 | Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure | Yes | Assistant animator | ||||
| 1982 | Ziggy's Gift | Yes (art director) | Yes | ||||
| 1985 | Rupert and the Frog Song | Yes | |||||
| 1992 | Aladdin | Yes | Genie | Character designer/supervising animator | |||
| 1993 | The Thief and the Cobbler | Yes | Additional animator on Mad Witch and Death Machine sequences; uncredited | ||||
| 1993 | Mrs. Doubtfire | Yes | Daniel Hillard (Robin Williams) voice acting sequence animator (as Claude Raynes), along with Chuck Jones | ||||
| 1994 | Chariots of Fur | Yes | As Claude Raynes | ||||
| 1995 | Pocahontas | Yes | |||||
| 1996 | Superior Duck | Yes | Tweety, Marvin the Martian, Porky Pig, Superman | As Claude Raynes | |||
| 1997 | Hercules | Yes | Phil | Supervising animator | |||
| 1997 | Pullet Surprise | Yes | Additional animator as Claude Raynes | ||||
| 1997 | From Hare to Eternity | Yes | As Claude Raynes | ||||
| 1997 | Anastasia | Yes | Character animator | ||||
| 2000 | Fantasia 2000 | Yes | Rhapsody in Blue | ||||
| Yes | Yes | The Carnival of the Animals, Finale | |||||
| Dinosaur | Yes | Additional Visual Development | |||||
| 2001 | The Magic Lamp 3D | Yes | |||||
| 2003 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Yes (animation director) | Yes | Yes | Bugs Bunny (one line), Tweety, Marvin the Martian, Speedy Gonzales | Storyboard artist | |
| Boys Night Out | Yes | Additional animation | |||||
| 2004 | Green Screen Show | Yes | |||||
| Fat Albert | Yes | ||||||
| 2005 | Son of the Mask | Yes | Animated dream sequence | ||||
| Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry | Yes | Character layout | |||||
| 2006 | Pink Panther | Yes | Title sequence | ||||
| A Monkey's Tale | Yes | ||||||
| Tom and Jerry Tales | Yes | TV series Opening titles | |||||
| The Fox and the Hound 2 | Yes | Direct-to-video | |||||
| 2007 | The Chestnut Tree | Special thanks | |||||
| Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros | Yes | Short film Theme Park | |||||
| How to Hook Up Your Home Theater | Yes | Short film | |||||
| 2008 | Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection | Yes | Audio commentaries on The Cat Concerto , The Dot and the Line and Blitz Wolf | ||||
| 2009 | Pups of Liberty | Yes | Yes | Governor | Lead animator | ||
| The Princess and the Frog | Yes | Louis the Alligator and miscellaneous characters | Character designer/supervising animator/Annie Award for Best Character Animation in a Feature Production | ||||
| 2010 | The 82nd Annual Academy Awards | Yes | Louis the Alligator | Archive footage | |||
| Iron Man 2 | Yes | A.I.M Soldiers (voice) [10] | Video game | ||||
| 2011 | Winnie the Pooh | Yes | Rabbit, the Backson | Supervising animator | |||
| Tom and Jerry: Golden Collection, Volume One | Yes (archival recording on disc two) | Audio Commentary on The Cat Concerto | |||||
| 2012 | Paperman | Yes | Final line animator/Academy Award winning short | ||||
| Wreck-It Ralph | Yes | Additional visual development | |||||
| 2013 | Get a Horse! | Yes | Head of animation/short film | ||||
| 2016 | The Simpsons | Yes | Yes | Couch gag for Fland Canyon | |||
| Moana | Yes | Maui (tattoos) | Hand-drawn animation supervisor | ||||
| 2018 | Ralph Breaks the Internet | Yes | Additional animator | ||||
| 2021 | How to Stay at Home | Yes | Yes | Goofy | Supervising animator on "How to Wear a Mask", Writer | ||
| 2022 | Mickey in a Minute | Yes | Mickey Mouse | Animated short ahead of the documentary Mickey: The Story of a Mouse [11] | |||
| Oswald the Lucky Rabbit | Yes | Yes | Oswald the Lucky Rabbit | Animated web short, also producer | |||
| 2023 | Once Upon a Studio | Yes | Yes | Mickey Mouse, Genie, Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, Jiminy Cricket | Head of hand-drawn animation [12] /Additional Voices | ||
| Wish | Yes | Additional 2D animation |
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