Gary Goetzman

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Gary Goetzman
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Goetzman in 2010
Born
Gary Michael Goetzman [1]

(1952-11-06) November 6, 1952 (age 71)
Occupation(s)Producer, actor
Years active1967–present
Spouse
Leslie Anne Carroll
(m. 1986)
Children2

Gary Michael Goetzman (born November 6, 1952) is an American film and television producer and actor, [2] and co-founder of the production company Playtone with actor Tom Hanks.

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Life and career

Born in Los Angeles, Goetzman began his career as a child actor. He had starred in the film Yours, Mine and Ours with Lucille Ball, appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show , and eventually started a waterbed company and pinball arcade. Goetzman at one time delivered a waterbed to Jon Peters's home. [3] [4] His exploits as a performer and a salesman inspired his friend Paul Thomas Anderson's 2021 film Licorice Pizza . [5]

In 1984, he produced the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense with director Jonathan Demme. That initiated a successful run as a music supervisor, on such films as Something Wild , Colors , Modern Girls and Married to the Mob , among many others. [6] In 1991, producer Goetzman and director Demme again collaborated to make The Silence of the Lambs , which garnered the top five Academy Awards including Best Picture.

In 1993, Goetzman was executive producer of Demme's Philadelphia , starring Tom Hanks, beginning a working relationship with Hanks. Goetzman co-produced Hanks's 1996 directorial debut, That Thing You Do! The two then co-founded Playtone in 1998. Since then, Goetzman has produced hit films including My Big Fat Greek Wedding , The Polar Express , Charlie Wilson's War and Mamma Mia! Goetzman has also received several Emmy Awards for HBO mini-series Band of Brothers , The Pacific , John Adams , Game Change and Olive Kitteridge .

Aside from producing films, Goetzman has been known to play small parts in movies he is connected to.

He has also enjoyed a successful parallel career as a music composer and producer, working with such artists as Smokey Robinson, Natalie Cole, Jane Child, Thelma Houston, and The Staples Singers.

He currently sits on the National board of directors for the Producers Guild of America. [7]

Goetzman is executive producer (with Tom Hanks and Mark Herzog) of the CNN exclusive documentary miniseries The Sixties (2014), The Seventies (2015), The Eighties (2016), and The Nineties (2017).

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Producer

Executive producer

As an actor
YearFilmRoleNotes
1967 Divorce American Style Jonathan Harmon
1968 Yours, Mine and Ours Greg Beardsley
1974 Caged Heat Sparky
Uncredited
1977 Handle with Care RV Salesman
1979 Last Embrace Tour Guide
1980 Melvin and Howard Melvin's Cousin Fred
1981 The Incredible Shrinking Woman Newscaster
Bustin' Loose Store Manager
1984 Swing Shift 'Swing Shift' Bandleader
1986 Modern Girls Undercover Cop
Something Wild Guido Paonessa
1988 And God Created Woman Al Lawrence
Married to the Mob The Guy at the Piano
1990 Miami Blues Hotel Desk Clerk
1991 The Silence of the Lambs Guido Paonessa
Uncredited
1993 Family Prayers Irate Driver
Philadelphia Guido Paonessa
Music department
YearFilmRole
1982 Jinxed! Radio source music
1984 Swing Shift Lyricist: Additional original songs
1986 Something Wild Musical consultant
1988 And God Created Woman Music supervisor
Colors Music consultant
Married to the Mob Music supervisor
The Prince of Pennsylvania
1989 Lost Angels
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
Little Monsters
1990 A Shock to the System
Catchfire
The Hot Spot
Reversal of Fortune
1991 Queens Logic
Point Break
Until the End of the World
1992 Freejack
Soundtrack
YearFilmRole
1984 Heavenly Bodies Producer:"At Last You're Mine"
1985 Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment Producer:"Temporary Insanity"
Writer:"Dirty Work"
Just One of the Guys Writer:"Gone Too Far"
Fright Night Producer:"Boppin' Tonight"
Writer:"Boppin' Tonight"
1986 Thrashin' Producer:
"Don't Think Twice"
"Dancin' in Jamaica"
Writer:
"Arrow Through My Heart"
"Dancin' in Jamaica"
Something Wild Lead vocal:"Before the Next Teardrop Falls"
1988 Dominick and Eugene Writer:
"Game of Love"
"Lucky at Love"
1990 Miami Blues Writer:
"Island Blues"
"Floatin'"
1993 Philadelphia Performer:"All the Way"
1996 That Thing You Do! Writer:
"Mr. Downtown"
"Voyage Around the Moon"
"Hold My Hand, Hold My Heart"
"Will You Marry Me?"
2000 Big Momma's House Writer:"Radio"
Production manager
YearFilmRole
1974 Caged Heat Unit manager
Thanks
YearFilmRole
1991 Straight Out of Brooklyn Thanks
Fires Within Special thanks
2002 The Truth About Charlie Very special thanks
2005 The Wedding Date Thanks
2008 Surfer, Dude Very special thanks
2009 I Hate Valentine's Day Special thanks
2014 Inherent Vice Thank you
2018 Hotel Artemis Special thanks
2019 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood The producers wish to thank
2021 Licorice Pizza Special thanks

Television

YearTitleCreditNotes
2000West PointExecutive producer
2001 Band of Brothers Co-executive producer
We Stand Alone TogetherCo-executive producerTelevision special
2006We're with the BandExecutive producerTelevision special
2007Big Love: In the BeginningExecutive producer
2008 John Adams Executive producer
David McCullough: Painting with WordsTelevision special
2009 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts Executive producerTelevision special
2010 The Pacific Executive producer
2006−11 Big Love Executive producer
2011The 3 Minute Talk ShowExecutive producer
2012 Game Change Executive producerTelevision film
The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonyExecutive producerTelevision special
Electric City Executive producer
2013The 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonyExecutive producerTelevision special
The Assassination of President KennedyExecutive producerDocumentary
2014 The Sixties Executive producerDocumentary
Olive Kitteridge Executive producer
The Concert for Valor Executive producerTelevision special
2015 The Seventies Executive producerDocumentary
2016The 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonyCo-executive producerTelevision special
The Eighties Executive producerDocumentary
2017The 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonyExecutive producerTelevision special
The Nineties Executive producerDocumentary
2018 Notes from the Field Executive producerTelevision film
The 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonyExecutive producerTelevision special
1968: The Year That Changed AmericaExecutive producerDocumentary
The 2000s Executive producerDocumentary
2019The 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonyExecutive producerTelevision special
The Movies Executive producerDocumentary
2020My Gift: A Christmas Special from Carrie UnderwoodExecutive producerTelevision special
2022'Tis the Season: The Holidays on ScreenExecutive producerDocumentary
2023 The 2010s Executive producerDocumentary
2024 Masters of the Air Executive producer
As an actor
YearTitleRoleNotes
1965 McHale's Navy Tonio
1979 Hot Rod Security GuardTelevision film
1978−80 Family Steven / Sam
2012 Electric City
Soundtrack
YearTitleRole
1984 Kidd Video Writer:"Video Romeo"
Miscellaneous crew
YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 The Concert for Valor Tribute film executive producerTelevision special
2023A Grammy Salute to the Beach BoysFor: Tom Hanks Television special
Thanks
YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 POV Special thanks
2021A Night in the Academy MuseumFilmmaker acknowledgementTelevision special

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