Jessica Goldberg

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Jessica Goldberg
Born1975 (age 4748)
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Education
Notable works
Notable awards
Spouse
(divorced)
Children1
Relatives Matty Goldberg (brother)

Jessica Goldberg (born 1975) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and television writer. In 1999, she won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for her play, Refuge . Goldberg is the creator of the Hulu series The Path and served as the showrunner for the Netflix series Away .

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Early life and education

Goldberg is from Provincetown, Massachusetts. She was raised Jewish [1] and grew up in Woodstock, New York. [2] Goldberg is a graduate of the dramatic writing program at New York University, and of the Juilliard School. [3]

Career

She was a Tennessee Williams Fellow at the University of the South and a recipient of the Le Compte de Nouy stipend, the first annual Helen Merrill Award, and a 2000 Berrilla Kerr Foundation Award. [4] She was also a resident at New River Dramatists, a member of the PEN American Center.[ citation needed ]

Her play What You Need was commissioned by the Atlantic Theater Company. [3] Refuge premiered at Playwrights' Horizons and won the 1999 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. [5]

Goldberg's television and screen work includes "The Prince of Motor City" (2008) for ABC, starring Piper Perabo, Aidan Quinn, Andie MacDowell, Rutger Hauer, and Morris Chestnut.[ citation needed ] Goldberg created the television series The Path , which aired three seasons on Hulu before being cancelled in 2022. [6] [7] [8] Goldberg served as the showrunner for the 2020 Netflix series Away . [9] [10] [11] She received a Gracie Award in 2021 in the category, "Showrunner Fiction – Drama," for her work on Away. [12]

Personal life

Goldberg married actor and playwright Hamish Linklater in 2002. They later divorced but have one child, Lucinda Rose. [13] [1]

Works

Plays

Screenplays

Filmography

Television

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerNotesRef.
2006Affair GameNoYesNoShort film, story and screenplay
2008The Prince of Motor CityNoYesNoTV movie, creator and story
2012RefugeYesYesNoBased on her play of the same name [19]
2013 Deception NoYesYesAs co-producer: 11 episodes

As writer: "Good Luck With Your Death"

[20]
2013 Camp NoYesYesAs producer: 10 episodes

As writer: "CIT Overnight" and "Valentine's Day in July"

2013-2014 Parenthood NoYesYesAs producer: 17 episodes (2013-14)

As supervising producer: 13 episodes (2014-15)

As writer: "Aaron Brownstein Must Be Stopped," "The Waiting Room," "Limbo," "Jump Ball," and "Let's Be Mad Together"

[20]
2016-2018 The Path YesYesYesCreator, executive producer

As director: "A New American Religion" and "Mercy"

As writer: 11 episodes

2018SuspicionNoYesYesTV movie, creator and executive producer
2020 Away NoYesYesExecutive producer

As writer: "Spektr" and "Negative Return"

Won Gracie Award 2021 for "Showrunner Fiction – Drama"

2021 Cherry NoYesNoScreenplay co-written with Angela Russo-Otstot [21]

Film

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerNotesRef.
2014 Alex of Venice NoYesNoCo-written with Katie Nehra and Justin Shilton [22]

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