Carl Gottlieb

Carl Gottlieb (2009)

Carl Gottlieb (born March 18, 1938 in New York ) is an American screenwriter , director and actor .

Life

After completing his studies at Syracuse University , he first became a member of the improvisational drama group "The Committee". At the end of the 1960s he wrote scripts for television series, including The Bob Newhart Show , Music Scene and Männerwirtschaft . In 1969 he was honored as one of the writers for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour with the Emmy Award. He also appeared in various guest roles, including tennis rackets and cannons and MASH .

Steven Spielberg committed Gottlieb in 1975 as a screenwriter for Jaws because he was dissatisfied with the existing material. Gottlieb rewrote the book by Peter Benchley and also appeared in a supporting role. For the screenplay he was nominated for BAFTA , WGA and Golden Globe Awards together with Benchley . Based on the script for the comedy What's Up? with Richard Pryor he was also engaged for the sequel Jaws 2 . In 1979 he and Steve Martin wrote Wealth Is Not Shame , his first feature film. In 1983 the scripts for the comedy Dr. Detroit with Dan Aykroyd and Jaws 3-D . For the latter, he was nominated for the Golden Raspberry for worst screenplay.

Gottlieb also worked as a director, he made the film Caveman in 1981 with Ringo Starr in the lead role. In addition to various episodes for television series, he was also one of the directors of Amazons on the Moon or Why the Americans have the channel full and shot additional scenes for Mickey Blue Eyes (1999).

He had joined the Writers Guild of America in 1968 and was elected vice president three times between 1991 and 2004.