Gary Goetzman
Gary Goetzman (born November 6, 1952 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American film producer and actor .
Life
Gary Goetzman began his film career as a child actor in Los Angeles. He took on his first roles in the mid-1960s. So he was seen in American divorce in 1967 . From the 1970s he mainly took on smaller roles; up to and including 1993 was involved in almost 20 productions.
In 1984 he produced his first film with the concert film Stop Making Sense by Jonathan Demme . Together with Tom Hanks he founded the production company Playtone , with which he produced films from then on. They met in 1993 while working on Philadelphia , where Hanks played the lead role and Goetzman was executive producer .
Goetzman has won the Emmy four times so far , most recently in 2012 for Game Change - The Sarah Palin Effect , in which he was involved as executive producer.
Filmography (selection)
producer
- 1984: Stop Making Sense (documentary)
- 1986: Bumblebees in the Butt (Modern Girls)
- 1990: Miami Blues
- 1993: Amos & Andrew - Two almost perfect chaos (Amos & Andrew)
- 1995: Devil in a Blue (Devil in a Blue Dress)
- 1996: That Thing You Do!
- 1998: Human Child (Beloved)
- 2002: My Big Fat Greek Wedding - Wedding in Greek (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
- 2004: The Polar Express (The Polar Express)
- 2006: Lucas the Ant Bully
- 2006: Starter for Ten
- 2007: Charlie Wilson's War (Charlie Wilson's War)
- 2008: The Great Buck Howard (The Great Buck Howard)
- 2008: Mamma Mia!
- 2008: City of Ember (City of Ember)
- 2009: Where the Wild Things Are (Where the Wild Things Are)
- 2011: Larry Crowne
- 2013: Parkland
- 2015: Ricki - How family is like (Ricki and the Flash)
- 2016: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
- 2016: A hologram of the King (A Hologram for the King)
- 2017: The Circle
- 2017: The Secret Man (Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House)
- 2018: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
- 2020: Greyhound - Battle of the Atlantic (Greyhound)
actor
- 1967: Divorce American ( Divorce American Style)
- 1968: Yours, Mine and Ours (Yours, Mine and Ours)
- 1979: Deadly Embrace (Last Embrace)
- 1986: Dangerous Girlfriend (Something Wild)
Web links
- Gary Goetzman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Goetzman, Gary |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer and actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1952 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California , United States |