Gary Goldman (film producer)
Gary Wayne Goldman (born November 17, 1944 in Oakland , California ) is an American film producer , director , screenwriter and animator . He works with Don Bluth on many of his projects .
Life
Goldman grew up in Watsonville, California . He showed an early interest in model making and drawing. After graduating from school, he served in the United States Air Force as a technician. He studied art at Cabrillo College and the University of Hawaii , where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1971.
He began his career as an animator at Disney in 1972 . In his first two years at Disney he was inbetweener and assistant animator at Frank Thomas and worked on the film Robin Hood , among other things . He later met Don Bluth , with whom he was to implement numerous projects at Disney in the following years. Soon Goldman, Bluth and the animator John Pomeroy were also working on their first projects. The first work he did in 1979 was the short film Banjo, the cat's child , which was awarded several prizes. In the same year they quit with another eight employees at Disney in order to be able to concentrate fully on their own projects in the future under the Don Bluth Productions label .
Her next film, Mrs. Brisby and the Secret of NIMH , was named Best Animated Film at the 1983 Saturn Awards. In 1983 the team produced the animations for the interactive film game Dragon’s Lair , which Goldman also co-produced. Goldman also acted as producer for the two successors to the game. With the loss of a sales partner, Don Bluth's company ran into financial difficulties and was only able to avert bankruptcy with the support of Morris Sullivan . From 1985 the company traded as Sullivan Bluth Studios . The company and all 87 employees, including Goldman, Bluth and Pomeroy, moved with their families to Ireland at the suggestion of Sullivan in order to benefit from the tax advantages there.
Her next feature film In a Land Before Our Time was her first production entirely in Ireland. Numerous other films were made up to 1994. The feature-length film Titan AE , produced in 2000, however, became the biggest flop for Fox Animation Studios , which brought the project to Goldman and Bluth. At a cost of $ 75 million, the film grossed only $ 36.7 million worldwide. The failure ultimately led to the closure of Fox's animation division.
Goldman and Bluth then increasingly turned to the video game industry. Since 2008 both have been pursuing the idea of a Dragon's Lair film. At the beginning of 2016, both were able to collect more than US $ 650,000 through a crowdfunding campaign.
Goldman is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .
His first marriage in 1968 resulted in two sons. He has been married for a second time since 1988.
Filmography (selection)
animator
- 1974: Winnie the Pooh and Tigger to ( Winnie the Pooh and Tigger too , short film)
- 1977: Bernard and Bianca - Die Mäusepolizei (The Rescuers)
- 1977: Elliot, the Smirking Monster (Pete's Dragon)
- 1981: Cap and Capper (The Fox and the Hound)
- 1982: Mrs. Brisby and The Secret of NIMH
Script collaboration
- 1974: Winnie the Pooh and Tigger to ( Winnie the Pooh and Tigger too , short film)
- 1982: Mrs. Brisby and The Secret of NIMH
- 1989: Charlie All Dogs Go to Heaven
- 1991: Rock a Doodle (Rock-a-Doodle)
- 1994: The Magic Troll (A Troll in Central Park)
Director
- 1989: Charlie All Dogs Go to Heaven
- 1991: Rock a Doodle (Rock-a-Doodle)
- 1994: Thumbelina (Thumbelina)
- 1994: The Magic Troll (A Troll in Central Park)
- 1995: Hubi, the penguin (Hubi, the penguin)
- 1997: Anastasia
- 1999: Bartok the Magnificent (Bartok the Magnificent)
- 2000: Titan AE
- 2009: Gift of the Hoopoe (short film)
production
- 1979: Banjo the Woodpile Cat
- 1982: Mrs. Brisby and The Secret of NIMH
- 1986: Feivel, the mouse wanderer (An American Tail)
- 1988: The Land Before Time (The Land Before Time)
- 1989: Charlie All Dogs Go to Heaven
- 1991: Rock a Doodle (Rock-a-Doodle)
- 1994: Thumbelina (Thumbelina)
- 1995: Hubi, the penguin (Hubi, the penguin)
- 1997: Anastasia
- 1999: Bartok the Magnificent (Bartok the Magnificent)
- 2000: Titan AE
Computer games
- 1983: Dragon's Lair (producer, animator)
- 1984: Space Ace
- 1991: Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp (producer)
- 2002: Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair (producer, speaker)
- 2003: I-Ninja (Producer Cinematics)
Web links
- Gary Goldman at Don Bluth Films
- Gary Goldman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Gary Goldman - Creator of Dragon's Lair, Space Ace, Dragon's Lair II . In: dragons-lair-project.com, accessed March 2, 2017
- ↑ a b Les Carpenter: 30th Anniversary of Secret of NIMH - Gary Goldman Exclusive! . In: traditionalanimation.com of July 2, 2012
- ↑ Aljean Harmetz: 11 Animator Quit Disney, shape studio . In: New York Times, September 20, 1979
- ^ Saturn Award 1983 . In: imdb.com, accessed March 2, 2017
- ↑ a b c Valerie J. Nelson: Opened animation studio with 3 top Disney artists . In: Los Angeles Times, September 2, 2008
- ^ Titan AE . In: Box Office Mojo , accessed March 2, 2017
- ↑ Dragon's Lair Returns . In: indiegogo , accessed March 2, 2017
- ^ A b Gary Goldman . In: myheritage.de, accessed on March 2, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goldman, Gary |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Goldman, Gary Wayne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer, director, screenwriter, and animator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oakland , California |