Eric Goldberg
Biography
Eric Goldberg is an American animator, director, voice actor, and producer whose career includes work at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Warner Bros. Animation. Born in Levittown, Pennsylvania, he studied illustration at Pratt Institute before entering the animation industry in the mid-1970s on Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure for the Richard Williams studio. He later rose from assistant to director at Williams's London studio and started his own London studio, Pizazz Pictures. At Disney, he animated the Genie in Aladdin, was lead animator for Phil in Hercules (1997), and was one of the directors of Pocahontas. He directed the Carnival of the Animals segment for Fantasia 2000 (2000), served as director of animation for Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and supervised animation for The Princess and the Frog (2009), Winnie the Pooh (2011), and Moana (2016). His honors include an Annie Award for Fantasia 2000, the Winsor McCay Award, and a Disney Legend Award.
71years old
Turns 72 on May 1in 172 days
- Born Levittown
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as Eric Allen Goldberg and Claude Raynes
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 22 years2000 to 2022
Every film, newest first
- 2022Mickey: The Story of a MouseIMDb rating 6.9
- 2000Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in AnimationIMDb rating 7.7
- 2000Fantasia 2000IMDb rating 7.1
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First role
Goldberg's start in animation came in the mid-1970s, when he worked on Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure at the Richard Williams studio. He later joined Williams' London studio, where he went from assistant to director.
A role that slipped away
Goldberg was set to direct a CG version of Where The Wild Things Are for Universal Pictures, but creative differences led him to leave, and the studio chose a live-action adaptation with Spike Jonze directing.
Behind the camera
In the 1980s, Goldberg began his own studio called Pizazz Pictures, which was based in London, and it was set up to make television commercials.
A first
In 2012, the Academy Film Archive preserved two of Goldberg's early films, For Sale and Good Old Fashioned Cartoon Violence.
Eric Goldberg movies on Netflix
Worked with
Eric Goldberg shares two films with Wayne Allwine, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Wayne Allwine's page
Whoopi Goldberg's page
James Earl Jones's page
Angela Lansbury's page
Steve Martin's page
David Bowie's page
All films by Don Hahn
Francis GlebasDirector, 1 film, 2000
All films by Francis Glebas
Gaëtan BrizziDirector, 1 film, 2000
All films by Gaëtan Brizzi
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.