Gary Goetzman
Biography
Gary Goetzman is an American producer and actor who works in film and television and co-founded Playtone with Tom Hanks. Born in Los Angeles, he started as a child actor, appearing in Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) with Lucille Ball and on The Ed Sullivan Show. In 1984 he worked with director Jonathan Demme on the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense, which opened a run of music supervisor jobs on films including Something Wild, Colors, Modern Girls (1986) and Married to the Mob. He and Demme reunited for The Silence of the Lambs, which collected the top five Academy Awards, among them Best Picture. He was executive producer of Demme's Philadelphia, then co-produced That Thing You Do! His credits include My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Polar Express, Charlie Wilson's War and Mamma Mia!, and he has earned several Emmy Awards for miniseries including Band of Brothers, John Adams and Game Change.
74years old
Turns 75 on November 6in 361 days
- Born Los Angeles
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 23 years1967 to 1990
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Behind the camera
Goetzman produced the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense in 1984 with director Jonathan Demme, which launched his career as a music supervisor.
Beyond film
Goetzman has also built a successful second career writing and producing music, collaborating with performers including Smokey Robinson, Natalie Cole, Jane Child, Thelma Houston, and The Staples Singers.
Gary Goetzman movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Jonathan Demme directed two of these films. Charles Napier appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Charles Napier's page
Tim Matheson's page
Van Johnson's page
Tom Bosley's page
Marcia Rodd's page
All films by Jonathan Demme
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.