Eric Goldberg (animator)

Eric Goldberg
Goldberg at the 2013 Annecy International Animated Film Festival
Born
Eric Allen Goldberg

(1955-05-01) May 1, 1955
Levittown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupations
  • Animator
  • voice actor
  • film director
  • producer
Years active1973–present
Employers
Spouse
Susan Goldberg
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(m. 1982)​
[1]
Awards

Eric Allen Goldberg (born May 1, 1955) is an American animator, voice actor, film director, and producer. He is known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Warner Bros. Animation.

Life and career

Goldberg was born and raised in Levittown, Pennsylvania, and moved to Cherry Hill, New Jersey as a child, where he attended Cherry Hill High School East.[2][3] Goldberg later studied at Pratt Institute, where he majored in illustration. He first entered the industry in the mid-1970s working on Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure for the Richard Williams studio, eventually moving to Williams' London studio and rising through the ranks from assistant to director. During the 1980s, Goldberg started his own London-based studio, Pizazz Pictures, to produce television commercials.

In 1982, Goldberg married his longtime girlfriend Susan.[1]

Later, Goldberg closed his studio to work at Disney Animation Studios, Burbank, California, to work on the film Aladdin, for which he became the lead animator on the character Genie, and later the lead animator on Phil in Hercules (1997). Goldberg also was one of the directors of Disney's 1995 feature Pocahontas. During his time as the lead animator for the Genie, he also provided the majority of the original animation for MC Skat Kat's "Big Time" music video, which was finished in 1992 but left unaired.

In December 1998, Goldberg began plans to produce an animated short set to the music of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. His film eventually became part of Disney's Fantasia 2000 after Goldberg was allowed to use the Disney staff to complete the film during a production hiatus. He also served as director for Fantasia 2000's "The Carnival of the Animals" segment. Goldberg's wife Susan served as art director on both segments.[1]

Goldberg served as the director of animation for Warner Bros.' 2003 live-action/animation hybrid feature Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and also provided the voices of Bugs Bunny (one line), Marvin the Martian, Tweety, and Speedy Gonzales. Although the film was not commercially successful at the box office, it was met with relatively positive reviews from film critics, and Goldberg was nominated for an Annie Award for Outstanding Directing in an Animated Feature Production for his animation direction. He animated the title sequence of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 2006 remake of The Pink Panther, with Bob Kurtz of Kurtz and Friends, and provided some additional animation for Fat Albert. Goldberg was offered to direct an animated opening sequence for Wes Craven’s Cursed, but Goldberg declined twice. He was also attached to direct a CG adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are at Universal Pictures, but due to creative differences, Goldberg left the project & Universal decided to make it a live-action adaptation directed by Spike Jonze.

In 2006, Goldberg returned to Disney,[4] where he directed four minutes of animation for the Epcot attraction Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros and contributed to the 2007 animated short How to Hook Up Your Home Theater, which starred Goofy. Most recently, he was the supervising animator for Louis in The Princess and the Frog (2009), Rabbit in Winnie the Pooh (2011), and Maui's tattoos in Moana (2016).

Goldberg has also animated Mickey Mouse on Nighttime Spectaculars in Disney Parks and Resorts, including Disney Gifts of Christmas and Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland in Tokyo Disneyland, and "We Love Mickey" Main Street Projection Show in Hong Kong Disneyland.

In April 2022, Goldberg confirmed plans within the Disney studio to once again return to hand-drawn animation.[5]

In August 2024, Goldberg wrote and directed the special Donald Duck episode of the popular internet series Hot Ones.[6]

Preservation

Two of Goldberg's early films, For Sale and Good Old Fashioned Cartoon Violence, were preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.[7]

Awards

Filmography

Year Film Director Animator Voice actor Voice Role Animation Role Notes
1973 For Sale Yes Yes No No No
1973 Good Old Fashioned Cartoon Violence Yes Yes No No No
1977 Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure No Yes No No No Assistant Animator
1982 Ziggy's Gift Yes (art director) Yes No No No
1985 Rupert and the Frog Song No Yes No No No
1992 Aladdin No Yes No No No Character Designer/Supervising Animator Genie
1993 The Thief and the Cobbler No Yes No No No On Mad Witch And Death Machine Sequences; Uncredited
1993 Mrs. Doubtfire No Yes No No No Daniel Hillard (Robin Williams) Voice Acting Sequence Animator (As Claude Raynes), Along With Chuck Jones
1994 Chariots of Fur No Yes No No No As Claude Raynes
1995 Pocahontas Yes No No No No
1996 Superior Duck No No Yes No No As Claude Raynes: Tweety, Marvin the Martian, Porky Pig, Superman
1997 Hercules No Yes No No No Supervising Animator Phil
1997 Pullet Surprise No Yes No No No Additional Animator As Claude Raynes
1997 From Hare to Eternity No Yes No No No As Claude Raynes
1999 SpongeBob SquarePants No Yes No No No Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight segment in Help Wanted
2000 Fantasia 2000 Yes No No No No Rhapsody in Blue
Yes Yes No No No The Carnival of The Animals, Finale
Dinosaur No Yes No No No Additional Visual Development
Tweety's High-Flying Adventure No Yes Yes No No uncredited, Direct to Video ADR Loop Group" and The Best Thing You Can Win
2001 The Magic Lamp 3D Yes No No No No
2003 Looney Tunes: Back in Action No Yes Yes Yes No Storyboard Artist and (Animation Director) Bugs Bunny, Tweety, Marvin the Martian, Speedy Gonzales, Porky Pig, Michigan J. Frog
Boys Night Out No Yes No No No Additional animation
2004 Green Screen Show No Yes No No No
Fat Albert No Yes No No No
2005 Son of the Mask No Yes No No No Animated Dream Sequence
Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry No Yes No No No Character Layout
2006 Pink Panther No Yes No No No Title Sequence
A Monkey's Tale Yes No No No No
Tom and Jerry Tales No Yes No No No TV series
Opening Titles
The Fox and the Hound 2 No Yes No No No Direct-to-video
2007 The Chestnut Tree No No No No No Special Thanks
Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros No Yes No No No Short film Theme Park
How to Hook Up Your Home Theater No Yes No No No Short film
2008 Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection No No Yes No No Audio Commentaries On The Cat Concerto, The Dot and the Line And Blitz Wolf
2009 Pups of Liberty No Yes Yes No No Lead Animator; Governor
The Princess and the Frog No Yes No No No Character Designer/Supervising Animator for Louis the Alligator And Miscellaneous Characters. Annie Award For Best Character Animation In A Feature Production
2010 The 82nd Annual Academy Awards No Yes No No No Archive Footage;Louis the Alligator
Iron Man 2 No No Yes Yes No Video game; A.I.M. soilders
2011 Winnie the Pooh No Yes No No Yes Supervising Animator; Rabbit, The Backson
Tom and Jerry: Golden Collection, Volume One No No No No No Audio Commentary on The Cat Concerto (Archival Recording On Disc Two)
2012 Paperman No Yes No No No Final Line Animator/Academy Award Winning Short
Wreck-It Ralph No Yes No No No Additional Visual Development
2013 Get a Horse! No Yes No No No Head of Animation/Short Film
2016 The Simpsons Yes Yes No No No Couch gag for Fland Canyon
Moana No Yes No No Yes Hand-Drawn Animation Supervisor Maui (Tattoos)
2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet No Yes No No No Additional Animator
2021 How to Stay at Home Yes Yes No No Yes Supervising Animator On "How To Wear A Mask"; Goofy and Writer
2022 Mickey in a Minute No Yes No No Yes Animated short Ahead of The Documentary Mickey: The Story of a Mouse:[10]
Oswald The Lucky Rabbit Yes Yes No No Yes Animated Web Short, Also Producer; Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
2023 Once Upon a Studio No Yes Yes No Yes Head of hand-drawn animation; Mickey Mouse, Genie, Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, Jiminy Cricket
Wish No Yes No No No Additional 2D Animation
2024 Moana 2 No Yes No No No Hand-Drawn animation supervisor Maui (Tattoos)
2025 Zootopia 2 No Yes No No No Additional 2D Animation

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Q&A with Eric and Susan Goldberg About the Magical, Musical World of Fantasia 2000". D23. January 28, 2020.
  2. ↑ Gaul, Lou (July 12, 2011). "Animator Eric Goldberg: This 'Pooh' is an uplifting work". Burlington County Times. Retrieved April 26, 2017. According to Goldberg, who was born in Levittown, Bucks County, and in 1961 moved to Cherry Hill, much of the visual beauty in Winnie the Pooh results from employing an artistic old-school process.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ Staff. "Cherry Hill native puts toon in 'Looney Tunes'" Archived 2012-11-07 at the Wayback Machine, Courier-Post, November 14, 2003. Accessed August 25, 2011. "When Eric Goldberg was a student at Cherry Hill High School East in the early 1970s, he used to decorate classmates' notebooks with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck."
  4. ↑ "08/18/2006: "Exclusive! Another Conversation with Eric Goldberg"". www.animated-news.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Disney Animator Says Studio Will Bring Back 2D Hand-Drawn Animation - WDW News Today". 27 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Donald Duck Tries to Keep His Cool While Eating Spicy Wings". YouTube. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  7. ↑ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "48th Annual Annie Awards". annieawards.org.
  9. ↑ "NCS Awards". www.reuben.org.
  10. ↑ Hoepfner, Fran (March 19, 2022). "'Mickey: The Story of a Mouse' Film Review: Disney Doc Explores Character, Icon, Ubiquitous Mascot". TheWrap. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
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