Daniel Goldberg: ‘The Hangover’ Producer, ‘Late Shift’ Emmy Nominee & ‘Stripes’ Co-Writer dies at 74

Daniel Goldberg, a Canadian film producer and screenwriter best known for producing The Hangover trilogy and co-writing Stripes passed away on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, in Los Angeles. He was 74.

Goldberg also produced Space Jam and Old School and was a writer and producer on the film Meatballs.

Goldberg rose to prominence with the 1979 film Meatballs, directed by Reitman and starring Bill Murray. He co-wrote and produced the film with Len Blum, Janis Allen, and Harold Ramis.

In 1987, Goldberg returned to the franchise as a writer on Meatballs III: Summer Job.

He worked with Blum and Ramis again to co-write the 1981 film Stripes, directed by Reitman and starring Murray, with Goldberg also serving as producer. Feds, a film written by Goldberg and Blum, was released in 1988.

Goldberg found success with his producing career after the mid-1990s, serving as an executive producer on the animated TV shows Beethoven and Extreme Ghostbusters.

He was nominated for an Emmy Award for the 1996 television film The Late Shift on which he served as a co-executive producer.

He worked together with Reitman for more than 30 years producing several films, including:

• Heavy Metal (1981),
• Junior (1994),
• Space Jam (1996),
• Fathers’ Day (1997),
• Road Trip (2000),
• Evolution (2001),
• Killing Me Softly (2002) and
• Old School (2003).

Goldberg is survived by his wife, Ilona Herzberg; his sisters Kathy Hogg and Amy Goldberg; and his brother, Harris Goldberg.

Source: abtc.ng