Daniel Goldberg (producer) obituary

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

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

Jason Reitman, the 45-year-old director and son of late filmmaker Ivan Reitman, who died in 2022 aged 75 has led tributes to ‘The Hangover’ producer Daniel Goldberg.

Jason has praised Goldberg for being one of the “kindest and most gentle souls” he has known.

A piece Jason wrote for Deadline, eulogizing Goldberg reads:

“Dan Goldberg is the writer and producer of some of your favorite films.”

“He made a career of dangerous outsider comedies that often challenged comfort zones, yet he was one of the kindest and most gentle souls I’ve ever known. This morning, he passed away in Los Angeles.”

Goldberg and Jason’s father Ivan Reitman collaborated for more than 30 years, working together on features including:

• The animated Heavy Metal (1981);
• Toon/live-action hybrid Space Jam (1996),
• 1994’s Junior, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger as the world’s first pregnant man, along with Danny DeVito and Emma Thompson;
• The 1997 Robin Williams-Billy Crystal comedy Fathers’ Day;
• The 1998 Harrison Ford-Anne Heche adventure pic Six Days Seven Nights;
• Howard Stern’s Private Parts, which the shock jock infamously promoted at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival;
• Road Trip (2000);
• The 2001 sci-fi comedy Evolution, starring David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore;
• The Heather Graham-Joseph Fiennes thriller Killing Me Softly (2002) and
• The Vince Vaughn-Luke Wilson-Will Ferrell comedy Old School (2003).

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 is survived by his wife, Ilona Herzberg; his sisters Kathy Hogg and Amy Goldberg; and his brother, Harris Goldberg. It’s doubtful that he had children.

Source: abtc.ng