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Evan Goldberg

Evan Goldberg

Canadian screenwriter (born 1982)


Evan D. Goldberg (born September 15, 1982) is a Canadian producer. He has collaborated with his childhood friend Seth Rogen on a variety of films, including Superbad, Pineapple Express, This Is the End, The Interview, Sausage Party, Good Boys and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.

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Early life

Goldberg was born on September 15, 1982, in Vancouver, British Columbia, to a Jewish family.[1][2] Raised in Marpole,[3] he attended Point Grey Secondary School (where he met and befriended Rogen) and McGill University.

Career

Goldberg started his writing career joining the staff of Da Ali G Show for its 2004 season, along with his childhood friend and comedy partner Seth Rogen. They collaborated on the films, Knocked Up, Superbad, Pineapple Express, Funny People, and The Green Hornet with their production company Point Grey Pictures, named after Point Grey Secondary School.[4]

In a strategy to garner interest and funding, Goldberg created a pre-production trailer for Jay and Seth versus the Apocalypse, which was later made as This Is the End, and was released in June 2013.

During the time, both Rogen and Goldberg through his Point Grey Pictures company had set up a joint venture with major client Good Universe to set up mainstream comedy films.[5]

Goldberg and Rogen are both "obsessed" fans of The Simpsons. After learning that The Simpsons executive producer James L. Brooks was a fan of Superbad, they decided to ask the producers of the show if they could write an episode.[6][7] They were invited to The Simpsons writers room, where they pitched several episode ideas. One was accepted, and they wrote an outline with the help of some feedback from the regular writers.[8] It became the episode "Homer the Whopper", which was the season premiere of season twenty-one.

Goldberg has a chapter giving advice in Tim Ferriss' book Tools of Titans.

Personal life

He is married to Lisa (Yadavaia) Goldberg.[9][10]

Filmography

Film

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Television

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References

  1. Pfefferman, Naomi (June 26, 2013). "Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen: Friends for the end of the world". Jewish Journal. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  2. McNary, Dave (March 6, 2014). "Seth Rogen Pacts with Good Universe for Movie Comedies". Variety. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  3. Keveney, Bill (September 23, 2009). "Rogen gets a dream gig: 'Simpsons' writer, voice". USA Today. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
  4. Wagner, Curt (September 25, 2009). "Seth Rogen kicks off 21st season of 'The Simpsons'". Chicago Now. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
  5. Liam Burke (April 30, 2008). "From Superbad To Superheroes". Empire. Archived from the original on December 13, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  6. Goldberg, Evan [@evandgoldberg] (December 6, 2014). "Lisa's ATM code is 6969" (Tweet). Retrieved December 11, 2022 via Twitter.
  7. "Lisa Yadavaia Goldberg". Newhouse School - Syracuse University. Archived from the original on June 26, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  8. Vlessing, Etan (September 30, 2013). "Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg to Direct 'The Interview' in Vancouver". The Hollywood Reporter.
  9. "D'oh". Retrieved July 30, 2018 via IMDb.
  10. Siegel, Tatiana (September 24, 2013). "Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg Sell Sony on Raunchy Animated Film 'Sausage Party'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  11. Sneider, Jeff (May 29, 2013). "Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg to 'Sell Out' for Sony (Exclusive)". TheWrap. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  12. Otterson, Joe (November 13, 2020). "'Darkwing Duck' Reboot in the Works at Disney Plus (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  13. "It's been in the planning stages for a while". Twitter. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  14. "Golden Globe Awards". IMDb. Retrieved June 4, 2014.

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