Daniel Goldberg (producer)

Daniel Mitchell Goldberg (March 7, 1949 – July 12, 2023) was a Canadian film producer and screenwriter. He was a writer and producer on the films Meatballs and Stripes.^[2] He was also a producer of The Hangover film series^[3] and received an Emmy Awards nomination for the film The Late Shift.^[2]

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Daniel Goldberg
Goldberg in 2011
Born	(1949-03-07)March 7, 1949[1] Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Died	July 12, 2023 (aged 74) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	McMaster University
Occupation(s)	Film producer, screenwriter
Spouse	Ilona Herzberg
Relatives	Amy Goldberg (sibling) Harris Goldberg (sibling)

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Goldberg met Ivan Reitman in 1966 while studying at McMaster University. He starred in the 1968 short film Orientation which was written and directed by Reitman.^[4] In 1969, he became a board member of the McMaster Film Board alongside Reitman, Eugene Levy and Dennis Matheson.^[5] The same year, Reitman and Goldberg collaborated to produce a film titled Columbus of Sex, directed by John Hofsess and based on the pornographic memoir My Secret Life. The three were arrested and charged for making and exhibiting an obscene film. Reitman and Goldberg were found guilty, being sentenced to one year of probation and a CA$300 fine.^[5]

Goldberg worked together with Reitman for more than 30 years. Their collaborations included Death Weekend (1976), Heavy Metal (1981), Feds (1988), Junior (1994), Space Jam (1996), Private Parts (1997), Commandments (1997), Fathers' Day (1997), Six Days, Seven Nights (1998), Road Trip (2000), Evolution (2001), Killing Me Softly (2002), Old School (2003) and EuroTrip (2004).^[2][4]

Goldberg first found success with the 1979 film Meatballs which was directed by Reitman and starred Bill Murray. He co-wrote the film with Len Blum, Janis Allen and Harold Ramis, and was also a producer.^[6][7] Goldberg would return to the franchise in 1987 as a writer on Meatballs III: Summer Job.^[2] He would again collaborate with Blum and Ramis to co-write the 1981 film Stripes which was directed by Reitman and starred Murray and Ramis, with Goldberg also serving as a producer.^[8] Goldberg and Blum co-wrote the film Feds which was also directed by Goldberg.^[9]

Goldberg found success with his producing career after the mid-1990s. He served as an executive producer on the animated TV shows Beethoven and Extreme Ghostbusters, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for the 1996 television film The Late Shift on which he served as a co-executive producer. He was also a producer on all three films of The Hangover series.^[2]

Daniel was born to Irwin and Audrey Goldberg in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.^[4] His siblings included Harris Goldberg, Amy Goldberg and Kathryn Hogg.^[10] He was married to Ilona Herzberg.^[2]

He died in Los Angeles on July 12, 2023, at the age of 74.^[2]