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| Born | Adam Frederick Goldberg (1976-04-02)April 2, 1976 (age 48) Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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Adam Frederick Goldberg (born April 2, 1976)[1][2] is an American television andfilm producer, and writer. Goldberg is best known as the creator andshowrunner ofThe Goldbergs, a televisionsitcom based on his childhood in which he is portrayed bySean Giambrone withPatton Oswalt taking on the role of narrating the show. He also created and led the sitcomsBreaking In,Imaginary Mary, andSchooled, aspin-off ofThe Goldbergs.
Goldberg was born to aJewish family[3] inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania, and lived in nearbyJenkintown.[4] His parents are Beverly Goldberg (née Solomon) (born October 8, 1943) and Murray Goldberg (September 25, 1940 – February 1, 2008);[4] he is the youngest of three sons, with brothers Eric (born August 18, 1967) and Barry (born October 15, 1969).[5] He produced his first play,Dr. Pickup, in 1992 at the age of 15, and won the Philadelphia Young Playwrights Festival.[6]
His plays were performed in venues such as the Sundance Playwrights Lab,[7] the Illusion Theater, The Greenwich Street Theater, The Saint Marks Theatre, The Tada! Theater, The Walnut Street Theater and the Joseph Papp Theater.[8]
He was a finalist for the American Theater Critics Association's 1997Osborn Award for his full-length play,One on One.[9]
His dramedyThe Purple Heart was produced by the Institute for Arts and Education at the Annenberg Theater and also won first place in The Very Special Arts Playwriting Award and was produced at theJohn F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.[10][11][12]
Goldberg's first comedy-writing job began in 2003 for the sitcomStill Standing, where he worked for four years and finished as a co-producer. After his first year onStill Standing, he teamed up with Picture Machine,Trigger Street Productions, and college friendKyle Newman to develop the screenplay forFanboys. After a year, they sold it toThe Weinstein Company. The screenplay ended up seventh on the 2005 Black List for most popular unproduced scripts of the year.[13]
After the success ofFanboys, Goldberg was hired to write the screenplays forThe Jetsons; a 2007 remake ofRevenge of the Nerds (1984) starringAdam Brody, which was cancelled after three weeks of filming;Aliens in the Attic; andThe Muppets' Wizard of Oz.[14] He also spent a year writing on DreamWorks Animation'sHow to Train Your Dragon, before moving over to writeMonsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space as well as the 2011How to Train Your Dragon Christmas special,Gift of the Night Fury.[15] He is currently adapting the graphic novelSeal Team 7 for directorShawn Levy, and bringing the bookSimon Bloom: Gravity Keeper to the screen forWalden Media.[16] Goldberg has also produced several movies, includingThe Comebacks,Daddy Day Camp,Bobism,Jeff the Immortal, and a remake ofNight of the Living Dorks.[17][18]
On the television side, Goldberg teamed up withAdam Sandler's production companyHappy Madison to write four pilots for various networks. In 2010, Happy Madison introduced him toKing of Kong directorSeth Gordon and together they created the 2011Fox comedy seriesBreaking In. The show was pitched as "The Office meetsThe A-Team" and, after a year of development, was picked up to series.[19] BeforeBreaking In, Goldberg also wrote on the showsAliens in America,Secret Girlfriend,Voltron Force,WordGirl and Kevin Williamson'sGlory Days.
In 2011, Goldberg signed a three-year overall deal with Sony Pictures TV.[13] During this time, Goldberg was a producer onNBC'sCommunity while developing new projects. In 2012, Goldberg got a pilot commitment to shoot an autobiographical show about his family titledHow the F--- Am I Normal?,[20] and also reunited with Fox on a pilot starringAJ Michalka andSean Giambrone. The autobiographical show was picked up by ABC with a title change toThe Goldbergs and ran through ten seasons before ending in 2023. He also co-createdImaginary Mary andThe Goldbergs' spinoff seriesSchooled for the network.
Goldberg also co-developed and producedThe Muppets Mayhem, aMuppets spinoff series starringThe Electric Mayhem, which streamed onDisney Plus in 2023.
On July 22, 2020, Goldberg, along withUncle Louie, launchedchallenge coins with theGarbage Pail Kids. They were licensed byTopps and sold out in minutes.[21] On January 26, 2024, Goldberg was announced to be co-writing theMarvel Comics seriesAliens: What If…? withBrian Volk-Weiss, Hans Rodionoff, and Leon andPaul Reiser, to be illustrated by Guiu Vilanova.[22]
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