Eric Allen Goldberg (born May 1, 1955) is an American animator, voice actor, film director, and producer. He is known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Warner Bros. Animation.
Life and career
Goldberg was born and raised in Levittown, Pennsylvania, and moved to Cherry Hill, New Jersey as a child, where he attended Cherry Hill High School East. Goldberg later studied at Pratt Institute, where he majored in illustration. He first entered the industry in the mid-1970s working on Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure for the Richard Williams studio, eventually moving to Williams' London studio and rising through the ranks from assistant to director. During the 1980s, Goldberg started his own London-based studio, Pizazz Pictures, to produce television commercials.
In 1982, Goldberg married his longtime girlfriend Susan. where he directed four minutes of animation for the Epcot attraction Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros and contributed to the 2007 animated short How to Hook Up Your Home Theater, which starred Goofy. Most recently, he was the supervising animator for Louis in The Princess and the Frog (2009), Rabbit in Winnie the Pooh (2011), and Maui's tattoos in Moana (2016).
Goldberg has also animated Mickey Mouse on Nighttime Spectaculars in Disney Parks and Resorts, including Disney Gifts of Christmas and Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland in Tokyo Disneyland, and "We Love Mickey" Main Street Projection Show in Hong Kong Disneyland.
In April 2022, Goldberg confirmed plans within the Disney studio to once again return to hand-drawn animation.
In August 2024, Goldberg wrote and directed the special Donald Duck episode of the popular internet series Hot Ones.
Preservation
Two of Goldberg's early films, For Sale and Good Old Fashioned Cartoon Violence, were preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
Awards
- 1993 Annie Award Outstanding Individual Achievement in the Field of Animation
- 2000 Annie Award Outstanding Individual Achievement for Character Animation for Fantasia 2000
- 2010 Annie Award Character Animation in a Feature Production for The Princess and the Frog
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|Winnie the Pooh
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|Rabbit, The Backson
|Supervising Animator
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|Tom and Jerry: Golden Collection, Volume One
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|Audio Commentary on The Cat Concerto
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|Paperman
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|Final Line Animator/Academy Award Winning Short
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|Wreck-It Ralph
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|Additional Visual Development
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|Get a Horse!
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|Head of Animation/Short Film
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|The Simpsons
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|Couch gag for Fland Canyon
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|Moana
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|Maui (Tattoos)
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|Ralph Breaks the Internet
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| Additional Animator
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| 2021
| How to Stay at Home
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|Goofy
|Supervising Animator On "How To Wear A Mask", Writer
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| Mickey in a Minute
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|Mickey Mouse
|Animated short Ahead of The Documentary Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
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|Oswald The Lucky Rabbit
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|Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
|Animated Web Short, Also Producer
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|Once Upon a Studio
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|Mickey Mouse, Genie, Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, Jiminy Cricket
|Head of hand-drawn animation/Additional Voices
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|Wish
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|Additional 2D Animation
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|2024
|Moana 2
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|Maui (Tattoos)
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| 2025
| Zootopia 2
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References
External links
- Eric Goldberg's first visit to CalArts' Character Animation Program (Fall '05)
- Eric Goldberg's second visit to CalArts' Character Animation Program (Spring '06)
- Animated News' Interview with Goldberg (2005)
- From Script to DVD interview
- Eric Goldberg on Voice Chasers