Gary Goetzman

• Name — Gary Goetzman • Birth Name — Gary Michael Goetzman • Born — 6 November 1952 • Birthplace — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Occupation — * Producer • actor • Years Active — 1967–present • Children — 2

Born in Los Angeles, Goetzman began his career as a child actor. He had starred in the film Yours, Mine and Ours with Lucille Ball, appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, and eventually started a waterbed company and a pinball arcade. Goetzman at one time delivered a waterbed to Jon Peters's home. His exploits as a performer and a salesman inspired his friend Paul Thomas Anderson's 2021 film Licorice Pizza. In 1984, he produced the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense with director Jonathan Demme. That initiated a successful run as a music supervisor, on such films as Something Wild, Colors, Modern Girls, and Married to the Mob; among many others. In 1991, producer Goetzman and director Demme again collaborated to make The Silence of the Lambs, that won the top five Academy Awards including Best Picture. In 1993, Goetzman was executive producer of Demme's Philadelphia, starring Tom Hanks, beginning a working relationship with Hanks. Goetzman co-produced Hanks's 1996 directorial debut, That Thing You Do! The two then co-founded Playtone in 1997, which supplanted Hanks' earlier Clavius Base production label. Since then, Goetzman has produced hit films including My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Polar Express, Charlie Wilson's War, and Mamma Mia! Goetzman has also received several Emmy Awards for HBO mini-series Band of Brothers, The Pacific, John Adams, Game Change, and Olive Kitteridge. Aside from producing films, Goetzman has been known to play small parts in movies he is connected to. He has also enjoyed a successful parallel career as a music composer and producer, working with such artists as Smokey Robinson, Natalie Cole, Jane Child, Thelma Houston, and The Staples Singers. He currently sits on the National board of directors for the Producers Guild of America. Goetzman is executive producer (with Tom Hanks and Mark Herzog) of the CNN exclusive documentary miniseries The Sixties (2014), The Seventies (2015), The Eighties (2016), and The Nineties (2017).

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

• Year — Title — Credit — Notes • 2000 — West Point — Executive producer • 2001 — Band of Brothers — Co-executive producer • We Stand Alone Together — Co-executive producer — Television special • 2006 — We're with the Band — Executive producer — Television special • 2007 — Big Love: In the Beginning — Executive producer • 2008 — John Adams — Executive producer • David McCullough: Painting with Words — Television special • 2009 — 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts — Executive producer — Television special • 2010 — The Pacific — Executive producer • 2006−11 — Big Love — Executive producer • 2011 — The 3 Minute Talk Show — Executive producer • 2012 — Game Change — Executive producer — Television film • The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Executive producer — Television special • Electric City — Executive producer • 2013 — The 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Executive producer — Television special • The Assassination of President Kennedy — Executive producer — Documentary • 2014 — The Sixties — Executive producer — Documentary • Olive Kitteridge — Executive producer • The Concert for Valor — Executive producer — Television special • 2015 — The Seventies — Executive producer — Documentary • 2016 — The 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Co-executive producer — Television special • The Eighties — Executive producer — Documentary • 2017 — The 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Executive producer — Television special • The Nineties — Executive producer — Documentary • 2018 — Notes from the Field — Executive producer — Television film • The 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Executive producer — Television special • 1968: The Year That Changed America — Executive producer — Documentary • The 2000s — Executive producer — Documentary • 2019 — The 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Executive producer — Television special • The Movies — Executive producer — Documentary • 2020 — My Gift: A Christmas Special from Carrie Underwood — Executive producer — Television special • 2022 — Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen — Executive producer — Documentary • 2023 — The 2010s — Executive producer — Documentary • 2024 — Masters of the Air — Executive producer • As an actor • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1965 — McHale's Navy — Tonio • 1979 — Hot Rod — Security Guard — Television film • 1978−80 — Family — Steven / Sam • 2012 — Electric City • Soundtrack • Year — Title — Role • 1984 — Kidd Video — Writer: "Video Romeo" • Miscellaneous crew • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2014 — The Concert for Valor — Tribute film executive producer — Television special • 2023 — A Grammy Salute to the Beach Boys — For: Tom Hanks — Television special • Thanks • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2012 — POV — Special thanks • 2021 — A Night in the Academy Museum — Filmmaker acknowledgement — Television special

Gary Goetzman is recorded as film producer, actor, director and composer.