Life and career

Goldberg was 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 and Andy 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.

Later, Goldberg closed his studio to work at Disney Animation Studios, Burbank, California, to work on the film Aladdin, for which he became the lead animator on the character Genie, and later the lead animator on Phil in Hercules (1997). Goldberg also was the co-director of Disney's 1995 feature Pocahontas. During his time as the lead animator for the Genie, he also provided the majority of the original animation for MC Skat Kat's "Big Time" music video, which was finished in 1992 but left unaired.

In 1997, Goldberg began plans to produce an animated short set to the music of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. His film eventually became part of Disney's Fantasia 2000 after Goldberg was allowed to use the Disney staff to complete the film during a production hiatus on The Emperor's New Groove. He also served as director for Fantasia 2000's "The Carnival of the Animals" segment. Goldberg's wife Susan served as art director on both segments.

Goldberg not only served as the director of animation for Warner Bros.' 2003 live-action/animation hybrid feature Looney Tunes: Back in Action, but he also provided the voices of Marvin the Martian, Tweety, Michigan J. Frog, and Speedy Gonzales. Although Back in Action wasn't commercially successful at the box office, it was met with relatively positive reviews from film critics, and Goldberg was nominated for an Annie Award for Outstanding Directing in an Animated Feature Production for his animation direction. He animated the title sequence of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 2006 remake of The Pink Panther, with Bob Kurtz of Kurtz and Friends.

Recently, Goldberg returned to Disney, 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 and Rabbit in Winnie the Pooh.

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	Animator	Actor	Voice role	Animation role	Notes
1977	Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure		Yes				Assistant animator
1982	Ziggy's Gift		Yes
1985	Rupert and the Frog Song		Yes
1992	Aladdin		Yes			Genie
1993	The Thief and the Cobbler		Yes				Uncredited
1995	Pocahontas	Yes
1997	Hercules		Yes			Phil
2000	Fantasia 2000	Yes					Rhapsody in Blue
		Yes	Yes				The Carnival of the Animals, Finale
2000	The Emperor's New Groove		Yes
2001	The Magic Lamp 3D	Yes
2003	Looney Tunes: Back in Action	Yes (animation director)	Yes	Yes	Marvin the Martian, Speedy Gonzales, Michigan J Frog, Tweety Bird
	Boys Night Out		Yes
2004	Fat Albert		Yes
2005	Son of the Mask		Yes
	Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry		Yes				Character layout
2006	Pink Panther		Yes				Title sequence
	A Monkey's Tale	Yes
	Tom and Jerry Tales		Yes				TV series Opening titles
	The Fox and the Hound 2		Yes				Direct-to-video
2007	The Chestnut Tree						Special thanks
	How to Hook Up Your Home Theater		Yes				Short film
2008	Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection			Yes			Audio commentaries on The Cat Concerto, The Dot and the Line and Blitz Wolf
2009	Pups of Liberty		Yes				Lead animator
	The Princess and the Frog		Yes			Louis the Alligator	Annie Award for Best Character Animation in a Feature Production
2010	The 82nd Annual Academy Awards		Yes			Louis the Alligator	Archive footage
	Iron Man 2			Yes	A.I.M Soldiers (voice)		Video game
2011	Winnie the Pooh		Yes			Rabbit
	Tom and Jerry: Golden Collection, Volume One			Yes (archival recording on disc two)			Audio Commentary on The Cat Concerto
2012	Paperman		Yes				Final line animator/Academy Award winning short
	Wreck-It Ralph		Yes				Additional visual development
2013	Get a Horse!		Yes				Head of animation/short film
2016	The Simpsons	Yes	Yes				couch gag for Fland Canyon
	Moana		Yes			Maui (tattoos)	Head of animation (hand-drawn)

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