Evan Goldberg

Early life

Goldberg was born on September 15, 1982, in Vancouver, British Columbia, to a Jewish family. Raised in Marpole, he attended Point Grey Secondary School where he would meet and befriend comedian Seth Rogen. He would also attend McGill University.

Career

Goldberg started his writing career joining the staff of Da Ali G Show for its 2004 season, along with his childhood friend and comedy partner Seth Rogen. They collaborated on the films, Knocked Up, Superbad, Pineapple Express, Funny People, and The Green Hornet with their production company Point Grey Pictures, named after Point Grey Secondary School.

In a strategy to garner interest and funding, Goldberg created a pre-production trailer for Jay and Seth Versus the Apocalypse, which was later made as This Is the End, and was released in June 2013.

During the time, both Rogen and Goldberg through his Point Grey Pictures company had set up a joint venture with major client Good Universe to set up mainstream comedy films.

Goldberg and Rogen are both "obsessed" fans of The Simpsons. After learning that The Simpsons executive producer James L. Brooks was a fan of Superbad, they decided to ask the producers of the show if they could write an episode. They were invited to The Simpsons writers room, where they pitched several episode ideas. One was accepted, and they wrote an outline with the help of some feedback from the regular writers. It became the episode "Homer the Whopper," which was the season premiere of season twenty-one. Goldberg has a chapter giving advice in Tim Ferriss book Tools of Titans.

Personal life

He is married to Lisa (Yadavaia) Goldberg.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

References

1. Pfefferman, Naomi. (June 26, 2013). "Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen: Friends for the end of the world". Jewish Journal.
2. (December 26, 2013). "Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg: Friends Till 'The End'". [[Jefferson Public Radio]].
3. Rachel Fox, [http://heebmagazine.com/evan-goldberg-talks-goon/34629 ''Goon'' Writer Evan Goldberg talks Vancouver, Hockey and his Bar Mitzvah] {{Webarchive. link. (October 31, 2020 , ''[[Heeb]]'', March 30, 2012.)
4. [http://video.about.com/movies/Seth-Rogen-and-Evan-Goldberg.htm Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg Interviews – Superbad Movie Video – About.com] {{webarchive. link. (November 28, 2007)
5. McNary, Dave. (2014-03-06). "Seth Rogen Pacts with Good Universe for Movie Comedies".
6. Keveney, Bill. (2009-09-23). "Rogen gets a dream gig: 'Simpsons' writer, voice". [[USA Today]].
7. Wagner, Curt. (2009-09-25). "Seth Rogen kicks off 21st season of 'The Simpsons'". Chicago Now.
8. Liam Burke. (2008-04-30). "From Superbad To Superheroes". [[Empire (magazine).
9. Goldberg, Evan. "Lisa's ATM code is 6969".
10. "Lisa Yadavaia Goldberg".
11. Vlessing, Etan. (September 30, 2013). "Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg to Direct 'The Interview' in Vancouver". The Hollywood Reporter.
12. "D'oh".
13. Siegel, Tatiana. (September 24, 2013). "Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg Sell Sony on Raunchy Animated Film 'Sausage Party'". The Hollywood Reporter.
14. (May 29, 2013). "Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg to 'Sell Out' for Sony (Exclusive)".
15. Otterson, Joe. (2020-11-13). "'Darkwing Duck' Reboot in the Works at Disney Plus (EXCLUSIVE)".
16. "It's been in the planning stages for a while.".
17. "Golden Globe Awards".