Evan Goldberg (born 1982) is a
CanadianCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
comedy television and film writer and producer from
VancouverVancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. The city is bounded by English Bay, Burrard Inlet, the Fraser River, the city of Burnaby, and the University Endowment Lands. Vancouver is named after Captain George Vancouver, a...
,
British ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . In 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada.The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, the 15th largest metropolitan region in Canada...
, Canada. Goldberg attended
Point Grey Secondary SchoolPoint Grey Secondary School is an 8-12 secondary school located in the Kerrisdale neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The main building was built in 1929 in a Collegiate Gothic style. Construction of the school was commissioned by the Municipality of Point Grey prior to...
in Vancouver, British Columbia and then
McGill UniversityMcGill University is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
in
MontrealMontreal is the second-largest city in Canada and the largest city in the province of Quebec. Originally called Ville-Marie , the city takes its present name from Mont-Royal, the triple-peaked hill located in the heart of the city, whose name was also initially given to the island on which the...
,
QuebecQuebec is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking identity and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada before joining the staff of
Da Ali G ShowDa Ali G Show is the name of two related satirical TV series starring British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and featuring the character Ali G.The first series originally aired on Channel 4 in the UK, and the second series on HBO in the US...
with childhood friend
Seth RogenSeth Rogen is a Canadian actor, comedian, writer and film producer. Rogen began his career doing stand-up comedy for four years during his teens, coming in second place in the Vancouver Amateur Comedy Contest when he was 16. While still living in his native Canada, he landed a supporting role in...
. The two also collaborated on the films
Knocked UpKnocked Up is a 2007 American comedy film, co-produced, written and directed by Judd Apatow. Starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann, the film follows the repercussions of a drunken one-night stand between Rogen's slacker character and Heigl's just-promoted media...
and
Superbad, as well as
Pineapple ExpressPineapple Express is a 2008 American comedy film directed by David Gordon Green, written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and starring Rogen and James Franco with cameo appearances by Ed Begley, Jr. and James Remar...
. In a strategy to garner interest and funding, Goldberg created a pre-pre-production trailer for
Jay and Seth vs. The ApocalypseJay and Seth vs. The Apocalypse, the Trailer is a film short written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, and starring Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchel, with a soundtrack by Academy Award-winner Randy Newman, intended to create interest in the making of a feature film.-Plot:The 1 minute and 25 second comedy...
, a film he is now working on with Rogen.
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Evan Goldberg (born 1982) is a
CanadianCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
comedy television and film writer and producer from
VancouverVancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. The city is bounded by English Bay, Burrard Inlet, the Fraser River, the city of Burnaby, and the University Endowment Lands. Vancouver is named after Captain George Vancouver, a...
,
British ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . In 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada.The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, the 15th largest metropolitan region in Canada...
, Canada. Goldberg attended
Point Grey Secondary SchoolPoint Grey Secondary School is an 8-12 secondary school located in the Kerrisdale neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The main building was built in 1929 in a Collegiate Gothic style. Construction of the school was commissioned by the Municipality of Point Grey prior to...
in Vancouver, British Columbia and then
McGill UniversityMcGill University is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
in
MontrealMontreal is the second-largest city in Canada and the largest city in the province of Quebec. Originally called Ville-Marie , the city takes its present name from Mont-Royal, the triple-peaked hill located in the heart of the city, whose name was also initially given to the island on which the...
,
QuebecQuebec is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking identity and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada before joining the staff of
Da Ali G ShowDa Ali G Show is the name of two related satirical TV series starring British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and featuring the character Ali G.The first series originally aired on Channel 4 in the UK, and the second series on HBO in the US...
with childhood friend
Seth RogenSeth Rogen is a Canadian actor, comedian, writer and film producer. Rogen began his career doing stand-up comedy for four years during his teens, coming in second place in the Vancouver Amateur Comedy Contest when he was 16. While still living in his native Canada, he landed a supporting role in...
. The two also collaborated on the films
Knocked UpKnocked Up is a 2007 American comedy film, co-produced, written and directed by Judd Apatow. Starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann, the film follows the repercussions of a drunken one-night stand between Rogen's slacker character and Heigl's just-promoted media...
and
Superbad, as well as
Pineapple ExpressPineapple Express is a 2008 American comedy film directed by David Gordon Green, written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and starring Rogen and James Franco with cameo appearances by Ed Begley, Jr. and James Remar...
. In a strategy to garner interest and funding, Goldberg created a pre-pre-production trailer for
Jay and Seth vs. The ApocalypseJay and Seth vs. The Apocalypse, the Trailer is a film short written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, and starring Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchel, with a soundtrack by Academy Award-winner Randy Newman, intended to create interest in the making of a feature film.-Plot:The 1 minute and 25 second comedy...
, a film he is now working on with Rogen. They are also co-writing and co-producing a remake of
The Green HornetThe Green Hornet is an upcoming superhero action film directed by Michel Gondry. The film is scheduled to be released on December 22, 2010...
, due out in 2010.
In April 2008,
EmpireEmpire is a British film magazine published monthly by Bauer Consumer Media. From the first issue in July 1989, the magazine was edited by Barry McIlheney and published by Emap. Bauer purchased Emap Consumer Media in early 2008...
reported that Goldberg and Seth Rogen will write an episode for the animated television series
The SimpsonsThe Simpsons is an American animated television sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its eponymous family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie...
.
Goldberg is credited with producing
Knocked UpKnocked Up is a 2007 American comedy film, co-produced, written and directed by Judd Apatow. Starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann, the film follows the repercussions of a drunken one-night stand between Rogen's slacker character and Heigl's just-promoted media...
,
Superbad,
Pineapple ExpressPineapple Express is a 2008 American comedy film directed by David Gordon Green, written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and starring Rogen and James Franco with cameo appearances by Ed Begley, Jr. and James Remar...
, and
Funny PeopleFunny People is an American comedy-drama film, written, co-produced, and directed by Judd Apatow, and starring Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen as stand-up comedians. The film was released on July 31, 2009 in North America, and on August 28, 2009 in the United Kingdom. Funny People implements more...
.
He is credited with writing
Superbad,
Pineapple ExpressPineapple Express is a 2008 American comedy film directed by David Gordon Green, written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and starring Rogen and James Franco with cameo appearances by Ed Begley, Jr. and James Remar...
, and 6 episodes of
Da Ali G ShowDa Ali G Show is the name of two related satirical TV series starring British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and featuring the character Ali G.The first series originally aired on Channel 4 in the UK, and the second series on HBO in the US...
.
External links
- Evan Goldberg at the Internet Movie Database
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