Gary David Goldberg was born on June 25, 1944, in Brooklyn, New York. His collegiate career began at Brandeis University in 1962 and ended at San Diego State University in 1975, with various other schools in between.
In 1976, Goldberg landed his first "real" job at MTM as a writer for "The Bob Newhart Show." He remained at MTM, becoming story editor and then producer of "The Tony Randall Show," and then in 1978, producer of "Lou Grant." In 1980, he created and executive produced "The Last Resort," also for MTM.
In 1981, Goldberg left MTM to form his own company, UBU Productions. Under this banner, he created nine television series, including the enormously successful "Family Ties," which ran on NBC from 1982 to 1989, and the critically acclaimed "Brooklyn Bridge" which aired on CBS from 1991 to 1993.
Goldberg has received numerous honors during his career, including an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe as co-producer of "Lou Grant" and an Emmy Award as writer of the "Family Ties" episode "'A,' My Name is Alex." He has also received five additional Emmy nominations for "Lou Grant" and "Family Ties"; a Peabody for "Lou Grant"; two Writers Guild Awards; five Writers Guild nominations; five Humanitas Awards; and the Producers Guild Award as Producer of the Year in 1991.
In 2002, he won the Award of Excellence at Banff's World Television Festival. And, in 2003, he was honored with the Outstanding Television Writer Award at the Austin Film Festival. Goldberg is a member of the Broadcasting Magazine Hall of Fame.
During its run, "Brooklyn Bridge" received several honors, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Comedy Series, one Humanitas Prize, and an additional Humanitas nomination for enriching television.
In 1989, Goldberg made his feature film debut when he produced and directed Universal Pictures' Dad, starring Jack Lemmon. He also wrote the screenplay, which was adapted from the novel of the same name by William Wharton.
In 2005, Warner Bros. released Must Love Dogs, starring Diane Lane and John Cusack, which Goldberg wrote and directed, adapting the Claire Cook novel of the same name.
Gary Goldberg is married to Diana Meehan, and they have two children, Shana and Cailin.
