Gary Goetzman

Gary Michael Goetzman ( ; born November 6, 1952) is an American film and television producer and actor, and co-founder of the production company Playtone with actor Tom Hanks.

Life and career 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 1998. 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).

Filmography He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film Producer

Modern Girls (1986) Miami Blues (1990) Amos & Andrew (1993) Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) That Thing You Do! (1996) Beloved (1998) My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) The Polar Express (2004) The Ant Bully (2006) Starter for 10 (2006) Charlie Wilson's War (2007) The Great Buck Howard (2008) Mamma Mia! (2008) City of Ember (2008) Where the Wild Things Are (2009) Larry Crowne (2011) Parkland (2013) Ricki and the Flash (2015) My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016) A Hologram for the King (2016) The Circle (2017) Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) Greyhound (2020) News of the World (2020) A Man Called Otto (2022) My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (2023)

Executive producer

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Philadelphia (1993) Evan Almighty (2007) My Life in Ruins (2009) Ithaca (2015)

As an actor

Year Film Role Notes 1967 Divorce American Style Jonathan Harmon 1968 Yours, Mine and Ours Greg Beardsley 1974 Caged Heat Sparky 1977 Handle with Care RV Salesman 1979 Last Embrace Tour Guide 1980 Melvin and Howard Melvin's Cousin Fred 1981 The Incredible Shrinking Woman Newscaster Bustin' Loose Store Manager 1984 Swing Shift 'Swing Shift' Bandleader 1986 Modern Girls Undercover Cop Something Wild Guido Paonessa 1988 And God Created Woman Al Lawrence Married to the Mob The Guy at the Piano 1990 Miami Blues Hotel Desk Clerk 1991 The Silence of the Lambs Guido Paonessa 1993 Family Prayers Irate Driver Philadelphia Guido Paonessa

Music department

Year Film Role 1982 Jinxed! Radio source music 1984 Swing Shift Lyricist: Additional original songs 1986 Something Wild Musical consultant 1988 And God Created Woman Music supervisor Colors Music consultant Married to the Mob Music supervisor The Prince of Pennsylvania 1989 Lost Angels Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills Little Monsters 1990 A Shock to the System Catchfire The Hot Spot Reversal of Fortune 1991 Queens Logic Point Break Until the End of the World 1992 Freejack

Soundtrack

Year Film Role 1984 Heavenly Bodies Producer: "At Last You're Mine" 1985 Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment Producer: "Temporary Insanity"Writer: "Dirty Work" Just One of the Guys Writer: "Gone Too Far" Fright Night Producer: "Boppin' Tonight"Writer: "Boppin' Tonight" 1986 Thrashin' Producer:"Don't Think Twice""Dancin' in Jamaica"Writer:"Arrow Through My Heart""Dancin' in Jamaica" Something Wild Lead vocal: "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" 1988 Dominick and Eugene Writer:"Game of Love""Lucky at Love" 1990 Miami Blues Writer:"Island Blues""Floatin'" 1993 Philadelphia Performer: "All the Way" 1996 That Thing You Do! Writer:"Mr. Downtown""Voyage Around the Moon""Hold My Hand, Hold My Heart""Will You Marry Me?" 2000 Big Momma's House Writer: "Radio"

Production manager

Year Film Role 1974 Caged Heat Unit manager

Thanks

Year Film Role 1991 Straight Out of Brooklyn Thanks Fires Within Special thanks 2002 The Truth About Charlie Very special thanks 2005 The Wedding Date Thanks 2008 Surfer, Dude Very special thanks 2009 I Hate Valentine's Day Special thanks 2014 Inherent Vice Thank you 2018 Hotel Artemis Special thanks 2019 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood The producers wish to thank 2021 Licorice Pizza Special thanks

Television 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