Biography

Daniel Goldberg was born on March 7, 1949 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He was a producer and writer, known for Meatballs (1979), Stripes (1981) and Space Jam (1996). He was married to Ilona Herzberg. He died on July 12, 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

The first Vice-President and second President of the McMaster Film Board at McMaster University in Hamilton Ontario Canada. Arrested with Ivan Reitman in 1970 for producing "Columbus of Sex" based on the victorian novel "My Secret Life". Directed the short "Day Off", and starred in "Orientation" by Reitman at McMaster. Reitman and Goldberg continue to work together as partners in Northern Lights Entertainment.

Goldberg met Ivan Reitman in 1966 while studying at McMaster University. Reitman and Goldberg collaborated to produce a film titled Columbus of Sex, directed by John Hofsess and based on the pornographic memoir My Secret Life. The three were arrested and charged for making and exhibiting an obscene film. Reitman and Goldberg were found guilty, being sentenced to one year of probation and a CA$300 fine.

Is the godfather of Caroline Reitman.

One of 115 people invited to join AMPAS in 2007.

He served as an executive producer on the animated TV shows Beethoven and Extreme Ghostbusters, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for the 1996 television film The Late Shift on which he served as a co-executive producer.