Carl Gottlieb
Carl Gottlieb
Portly writer/director/comedian Carl Gottlieb first gained a following as a member of the San Francisco-based improv troupe The Committee. The Syracuse University-educated Gottlieb went on to join the writing staff of the ground-breaking Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in 1967, sharing an Emmy for his troubles. He went on to direct the 1968 TV variety series Music Scene, then played Ugly John in the original film version of M*A*S*H (1969). In 1975, he won a Golden Globe for his script work on Spielberg's Jaws (1975); he also briefly appeared in the film, and wrote an entertaining paperback chronicle on the subject, The Jaws Log. He has frequently worked in collaboration with another ex-Smothers Brothers writer, Steve Martin; he played Ironballs McGinty in Martin's starring feature The Jerk (1977) and directed Martin's 1977 short subject The Absent Minded Waiter (1977) and the concert video Steve Martin Live. Additional directing credits include the theatrical features Caveman (1981) and Amazon Women of the Moon (1987). Carl Gottlieb has taught acting and writing classes at the University of Southern California and the Sundance Institute. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Carl Gottlieb:
- Jaws with Roy Scheider , Robert Shaw , Richard Dreyfuss , Lorraine Gary , Murray Hamilton
- Easy Riders, Raging Bulls with Dede Allen , Tony Bill , Karen Black , Peter Bogdanovich , Ellen Burstyn , Roger Corman , Richard Dreyfuss , Peter Fonda , Monte Hellman , Dennis Hopper , Henry Jaglom , Margot Kidder , Laszlo Kovacs , Kris Kristofferson , Mike Medavoy , Sylvia Miles , John Milius , David Newman , Arthur Penn , Albert S. Ruddy , Jennifer Salt , Paul Schrader , Cybill Shepherd , Joan Tewkesbury , Gordon Willis , Vilmos Zsigmond , William H. Macy
- Into the Night with Jeff Goldblum , Michelle Pfeiffer , Richard Farnsworth , Irene Papas , Kathryn Harrold , Paul Mazursky , Roger Vadim , Dan Aykroyd , David Bowie , Bruce McGill , Vera Miles , Clu Gulager , Jack Arnold , Paul Bartel , David Cronenberg , Jonathan Demme , Amy Heckerling , Jim Henson , Colin Higgins , Lawrence Kasdan , John Landis , Andrew Marton , Daniel Petrie , Bud Abbott , Lon Jr. Chaney , Lou Costello , Bela Lugosi , DeDee Pfeiffer , Rick Baker , Jonathan Lynn , Don Siegel , Waldo Salt
- The Sting II with Jackie Gleason , Teri Garr , Karl Malden , Oliver Reed , Bert Remsen , Ben Baker , Larry Bishop , Larry Hankin , Harry James , Frank McCarthy , Woodrow Parfrey , Ron Rifkin , Bob Minor , Cassandra Peterson
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