Carl Gottlieb Biography (1938-)

Born March 18, 1938, in New York, NY; son of Sergius M. (an engineer) and Elizabeth (a medical administrative assistant) Gottlieb; married Allison Caine,1970 (divorced, 1982). Career: Screenwriter, director, and actor. TheCommittee (improvisational comedy troupe), San Francisco, CA, actor, 1963-68.Instructor at University of Southern California and Sundance Institute. Military service: U.S. Army, 1961-63. Member: Writers Guild of America-West (vice-president, 1991-95; member of board of directors), Academy ofMotion Picture Arts and Sciences. Awards, Honors: Shared Emmy Award, outstanding writing achievement in comedy, variety, or music, 1969, for TheSmothers Brothers Comedy Hour; shared (with Peter Benchley) Golden GlobeAward nomination and British Academy Award nomination, best screenplay, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, both 1975, for Jaws. Addresses: Office: c/o Writers Guild of America-West, 8955 Beverly Blvd., WestHollywood, CA 90048.; Agent: APA, 9000 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Screenwriter, Director, Actor
Birth Details: March 18, 1938; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Larry Kane, Maryjane, American International Pictures, 1968
A Session with the Committee, 1969
Captain "Ugly John" Black, M*A*S*H, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970
Vinnie, Up the Sandbox, National General, 1972
Meadows, Jaws, Universal, 1975
Terry McMillan, Cannonball (also known as Carquake), New World, 1976
Iron Balls McGinty, The Jerk, Universal, 1979
Maitre d', The Sting II, Universal, 1983
Dr. Magnus, Johnny Dangerously, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
Federal agent, Into the Night, Universal, 1985
Priest, Clueless (also known as I Was a Teenage Teenager and No Worries), Paramount, 1995
Film Director
The Absent-Minded Waiter (short film), Aspen Film Society, 1977
Caveman, United Artists, 1981
"Art Sale," "Pethouse Video," and "Son of the Invisible Man," Amazon Women on the Moon, Universal, 1987
Television Appearances
Episodic
The Super, ABC, 1972
Other Television Appearances
The Ken Berry "Wow" Show (series; also known as Ken Berry's Wow), ABC, 1972
Something Evil, 1972
The TV TV Show (pilot), NBC, 1977

Television Director
Episodic
Delta House, ABC, 1977
Campus Cops, USA Network, 1996
Other Television Work
Director, The Music Scene (series), ABC, 1969-70
Producer, The New Lorenzo Music Show (pilot), ABC, 1976
Producer and director, Partners in Life (special), CBS, 1990
WRITINGS
Screenplays
(With Peter Benchley) Jaws (based on the novel by Benchley), Universal, 1975
(With Cecil Brown) Which Way Is Up?, Universal, 1977
(With Howard Sackler) Jaws II, Universal, 1978
(With Steve Martin and Michael Elias) The Jerk (based on a story by Martin and Gottlieb), Universal, 1979
(With Rudy DeLuca) Caveman, United Artists, 1981
(With Robert Boris and Bruce Jay Friedman) Dr. Detroit (based on astory by Friedman), Universal, 1983
(With Richard Matheson) Jaws 3-D (based on a story by Guerdon Trueblood), Universal, 1983
Television Series
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, CBS, 1967-1969
The Summer Smothers Brothers Show, CBS, 1968
The Super, ABC, 1972
Television Pilots
The New Lorenzo Music Show, ABC, 1976
The Deadly Triangle, NBC, 1977
(With Alvin Boretz) Crisis in Sun Valley, NBC, 1978
Television Specials
Flip Wilson.Of Course, NBC, 1974
The Flip Wilson Special, NBC, 1974
The Flip Wilson Comedy Special, NBC, 1975
Television Episodes
Writer for episodes of The Odd Couple, ABC, and The Bob NewhartShow, CBS.
Other
The Jaws Log, Dell (New York City), 1975
(With David Crosby) Long Time Gone: The Autobiography of David Crosby, Doubleday (New York City), 1988

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Contemporary Authors, Volume 143, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1994.*

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