Eric Goldberg Movies and Career Information

Eric Goldberg (born in 1955) is an American animator and film director. He is best known for his work at Walt Disney Feature Animation. Born and raised in New Jersey, Goldberg later studied at Pratt Institute, where he majored in illustration. He first entered the industry in the mid-1970s working on Raggedy Ann and Andy for the Richard Williams studio, eventually moving to Williams' London studio and rising through the ranks from assistant to director. During the 1980s, Goldberg started his own London-based studio, Pizazz Pictures, to produce television commercials. Goldberg moved to California, where he began working as an animator at Walt Disney Feature Animation. While at Disney, Goldberg was the lead animator on the Genie in Aladdin (1992) and Phil in Hercules (1997). Goldberg is also the co-director of Disney's 1995 feature Pocahontas. During his time as the lead animator for the Genie, he also provided the majority of the original animation for MC Skat Kat's Big Time music video, which was finished in 1992 but left unaired. In 1997, Goldberg began plans to produce an animated short set to the music of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. His film eventually became part of