---
name: "Evan Goldberg"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/evan-goldberg"
fi1m_id: "evan-goldberg"
imdb_id: "nm1698571"
tmdb_id: 54734
wikidata_id: "Q3061320"
roles: ["Writer","Producer","Director"]
born: "15 September 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 11
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-13T21:56:23.030531+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Evan Goldberg

## Identity

Evan Goldberg

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/evan-goldberg
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** evan-goldberg
- **IMDb ID:** nm1698571
- **TMDB ID:** 54734
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3061320
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Goldberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3061320, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1698571/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54734

Writer and producer. Born 15 September 1982 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer, Director
- **Born:** 15 September 1982, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- **Active:** 1989–present
- **Also known as:** إيفان غولدبرغ
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 11: 1 directing, 4 writing, 6 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Seth Rogen](https://film.one/person/seth-rogen.md), [James Weaver](https://film.one/person/james-weaver.md), [Andrew J. Cohen](https://film.one/person/andrew-j-cohen.md), [Brendan O'Brien](https://film.one/person/brendan-obrien.md), [Christopher Mintz-Plasse](https://film.one/person/christopher-mintz-plasse.md), [Dave Franco](https://film.one/person/dave-franco.md), [Judd Apatow](https://film.one/person/judd-apatow.md), [Nicholas Stoller](https://film.one/person/nicholas-stoller.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 2 Emmys (2 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 2000s 82 (1), 2010s 68 (4), 2020s 76 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 73 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Animation 2, Action 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $459m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Goldberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3061320, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1698571/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54734

## Coming up

- *Tangles* (2027-01-20), Producer
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 2* (2027-08-12), Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Studio*](https://film.one/tv/the-studio.md) (84), [*Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem*](https://film.one/film/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem.md) (77)
- **Netflix:** [*Neighbors*](https://film.one/film/neighbors.md) (70), [*Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising*](https://film.one/film/neighbors-2-sorority-rising.md) (58)
- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Superbad*](https://film.one/film/superbad.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Evan Goldberg

> Evan Goldberg makes loud comedies about people trying to hide how frightened they are. We recommend his work with Seth Rogen for its jokes and its care for those people, though that sympathy is not always shared out fairly.

In *Superbad* (2007), the boys talk about sex because talking about their approaching separation would be harder. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s script allows them to be frightened and filthy in the same conversation. Under Greg Mottola’s direction, Jonah Hill and Michael Cera make the prospect of leaving for college matter. The writing works because the boys can be foolish without becoming people we want to abandon.

The care is unevenly distributed. Emma Stone’s Jules and Martha MacIsaac’s Becca get less help from the script, and the actresses make us notice how much more there might have been to write. Rogen and Goldberg understand what these boys fear about women better than they imagine what the women think. We can enjoy the company and still wish the conversation included someone else.

Goldberg’s directing debut, *This Is the End* (2013), made with Rogen, used actors playing versions of themselves. His subsequent work has taken in family animation as well as television, with fitting in still a recurring concern. In Jeff Rowe’s *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem* (2023), Goldberg shares screenplay credit with four other writers, and the teenage company is more appealing than the familiar outsiders-seeking-acceptance plot. Several pop-culture references are less funny than the writers seem to think.

*The Studio* (2025), which he creates, writes and directs with Rogen, gives the embarrassment a workplace and a hierarchy. Its executives love cinema, yet their enthusiasm keeps becoming an excuse to interfere. The scripts by Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck, Rogen, Goldberg and Frida Perez are good at showing why knowledge of films need not help anyone make a sensible decision. It is a funny, tightly performed programme, but its affection for these people also makes it too ready to forgive them.

Adam Newport-Berra’s long takes keep mistakes visible, while Eric Kissack’s editing preserves the pace without losing track of the confusion. Goldberg and Rogen let the trouble develop within the shot rather than cut away to someone else’s reaction. We laughed, then felt exhausted by the embarrassment, because the camera denied Matt Remick a moment to recover. Try *The Studio* if sustained social discomfort is your idea of a restful evening.

## Biography

Evan Goldberg is a Canadian screenwriter, producer and director. Born on 15 September 1982 in Vancouver, he attended Point Grey Secondary School, where he met his frequent collaborator Seth Rogen. He began his career writing for Da Ali G Show in 2004 and co-founded the production company Point Grey Pictures with Rogen.

Goldberg has worked with Rogen on numerous films and series, including writing Superbad (2007), directing and writing This Is the End (2013) and The Interview (2014), and producing Sausage Party (2016). He contributed story, screenplay and production to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023). With Rogen he created, directed and wrote the Apple TV+ series The Studio (2025), for which they shared three Primetime Emmy Awards.

In 2019 Goldberg and Rogen launched the cannabis and lifestyle company Houseplant in Canada.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (11)

### Directed (1)

- *The Studio* (2025), Fi1m 84, Creator, Writer, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-studio.md)

### Wrote (4) — the average rests on these

- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem* (2023), Fi1m 77, Producer, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem.md)
- *Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising* (2016), Fi1m 58, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/neighbors-2-sorority-rising.md)
- *Superbad* (2007), Fi1m 82, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/superbad.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

### Produced (6)

- *Joy Ride* (2023), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/joy-ride.md)
- *Platonic* (2023), Fi1m 76, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/platonic.md)
- *INVINCIBLE* (2021), Fi1m 74, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/invincible-2021.md)
- *The Boys* (2019), Fi1m 72, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-boys.md)
- *The Disaster Artist* (2017), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-disaster-artist.md)
- *Neighbors* (2014), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/neighbors.md)

## Complete filmography (67)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 2* (2027), Producer
- *Tangles* (2027), Producer
- *Tiny Fugitives* (2026), Producer
- *The Wrong Girls* (2026), Producer
- *The Invite* (2026), Thanks — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-invite.md)
- *The Muppet Show* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 - Lost in New Jersey* (2025), Producer
- *The Studio* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-studio.md)
- *Peppermint Spiral* (2024), Director, Executive Producer
- *Sausage Party: Foodtopia* (2024), series, as Jelly Donut (voice) · Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *Miller's Girl* (2024), Producer
- *Tree's Blood* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Gen V* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem* (2023), Story, Screenplay, Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem.md)
- *Cobweb* (2023), Producer
- *Joy Ride* (2023), Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/joy-ride.md)
- *Platonic* (2023), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/platonic.md)
- *Paul T. Goldman* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *Kurt Braunohler: Perfectly Stupid* (2022), Executive Producer
- *The Boys Presents: Diabolical* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Pam & Tommy* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *Santa Inc.* (2021), series, as Craig (voice) · Executive Producer
- *INVINCIBLE* (2021), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/invincible-2021.md)
- *Console Wars* (2020), Producer
- *An American Pickle* (2020), Producer
- *Good Boys* (2019), Producer
- *The Boys* (2019), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-boys.md)
- *Long Shot* (2019), Producer
- *Black Monday* (2019), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Endgame* (2018), Executive Producer
- *New Kid Placement Committee* (2018), Producer
- *Game Over, Man!* (2018), Producer
- *Blockers* (2018), Producer
- *Future Man* (2017), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Dumpster Diving* (2017), Director
- *Goon: Last of the Enforcers* (2017), Executive Producer
- *The Disaster Artist* (2017), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-disaster-artist.md)
- *Sausage Party* (2016), Producer, Story, Screenplay
- *Preacher* (2016), series, Director, Story, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising* (2016), Writer, Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/neighbors-2-sorority-rising.md)
- *The Night Before* (2015), Producer, Screenplay
- *The Interview* (2014), Director, Producer, Story
- *Neighbors* (2014), Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/neighbors.md)
- *HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt* (2014), series, Actor
- *This Is the End* (2013), as Evan Goldberg (uncredited) · Director, Screenstory, Screenplay, Producer
- *The Guilt Trip* (2012), Producer
- *The Watch* (2012), Writer
- *The Dictator* (2012), Thanks
- *Goon* (2012), Screenplay
- *50/50* (2011), Producer
- *The Green Hornet* (2011), Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Funny People* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Pineapple Express* (2008), Screenplay, Story, Executive Producer
- *Superbad* (2007), Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/superbad.md)
- *Jay and Seth Versus the Apocalypse* (2007), Writer
- *Knocked Up* (2007), Executive Producer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *24 Jump Street*, Producer
- *Memetic*, Producer
- *All the Way*, Producer
- *Vought Rising*, series, Executive Producer
- *The Littlest Hobo*, series, Creator
- *Bigfoot*, series, Creator
- *4 Kids Walk Into a Bank*, Producer
- *The Sham*, Producer
- *Video Nasty*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Pictured from Left - Chase Sui Wonders, Ike Barinholtz, James Weaver, Evan Goldberg, Frida Perez, Alex Gregory, Pete Huyck, Seth Rogan (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/16211/gallery-9728ccabd209.jpg) Pictured from Left - Chase Sui Wonders, Ike Barinholtz, James Weaver, Evan Goldberg, Frida Perez, Alex Gregory, Pete Huyck, Seth Rogan (2026) — JaceMerlyn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Cast_%26_Crew_of_The_Studio_at_BAFTA_2026.jpg/1280px-Cast_%26_Crew_of_The_Studio_at_BAFTA_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dominic Cooper, Ruth Negga, Joseph Gilgun, Graham McTavish, Ian Colletti, Danielle Panabaker, Jason Mantzoukas, Evan Goldberg and Kevin Smith speaking at the 20 (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/16211/gallery-de631bdabc10.jpg) Dominic Cooper, Ruth Negga, Joseph Gilgun, Graham McTavish, Ian Colletti, Danielle Panabaker, Jason Mantzoukas, Evan Goldberg and Kevin Smith speaking at the 20 (2016) — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Dominic_Cooper%2C_Ruth_Negga%2C_Joseph_Gilgun%2C_Graham_McTavish%2C_Ian_Colletti%2C_Danielle_Panabaker%2C_Jason_Mantzoukas%2C_Evan_Goldberg_%26_Kevin_Smith_%2828307017680%29.jpg/1280px-Dominic_Cooper%2C_Ruth_Negga%2C_Joseph_Gilgun%2C_Graham_McTavish%2C_Ian_Colletti%2C_Danielle_Panabaker%2C_Jason_Mantzoukas%2C_Evan_Goldberg_%26_Kevin_Smith_%2828307017680%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dominic Cooper, Ruth Negga, Joseph Gilgun, Graham McTavish, Ian Colletti, Danielle Panabaker, Jason Mantzoukas, Evan Goldberg and Kevin Smith speaking at the 20 (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/16211/gallery-dd22bf1204bf.jpg) Dominic Cooper, Ruth Negga, Joseph Gilgun, Graham McTavish, Ian Colletti, Danielle Panabaker, Jason Mantzoukas, Evan Goldberg and Kevin Smith speaking at the 20 (2016) — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Dominic_Cooper%2C_Ruth_Negga%2C_Joseph_Gilgun%2C_Graham_McTavish%2C_Ian_Colletti%2C_Danielle_Panabaker%2C_Jason_Mantzoukas_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Dominic_Cooper%2C_Ruth_Negga%2C_Joseph_Gilgun%2C_Graham_McTavish%2C_Ian_Colletti%2C_Danielle_Panabaker%2C_Jason_Mantzoukas_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Evan Goldberg at WonderCon 2013](https://film.one/media/person/16211/gallery-f6fb518b624e.jpg) Evan Goldberg at WonderCon 2013 — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Evan-goldberg-wondercon-2013.jpg/1280px-Evan-goldberg-wondercon-2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Evan Goldberg](https://film.one/media/person/16211/gallery-5f08c7ca047b.jpg) Evan Goldberg — Image via TMDB
- ![Evan Goldberg speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Preacher", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attrib](https://film.one/media/person/16211/gallery-7e45f934d354.jpg) Evan Goldberg speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Preacher", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attrib — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Evan_Goldberg_%2828484611342%29.jpg/1280px-Evan_Goldberg_%2828484611342%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Evan Goldberg speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Preacher", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attrib](https://film.one/media/person/16211/gallery-a5344dd8f0f6.jpg) Evan Goldberg speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Preacher", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attrib — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Evan_Goldberg_%2828591210755%29.jpg/1280px-Evan_Goldberg_%2828591210755%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 2 won

- 2025: Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series (won), for *The Studio*
- 2025: Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (won), for *The Studio*

### Other awards — 2 won

- Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series 2026: Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series (won), for *The Oner*
- Canada's Walk of Fame 2018: Canada's Walk of Fame (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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