---
name: "Gary Goddard"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gary-goddard"
fi1m_id: "gary-goddard"
imdb_id: "nm0323787"
tmdb_id: 70737
wikidata_id: "Q5525138"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "18 July 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T17:39:30.658602+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."
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# Gary Goddard

## Identity

Gary Goddard

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gary-goddard
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gary-goddard
- **IMDb ID:** nm0323787
- **TMDB ID:** 70737
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5525138
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Goddard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5525138, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0323787/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70737

Writer. Born 18 July 1954 in Blythe, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 18 July 1954, Blythe, California, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Goddard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5525138, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0323787/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70737

## Biography

Gary Goddard (born 18 July 1954) is an American writer, producer, director and entertainment designer. He co-wrote the screenplay for the film *Tarzan the Ape Man* (1981).

Goddard directed the feature film *Masters of the Universe* (1987) and created the television series *Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future* (1987–1988). In 1980 he co-founded Landmark Entertainment Group; he later established The Goddard Group, an entertainment design firm specialising in theme park attractions and live shows.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Tarzan the Ape Man* (1981), Fi1m 30, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/tarzan-the-ape-man.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Shallow Water* (2017), Associate Producer
- *Hershey's Really Big! 3D Show* (2002), Director, Writer
- *X-Men* (2000), as Man at Beach (uncredited)
- *I Lost My M in Vegas* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Poseidon's Fury : Escape from the Lost City* (1999), Director
- *Skeleton Warriors* (1994), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Sunset Grill* (1993), Co-Producer
- *Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future* (1987), series, Creator
- *Masters of the Universe* (1987), Director
- *Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future: Future Force Training - Skill Level 1* (1987), Executive Producer
- *Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future: Bio Dread Strike Mission* (1987), Executive Producer
- *Tarzan the Ape Man* (1981), Writer — Fi1m 30, [page](https://film.one/film/tarzan-the-ape-man.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay 1982: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay (nominated), for *Tarzan, the Ape Man*

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

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