---
name: "Gary Goldman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gary-goldman"
fi1m_id: "gary-goldman"
imdb_id: "nm0325778"
tmdb_id: 1582654
wikidata_id: "Q668292"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "17 September 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-18T07:51:40.843283+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."
---

# Gary Goldman

## Identity

Gary Goldman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gary-goldman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gary-goldman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0325778
- **TMDB ID:** 1582654
- **Wikidata ID:** Q668292
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Goldman_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q668292, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0325778/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1582654

Writer. Born 17 September 1953.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 17 September 1953
- **Active:** 1986–2002
- **Also known as:** Gary L. Goldman
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 writing, 1 producing
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 78 (1), 1990s 84 (1), 2000s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Goldman_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q668292, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0325778/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1582654

## Coming up

- *Lice* (2027-01-27), Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Total Recall*](https://film.one/film/total-recall.md) (84)

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

## Biography

Gary Goldman (also credited as Gary L. Goldman) is an American screenwriter. His credits include the original screenplay for *Big Trouble in Little China* (1986), co-written with David Weinstein, and work on the screenplay for *Total Recall* (1990). He also wrote *Navy SEALs* (1990) and received an executive producer credit on *Minority Report* (2002).

Goldman studied filmmaking at UCLA. He later worked with director Louis Malle and producer Larry Gordon at Paramount Pictures. Additional credits include the screenplay for *Next* (2007).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Total Recall* (1990), Fi1m 84, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/total-recall.md)
- *Big Trouble in Little China* (1986), Fi1m 78, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/big-trouble-in-little-china.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Minority Report* (2002), Fi1m 81, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/minority-report.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Lice* (2027), Producer
- *Next* (2007), Executive Producer, Screenstory, Screenplay
- *Minority Report* (2002), Executive Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/minority-report.md)
- *Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct'* (2001), Thanks
- *Navy Seals* (1990), Writer
- *Total Recall* (1990), Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/total-recall.md)
- *Big Trouble in Little China* (1986), Screenplay — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/big-trouble-in-little-china.md)

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