---
name: "Ian B. Goldberg"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ian-b-goldberg"
fi1m_id: "ian-b-goldberg"
imdb_id: "nm1968372"
tmdb_id: 1247264
wikidata_id: "Q5980812"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-23T12:01:25.474055+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."
---

# Ian B. Goldberg

## Identity

Ian B. Goldberg

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ian-b-goldberg
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ian-b-goldberg
- **IMDb ID:** nm1968372
- **TMDB ID:** 1247264
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5980812
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_B._Goldberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5980812, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1968372/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1247264

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Also known as:** Ian Goldberg, إيان غولدبيرغ, イアン B ゴールドバーグ
- **Frequently works with:** [Bryan Spicer](https://film.one/person/bryan-spicer.md), [Daniel T. Thomsen](https://film.one/person/daniel-t-thomsen.md), [Guy Ferland](https://film.one/person/guy-ferland.md), [James Wan](https://film.one/person/james-wan.md), [Michael Chaves](https://film.one/person/michael-chaves.md), [Milan Cheylov](https://film.one/person/milan-cheylov.md), [Paul A. Edwards](https://film.one/person/paul-a-edwards.md), [Peter Safran](https://film.one/person/peter-safran.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 63, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 77 (1), 2010s 65 (1), 2020s 55 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 62 to 60 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Horror 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Action & Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $769m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_B._Goldberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5980812, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1968372/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1247264

## Coming up

- *The Conjuring: First Communion* (2027-09-09), Screenplay

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Once Upon a Time*](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md) (65)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Conjuring: Last Rites*](https://film.one/film/the-conjuring-last-rites.md) (55)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Nun II*](https://film.one/film/the-nun-ii.md) (55)

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

## Biography

Ian B. Goldberg is an American television and film writer, producer and showrunner. He began his career in 2005, writing for the WB series *Related*.

Goldberg wrote the screenplays for the films *The Autopsy of Jane Doe* (2016) and *Eli* (2019). He co-wrote the screenplay for *The Nun II* (2023) and *The Conjuring: Last Rites* (2025). He served as co-showrunner with Andrew Chambliss on AMC's *Fear the Walking Dead* and co-created the series *Krypton* for Syfy and *Dead of Summer* for Freeform.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Conjuring: Last Rites* (2025), Fi1m 55, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-conjuring-last-rites.md)
- *The Nun II* (2023), Fi1m 55, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-nun-ii.md)
- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), Fi1m 65, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md)
- *Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles* (2008), Fi1m 77, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/terminator-the-sarah-connor-chronicles.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *The Conjuring: First Communion* (2027), Screenplay
- *The Conjuring: Last Rites* (2025), Screenplay — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-conjuring-last-rites.md)
- *The Nun II* (2023), Screenplay — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-nun-ii.md)
- *Eli* (2019), Screenplay
- *Krypton* (2018), series, Story, Teleplay
- *The Autopsy of Jane Doe* (2016), Screenplay
- *Dead of Summer* (2016), series, Writer, Creator
- *Fear the Walking Dead* (2015), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), series, Writer, Producer, Co-Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md)
- *Act Your Age* (2011), Associate Producer
- *Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles* (2008), series, Writer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/terminator-the-sarah-connor-chronicles.md)
- *The Boy Who Drew Monsters*, Writer
- *Untitled Amityville Horror Film*, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Ian B. Goldberg](https://film.one/media/person/8035/gallery-1d999bb4b316.jpg) Ian B. Goldberg — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ian_Goldberg_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Ian_Goldberg_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg speaking at the 2018 WonderCon, for "Fear the Walking Dead", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please a](https://film.one/media/person/8035/gallery-e58a1e7f0ec9.jpg) Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg speaking at the 2018 WonderCon, for "Fear the Walking Dead", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please a — 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/bc/Andrew_Chambliss_%26_Ian_Goldberg_%2827236752788%29.jpg/1280px-Andrew_Chambliss_%26_Ian_Goldberg_%2827236752788%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Fear the Walking Dead", at the San Diego Convention Center in San](https://film.one/media/person/8035/gallery-d3062becc587.jpg) Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Fear the Walking Dead", at the San Diego Convention Center in San — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Andrew_Chambliss_%26_Ian_Goldberg_%2848403606346%29.jpg/1280px-Andrew_Chambliss_%26_Ian_Goldberg_%2848403606346%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Chris Hardwick, Andrew Chambliss, Ian Goldberg, Lennie James, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Danay Garcia, Maggie Grace, Jenna Elfman, Austin Amelio, Alexa Nisenson, Rube (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/8035/gallery-eef9e1f0dc4b.jpg) Chris Hardwick, Andrew Chambliss, Ian Goldberg, Lennie James, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Danay Garcia, Maggie Grace, Jenna Elfman, Austin Amelio, Alexa Nisenson, Rube (2019) — 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/b4/Chris_Hardwick%2C_Andrew_Chambliss%2C_Ian_Goldberg%2C_Lennie_James%2C_Alycia_Debnam-Carey%2C_Danay_Garcia%2C_Maggie_Grace%2C_Jenna_Elfman%2C_Austin_Amelio%2C_Alexa_Nisenson%2C_Ruben_Blades_%26_Karen_David_%2848403753696%29.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ian Goldberg, Michael Satrazemis, Kim Dickens, Jenna Elfman and Christine Evangelista speaking at the 2023 WonderCon, for "Fear the Walking Dead", at the Anahei](https://film.one/media/person/8035/gallery-4c911a91002c.jpg) Ian Goldberg, Michael Satrazemis, Kim Dickens, Jenna Elfman and Christine Evangelista speaking at the 2023 WonderCon, for "Fear the Walking Dead", at the Anahei — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Ian_Goldberg%2C_Michael_Satrazemis%2C_Kim_Dickens%2C_Jenna_Elfman_%26_Christine_Evangelista_%2852784654629%29.jpg/1280px-Ian_Goldberg%2C_Michael_Satrazemis%2C_Kim_Dickens%2C_Jenna_Elfman_%26_Christine_Evangelista_%2852784654629%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ian Goldberg, Michael Satrazemis, Kim Dickens, Jenna Elfman and Christine Evangelista speaking at the 2023 WonderCon, for "Fear the Walking Dead", at the Anahei](https://film.one/media/person/8035/gallery-a3b7d4df0380.jpg) Ian Goldberg, Michael Satrazemis, Kim Dickens, Jenna Elfman and Christine Evangelista speaking at the 2023 WonderCon, for "Fear the Walking Dead", at the Anahei — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Ian_Goldberg%2C_Michael_Satrazemis%2C_Kim_Dickens%2C_Jenna_Elfman_%26_Christine_Evangelista_%2852784870128%29.jpg/1280px-Ian_Goldberg%2C_Michael_Satrazemis%2C_Kim_Dickens%2C_Jenna_Elfman_%26_Christine_Evangelista_%2852784870128%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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