---
name: "Michael Goldberg"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-goldberg-12966"
fi1m_id: "michael-goldberg-12966"
imdb_id: "nm0325271"
tmdb_id: 12966
wikidata_id: "Q18206169"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "8 May 1959"
died: "2 October 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T23:20:45.504834+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."
---

# Michael Goldberg

## Identity

Michael Goldberg

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-goldberg-12966
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-goldberg-12966
- **IMDb ID:** nm0325271
- **TMDB ID:** 12966
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18206169
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Goldberg_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18206169, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0325271/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12966

Writer. Born 8 May 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 2 October 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 8 May 1959, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 2 October 2014
- **Also known as:** Mike Goldberg
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Goldberg_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18206169, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0325271/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12966

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Cool Runnings*](https://film.one/film/cool-runnings.md) (73)

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

## Biography

Michael Goldberg was an American screenwriter. He wrote the screenplay for the 1993 Disney film *Cool Runnings*, co-written with Lynn Siefert and Tommy Swerdlow. His other screenwriting credits include *Little Giants* (1994), *Bushwhacked* (1995) and *Snow Dogs* (2002).

Goldberg graduated with a fine arts degree from Carnegie Mellon University and a master's degree from the University of Michigan. He also worked in theatre, acting and directing in off-Broadway and regional productions. He died on 2 October 2014 in Studio City, California, aged 55.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Cool Runnings* (1993), Fi1m 73, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/cool-runnings.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Should've Been Romeo* (2012), Story
- *Snow Dogs* (2002), Screenplay
- *Earth: Final Conflict* (1997), series, Story
- *The Lovemaster* (1997), Writer, Director
- *Bushwhacked* (1995), Screenplay
- *The Fifteen Minute Hamlet* (1995), as Producer · Executive Producer
- *Little Giants* (1994), Screenplay
- *Cool Runnings* (1993), Screenplay — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/cool-runnings.md)
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Simon Untersander

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