---
name: "Michael Goldenberg"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-goldenberg"
fi1m_id: "michael-goldenberg"
imdb_id: "nm0325533"
tmdb_id: 10296
wikidata_id: "Q643461"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "18 January 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-18T09:05:14.862561+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 Goldenberg

## Identity

Michael Goldenberg

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-goldenberg
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-goldenberg
- **IMDb ID:** nm0325533
- **TMDB ID:** 10296
- **Wikidata ID:** Q643461
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Goldenberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q643461, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0325533/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10296

Writer. Born 18 January 1965 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 18 January 1965, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1997–2007
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 76 (1), 2000s 68 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Goldenberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q643461, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0325533/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10296

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix.md) (68)

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

## Biography

Michael Goldenberg is an American screenwriter, playwright and film director. He graduated from the Carnegie Mellon College of Drama in 1986 with a B.F.A.

Goldenberg wrote and directed *Bed of Roses* (1996). He co-wrote the screenplay for *Contact* (1997) and co-adapted the live-action *Peter Pan* (2003) with P. J. Hogan. He wrote the screenplay for *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix* (2007) and co-wrote *Green Lantern* (2011).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix* (2007), Fi1m 68, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix.md)
- *Contact* (1997), Fi1m 76, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/contact.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Green Lantern* (2011), Screenplay
- *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix* (2007), Screenplay — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix.md)
- *Peter Pan* (2003), Screenplay
- *Contact* (1997), Screenplay — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/contact.md)
- *Bed of Roses* (1996), Writer, Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2008: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (won), for *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*
- Hugo Awards 1998: Best Dramatic Presentation (won), for *Contact*

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

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