Jessica Goldberg Explained

Jessica Goldberg
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Jessica Goldberg (born 1975) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and television writer. In 1999, she won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for her play, Refuge. Goldberg is the creator of the Hulu series The Path and served as the showrunner for the Netflix series Away.

Early life and education

Goldberg is from Provincetown, Massachusetts. She was raised Jewish and grew up in Woodstock, New York.[1] Goldberg is a graduate of the dramatic writing program at New York University, and of the Juilliard School.[2]

Career

She was a Tennessee Williams Fellow at the University of the South and a recipient of the Le Compte de Nouy stipend, the first annual Helen Merrill Award, and a 2000 Berrilla Kerr Foundation Award.[3] She was also a resident at New River Dramatists, a member of the PEN American Center.

Her play What You Need was commissioned by the Atlantic Theater Company. Refuge premiered at Playwrights' Horizons and won the 1999 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.[4]

Goldberg's television and screen work includes "The Prince of Motor City" (2008) for ABC, starring Piper Perabo, Aidan Quinn, Andie MacDowell, Rutger Hauer, and Morris Chestnut. Goldberg created the television series The Path, which aired three seasons on Hulu before being cancelled in 2022.[5] [6] [7] Goldberg served as the showrunner for the 2020 Netflix series Away.[8] [9] [10] She received a Gracie Award in 2021 in the category, "Showrunner Fiction – Drama," for her work on Away.[11]

Personal life

Goldberg married actor and playwright Hamish Linklater in 2002. They have one child, Lucinda Rose, but later divorced.[12] [13]

Works

Plays

Screenplays

Filmography

Television

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerNotes
2006 Affair GameShort film, story and screenplay
2008 The Prince of Motor CityTV movie, creator and story
2012 RefugeBased on her play of the same name[19]
2013 DeceptionAs co-producer: 11 episodesAs writer: "Good Luck With Your Death"[20]
2013 CampAs producer: 10 episodesAs writer: "CIT Overnight" and "Valentine's Day in July"
2013-2014 ParenthoodAs producer: 17 episodes (2013-14)As supervising producer: 13 episodes (2014-15)

As writer: "Aaron Brownstein Must Be Stopped," "The Waiting Room," "Limbo," "Jump Ball," and "Let's Be Mad Together"

2016-2018The PathCreator, executive producerAs director: "A New American Religion" and "Mercy"

As writer: 11 episodes

2018SuspicionTV movie, creator and executive producer
2020AwayExecutive producerAs writer: "Spektr" and "Negative Return"

Won Gracie Award 2021 for "Showrunner Fiction – Drama"

2021CherryScreenplay co-written with Angela Russo-Otstot[21]

Film

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Radish . Christina . 2021-03-20 . 'Cherry' Writer Jessica Goldberg on Becoming an Honorary Russo Brother and 'Away's Cancellation . 2022-08-26 . Collider . en-US.
  2. Web site: Friend . David . 2007-06-21 . Jessica Goldberg: 10 Screenwriters to Watch . 2022-08-25 . Variety . en-US.
  3. Berrilla Kerr Foundation awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20121025160126/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-70396306.html. dead. October 25, 2012. American Theatre . January 1, 2001.
  4. Web site: 1999-03-04 . Jessica Goldberg Can Take Refuge in Blackburn Prize . 2022-08-25 . Playbill.
  5. Web site: Bhorania . Ayman . 2022-01-15 . Everything You Need To Know About 'The Path' Season 4 . 2022-08-25 . The Teal Mango . en-US.
  6. Web site: Carlin . Shannon . 2016-03-10 . Jessica Goldberg On Her Cultish New Hulu Series, The Path . 2022-08-25 . www.refinery29.com . en.
  7. Web site: Otterson . Joe . 2018-04-24 . 'The Path' Canceled at Hulu After 3 Seasons . 2022-08-25 . Variety . en-US.
  8. Web site: Westenfeld . Adrienne . 2020-10-02 . Jessica Goldberg Is Ready to Take the Crew of Netflix's 'Away' to the Outer Limits of Mars . 2022-08-25 . Esquire . en-us.
  9. Web site: Pavlica . Carissa . 2020-09-03 . Away Showrunner Jessica Goldberg on Bringing Netflix's Latest Drama to Life . 2022-08-25 . TV Fanatic . en.
  10. Web site: Highfill . Samantha . 2020-09-02 . 'Away' boss says the Netflix series is the 'ultimate working-mom story' . 2022-08-25 . EW.com . en.
  11. Web site: Hipes . Patrick . 2021-06-09 . Gracie Awards Set Winners; Honorees Include Kerry Washington, Taylor Swift, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, 'Mrs. America' . 2022-08-25 . Deadline . en-US.
  12. News: Soloski . Alexis . 2015-07-22 . Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater: A Midsummer Night's Couple . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-08-25 . 0362-4331.
  13. Web site: Pfefferman . Naomi . 2014-10-01 . Playwright Jessica Goldberg's 'Better': When misery begets art . 2022-08-25 . Jewish Journal . en-US.
  14. Web site: Rabinowitz . Chloe . 2022-08-02 . World Premiere of Jessica Goldberg's BABE to be Presented at Echo Theater in September . 2022-08-25 . BroadwayWorld.com . en.
  15. Web site: Reuben . 2016-04-27 . Women Behind the Scenes Spotlight: Jessica Goldberg . 2022-08-24 . Nice Girls' TV.
  16. Web site: Simonson . Robert . 1998-12-23 . Rattlestick Gets Stuck with Jessica Goldberg Off-Broadway Jan. 21 . 2022-08-25 . Playbill.
  17. News: Zachary Stewart . Mar 26, 2008 . For Ward Thinking . TheaterMania .
  18. Web site: Evry . Max . 2021-03-10 . CS Interview: Screenwriter Jessica Goldberg Talks Adapting Russo Brothers' Cherry . 2022-08-25 . ComingSoon.net.
  19. Web site: Littleton . Cynthia . 2018-02-08 . NBC Orders Drama Pilot 'Suspicion' From 'The Path' Creator Jessica Goldberg . 2022-08-26 . Variety . en-US.
  20. Web site: Otterson . Joe . 2015-09-17 . 'Parenthood' Producer Jessica Goldberg Signs Overall Deal With Universal TV . 2022-08-26 . en-US.
  21. Web site: Hipes . Patrick . 2021-01-14 . 'Cherry' Trailer: Tom Holland And Ciara Bravo In Russo Brothers' Gritty True Tale That Puts Them Back In The Directors Chairs . 2022-08-26 . Deadline . en-US.
  22. Web site: M . Adnan . 2014-04-23 . Tribeca 2014: Alex of Venice - Film Review - The Arts Guild . 2022-08-26 . The Arts Guild . en-US.

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