Carl Gottlieb was born on March 18,1938 and is an American screenwriter, actor, comedian, and executive.
15 Facts About Carl Gottlieb
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Carl Gottlieb is best known for co-writing the screenplay for Jaws and its first two sequels, as well as directing the 1981 film Caveman.
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Carl Gottlieb began writing comedy for TV, contributing to The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour for which he won an Emmy Award in 1969, The Music Scene, The Bob Newhart Show, All in the Family, and The Odd Couple.
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Carl Gottlieb appeared on camera on Ken Berry's Wow Show variety summer television program in 1972.
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Carl Gottlieb cowrote David Crosby's two autobiographies, 1989's Long Time Gone and 2006's Since Then.
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Carl Gottlieb was hired as an actor to appear as Harry Meadows, the editor of the local newspaper, in Jaws.
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Carl Gottlieb was hired by his friend, Steven Spielberg, to redraft the script, adding more dimensions to the characters, particularly humor.
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Carl Gottlieb's redrafts reduced the role of Meadows.
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Carl Gottlieb wrote a book, The Jaws Log, about the notoriously difficult production of the film.
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Carl Gottlieb was enlisted under similar circumstances to work on the Jaws 2 screenplay.
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Carl Gottlieb co-wrote the screenplays for The Jerk, in which he played Iron Balls McGinty, and Jaws 3-D.
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Carl Gottlieb contributes to Jaws related activities, such as interviews and attended JawsFest on Martha's Vineyard in June 2005.
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Carl Gottlieb joined the Writers Guild of America in 1968 and became interested in Guild politics and with a desire to serve fellow writers following writers' strikes in the 1970s and 1981.
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Carl Gottlieb was elected to the Board of Directors in 1983, and re-elected for numerous terms thereafter, including two stints as vice-president.
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Carl Gottlieb was again appointed VP of the Writers Guild of America, West in 2004 and served until the following year.