He
was born on March 18, 1938 in New York City, New York, USA and
studied acting at Syracuse University with both Larry Hankin and
Frank Langella.
However,
unlike both Langella and Hankin he didn't actively pursuit an acting
career, although did appear in 27 films and TV-series (including 2 of
the 3 made-for-TV-films directed by Spielberg in his early days, Savage
and Something
Evil).
He rose to fame as a fairly successful screenwriter, with scripts for
films like Doctor
Detroit,
The
Jerk
and Caveman
on his credit. We however are eternally grateful for his contribution
to three of the four (official) titles in the film series that helped
launch the career of one Steven Spielberg: Jaws.
Roy Scheider, Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb on the set of Jaws
Carl
Gottlieb, that is the name of our birthday-boy today, is the man
responsible for the translation of Peter Benchley's novel to a
screenplay. During the entire filming process of Jaws,
Cottlieb was so heavily involved in everything (with re-writes of the
script , whenever Bruce
wasn't co-operating and also because he had a bit part in the film),
that he decided to start a diary on making the film. When it was
published, after the film had come out, as “The
Jaws Log”,
the book became an international bestseller and to this day is still
one of the most successful books about the making of a film, ever
published and has seen many reprints and anniversary editions.
Irony
has it that the Jaws
film series has brought out the best and worst of Cottlieb as a
writer, for he received nominations for best and for worst screenplay
for his work on various of the films, for Jaws
he received an Academy
Award Nomination
for Best Screenplay of 1975 and for Jaws
3-D
he was awarded with a Raspberry
Award Nomination
for Worst Screenplay of 1983, he won neither of them.
From left to right: Roy Scheider, Robert Nevin, Murray Hamilton
and Carl Gottlieb in a scene from Jaws
Nowadays
he is a highly respected guest at various cons and fan gatherings all over the world.
Happy 77th Birthday, Mr. Gottlieb
Ronny.
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