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 s...
Celebrating the works of John Williams, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. A fan site run by fans for fans. Lets have some fun and share the passion.