Portly writer/director/comedian Carl Gottlieb first gained a following as a member of the San Francisco-based improv troupe The Committee. The Syracuse University-educated Gottlieb went on to join the writing staff of the ground-breaking Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in 1967, sharing an Emmy for his troubles. He went on to direct the 1968 TV variety series Music Scene, then played Ugly John in the original film version of M*A*S*H (1969). In 1975, he won a Golden Globe for his script work on Spielberg's Jaws (1975); he also briefly appeared in the film, and wrote an entertaining paperback chronicle on the subject, The Jaws Log. He has frequently worked in collaboration with another ex-Smothers Brothers writer, Steve Martin; he played Ironballs McGinty in Martin's starring feature The Jerk (1977) and directed Martin's 1977 short subject The Absent Minded Waiter (1977) and the concert video Steve Martin Live. Additional directing credits include the theatrical features Caveman (1981) and Amazon Women of the Moon (1987). Carl Gottlieb has taught acting and writing classes at the University of Southern California and the Sundance Institute.
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The Shark Is Still Working
Interviewee |
2006 | |||
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
Interviewee |
2003 | |||
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Clueless
Actor |
1995 | |||
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Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
Director |
1988 | |||
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Amazon Women on the Moon
Director, Screenwriter |
1987 | |||
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Into the Night
Actor |
1985 | |||
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Spies Like Us
Screenwriter |
1985 | |||
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Volunteers
Screenwriter |
1985 | |||
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Johnny Dangerously
Actor |
1984 | |||
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Doctor Detroit
Screenwriter |
1983 | |||
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Easy Money
Screenwriter |
1983 | |||
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Jaws 3
Screenwriter |
1983 | |||
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The Sting II
Actor |
1983 | |||
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Caveman
Director, Screenwriter |
1981 | |||
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Steve Martin Live!
Director |
1979 | |||
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The Jerk
Actor, Screenwriter |
1979 | |||
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Crisis in Sun Valley
Screenwriter |
1978 | |||
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Jaws 2
Screenwriter |
1978 | |||
| 1978 | ||||
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More Than Friends
Actor |
1978 | |||
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Absent Minded Waiter
Director |
1977 | |||
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The Deadly Triangle
Screenwriter |
1977 | |||
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Which Way Is Up?
Screenwriter |
1977 | |||
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Cannonball
Actor |
1976 | |||
| 1975 | ||||
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Jaws
Actor, Screenwriter |
1975 | |||
| 1974 | ||||
| 1972 | ||||
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Up the Sandbox
Actor |
1972 | |||
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Celebration at Big Sur
Producer |
1971 | |||
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Something Evil
Actor |
1971 | |||
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M*A*S*H
Actor |
1970 | |||
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(A Session With) The Committee
Performance |
1969 | |||
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Maryjane
Actor |
1968 |

