Career
Born in Los Angeles, Goetzman began his career as a child actor. In 1984, Gary Goetzman produced the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense with director Jonathan Demme. In 1993, Goetzman was executive producer of Demme"s Philadelphia, starring Tom Hanks, beginning a working relationship with Hanks who both went on to co-found The Playtone Company.
Since then, Goetzman has produced hits such as "That Thing You Do", My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Polar Express, Charlie Wilson"s War and the film version of.
Goetzman has also received several Emmy"s for Home Box Office mini-series Band of Brothers, The Pacific, and John Adams. Aside from producing films, Goetzman has been known to play small parts in movies he is connected to
He has also enjoyed a successful parallel career as a music composer and producer, working with such artists as Smokey Robinson, Natalie Cole, Jane Child, Thelma Houston. and the Staples Sisters He currently sits on the National board of directors for the Producers Guild of America.