Douglas Goldstein (born September 12, 1971) is an American

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

and television producer and director, primarily known for his work as co-head writer on the late-night animated series ''

Robot Chicken ''Robot Chicken'' is an American adult animation, adult stop motion, stop-motion animated sketch comedy television series created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich for Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim. The twelve-minute ...

''. He won three

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s for episodes of ''Robot Chicken'' and has won three

Annie Award The Annie Awards are accolades which the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood, has presented each year since 1972 to recognize excellence in animation shown in American cinema and television. Origina ...

s including one for '' Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II''.

Life and career

Born to a

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family, Goldstein was a founding member of

Wizard Entertainment Wizard Entertainment Inc., formerly known as Wizard World, was a producer of multi-genre fan conventions across North America. The company that became Wizard Entertainment began in 1991 as Wizard Press, the publisher of the monthly magazine '' ...

. During his 13 years at Wizard he was an editor, senior editor, and vice president of special projects, overseeing publications including ''

Anime Insider ''Anime Insider'' was a monthly magazine published by Wizard Entertainment, consisting of news and entertainment pieces relating to the Japanese anime and manga subculture. In its earliest incarnation it was published from Fall 2001 till Fall ...

'', ''Toy Wishes'', '' ToyFare'', ''Toons'', ''Sci-Fi Invasion'', and numerous custom publishing works. Goldstein was an editor and writer of ToyFare's humor strip '' Twisted ToyFare Theater'' for much of its run from 1997 to 2011. It has been compiled into several collected volumes. He is one of the founding members of ''Robot Chicken'', which hired a number of other writers from ''Twisted ToyFare Theater''. Goldstein was also a writer and associate producer on ''Robot Chicken'''s predecessor show, '' Sweet J Presents'', a series of twelve animated shorts which ran from 2001–2002 on

Sony Entertainment Sony Entertainment, Inc. is the umbrella entertainment division of Japanese multinational conglomerate Sony Group Corporation and managed by its American subsidiary, established in 2012 to oversee the corporation's ventures in film, televisio ...

's Screenblast.com. Goldstein has written the half-hour animated pilot ''The Neighborhood'' for

20th Century Fox 20th Century Studios, Inc., formerly 20th Century Fox, is an American film studio, film production and Film distributor, distribution company owned by the Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios, the film studios division of the ...

. He was a writer on Lucasfilm's Star Wars Detours animated series. He is the creator, writer and executive producer of the animated comedy " Devil May Care" starring

Alan Tudyk Alan Wray Tudyk ( ; born March 16, 1971) is an American actor. His film work includes roles in '' 28 Days'' (2000), '' A Knight's Tale'' (2001), '' Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story'' (2004), voice and motion capture for Sonny in '' I, Robot'' (2 ...

and airing on SyFy's TZGZ programming block.Deadline
June 15, 2020

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UGO.com interview
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