Eric Goldberg (film director)

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Eric Goldberg (born in 1955) is an American animator and film director. He is best known for his work at Walt Disney Feature Animation, animating notable characters such as the Genie in Aladdin and "Phil" in Hercules. Goldberg is also the co-director of Disney's 1995 feature Pocahontas. Attended Pratt Institute, where he major in illustration.

In 1997, Goldberg began plans to produce an animated short set to the music of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. His film eventually became part of Disney's Fantasia 2000 compilation film, after Goldberg was allowed to use the Disney staff to complete the film during a production hiatus on The Emperor's New Groove. Goldberg's wife Susan served as art director on the film.

More recently, Goldberg served as the director of animation for Warner Bros.' 2003 live-action/animated hybrid feature Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and animated the title sequence of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 2006 re-make of The Pink Panther, with Bob Kurtz of Kurtz and Friends.