Michael Goldenberg (born January 18, 1965) is an American playwright,
screenwriter and film director. He graduated from the Carnegie Mellon
College of Drama in 1986 with a B.F.A. Goldenberg is best known for
writing the screenplay for the film Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix, which was the only time a Harry Potter film did not have its
screenplay written by Steve Kloves.Goldenberg was the screenwriter and
director of Bed of Roses (1996). He was the co-screenwriter for the
film adaptation of Contact (1997) and co-adapted the live-action
version of Peter Pan (2003) with director P. J. Hogan. He is also the
screenwriter for the fifth Harry Potter film Harry Potter and the
Order of the Phoenix (2007).Goldenberg was selected to write the
screenplay for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in November
2004 when Steve Kloves, who had adapted the previous four Harry Potter
books, turned down the opportunity to do the fifth film due to
exhaustion and an interest in pursuing other projects. The BBC
reported Goldenberg was to write and direct a futuristic drama for
Warner Bros. afterward. He was also one of the screenwriters for the
superhero movie Green Lantern, having rewritten the script for
director Martin Campbell.He also co-wrote (with Geoff Johns) the Green
Lantern Prequel Special: SINESTRO #1 for DC Comics (featuring Sinestro
from the Green Lantern film). It had a 'Movie Art' cover (using a
still from the film) and internal art by Fernando Dagnino Guerra. The
comic was one of 5 different comic Prequel Specials. He also wrote a
screenplay for a Wonder Woman film, that was not used.
screenwriter and film director. He graduated from the Carnegie Mellon
College of Drama in 1986 with a B.F.A. Goldenberg is best known for
writing the screenplay for the film Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix, which was the only time a Harry Potter film did not have its
screenplay written by Steve Kloves.Goldenberg was the screenwriter and
director of Bed of Roses (1996). He was the co-screenwriter for the
film adaptation of Contact (1997) and co-adapted the live-action
version of Peter Pan (2003) with director P. J. Hogan. He is also the
screenwriter for the fifth Harry Potter film Harry Potter and the
Order of the Phoenix (2007).Goldenberg was selected to write the
screenplay for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in November
2004 when Steve Kloves, who had adapted the previous four Harry Potter
books, turned down the opportunity to do the fifth film due to
exhaustion and an interest in pursuing other projects. The BBC
reported Goldenberg was to write and direct a futuristic drama for
Warner Bros. afterward. He was also one of the screenwriters for the
superhero movie Green Lantern, having rewritten the script for
director Martin Campbell.He also co-wrote (with Geoff Johns) the Green
Lantern Prequel Special: SINESTRO #1 for DC Comics (featuring Sinestro
from the Green Lantern film). It had a 'Movie Art' cover (using a
still from the film) and internal art by Fernando Dagnino Guerra. The
comic was one of 5 different comic Prequel Specials. He also wrote a
screenplay for a Wonder Woman film, that was not used.
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