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Gary Goldsmith has written, produced, and/or directed non-theatrical films, videos, and sound filmstrips which have won 124 festival awards, including 56 major prizes.  Along With Ed Schuman he ran Dimension Films, which was a large producer of non-theatrical films including a series of 19 films made by USC alum Kent MacKenzie. He has more recently designed, produced and consulted on many interactive media projects for clients such as the Waterman Foundation, Interactive Arts, The Annenberg Center for Communication and Synapse Technologies. In a national survey of audio-visual directors, two of his productions were chosen among the top twenty educational films of all time.

He also served as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Cinematic Arts at USC from 1995 – 2009, where he taught writing, producing, directing, editing and acted as the Associate Chair of the Production Division from 1996 – 2003.

The following list of films includes his role written in BOLD after the title. We will continue uploading films until every film on the list is viewable.

THE LEGEND OF THE BLUEBONNET Producer, Writer, Director, Editor

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Origin myth—how the bluebonnets came to Texas, and a Comanche girl made a sacrifice to save her tribe from famine.  “Creates an almost mystical mood,” says Video Rating Guide for Libraries.  Adaptation of book by Tomie dePaola.  20 minutes.  A Barr Film.  1991

GOLD APPLE, National Educational Film Festival, 1993
 

 

MARIJUANA AND THE MIND Producer, Writer, Director, Editor

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Marijuana-use prevention film for youth and adults, presenting the damaging effects of marijuana on the mind and behavior.  22 minutes   AIMS Media.  1991

 

INDIANS OF THE PLAINS Producer, Writer, Director, Editor

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The horse and buffalo culture of Plains Indians in the 1830’s, shown through live scenes of village life, and classic Western paintings.  16 minutes.  A Barr Film.  1991

LITERATURE TO ENJOY AND WRITE ABOUT Writer, Video Director
Adaptations of award-winning stories for children, leading to stimulating creative writing projects.  Series of 5 videos, about 25 minutes each.  Pied Piper Media.  1990

NOT YET, BABY!  Producer, Writer, Director, Editor

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Pregnancy prevention film for 12-15 year-olds, dramatizing the pressures to become sexually active, illustrating the drastic consequences of early pregnancy, and modeling resistance skills.  “An excellent presentation which provides realistic profiles of the peer pressures that teens face, presents practical reasons for staying chaste, and suggests how to refuse sexual overtures in a constructive manner . . fine for use in sex education.”  Landers Film & Video Reviews.  28 minutes.  A Phoenix/BFA Film  1990

BRONZE PLAQUE, Columbus Film Festival, 1990
 

THE WHIPPING BOY  Writer, Director

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Adaptation of 1987 Newbery Medal winning book in which a spoiled Prince and his street-wise whipping boy outfox zany villains and discover true friendship.  37 minutes.  Filmstrip and video versions for Pied Piper Media.  1988
 

STD BLUES Producer, Writer, Director, Editor

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Dramatic film for adolescents about sexual relationships and diseases, intended to encourage personal responsibility.  33 minutes   A Phoenix/BFA Film.   1987
 

MEET SID FLEISCHMAN Producer, Writer, Director, Editor 

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“Lively, informal portrait,” of the 1987 Newbery Medal winner for Children’s Literature.  As described in School Library Journal, 8/88,  “. . imaginative visual and sound techniques . . There is laughter and joy.  There are intimate moments with an artist whose optimism and warmth of personality bloom like the flowers in his garden.”   20 minutes.  A Pied Piper Production. 1987
 

THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS VIDEOGUIDE Writer

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Video program for families on the history and practice of Jewish holidays.  Includes staged documentary, animation, and theatrical sequences.  90 minutes.  A Master Digital Production.  1987

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, Film Advisory Board, 1990

 

WRITING: THE CONSTANT SEARCH Producer, Writer, Director, Editor

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Dramatic documentary about the process of writing, intended for use in Senior High and College writing classes. 26 minutes.  A Phoenix/BFA Film.  1986

BLUE RIBBON, American Film Festival, 1987

 

A NEWSPAPER SERVES ITS COMMUNITY (2nd Edition) Producer, Writer, Director, Editor

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Narrative documentary about a newspaper at work, showing how a story and a display ad go from ideas into print, intended for use in the 3rd grade. 15 minutes. A Phoenix/BFA Film. 1986
 

COMPUTERS: TOOLS FOR PEOPLE Producer, Writer, Director, Editor
 

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Dramatic documentary.  Described in Learning Magazine, January, l985:  “The importance of computers, the impact they have on our lives and the variety of their uses are demonstrated in this memorable film.”  Upper Elementary/Junior High.   24 minutes.  A Churchill Film.  1984

RED RIBBON, American Film Festival

FILM OF YEAR, Learning Magazine

KAISER SCIENCE & MATH AWARD, National Educational Film Festival

 

COMPUTERS: THE INSIDE STORY Producer, Writer, Director, Editor

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Informational film, described in Sightlines for Spring, l984: “Using kids and animation to demystify the computer, this introduction captures the immediate execution capability of a computer in slow motion, so that the human eye and brain can follow each step of the process. . . While aimed at an elementary to junior high audience, adults will be enlightened too.” 19 minutes.  A Churchill Film.  1984

FILM OF YEAR, Learning Magazine

 

DRINKING DRIVER PSA’S  Producer, Writer, Director, Editor

Featuring Penny Marshall, Ron Howard, and other celebrities, a series of public-service-announcements aimed at teens on the theme that friends protect each other from drunk driving crashes.  Sponsored by the State of California.  1982

ROSEY GRIER:  THE COURAGE TO BE ME Executive Producer

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Young life of the famed football player, needlepoint expert, and motivational speaker.  Miles Watkins, Director.  26 minutes         1979

SECOND PLACE AWARD, Mental Health Assoc. Film Festival

 


 

THE TREE (second edition) Executive Producer 

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Poetic science and ecology film,   A girl discovers how living things depend on each other, and how much there is to see, just sitting under a tree.   Ed Schuman, Director 11 minutes      1978

RED RIBBON, American Film Festival

CHRIS BRONZE PLAQUE, Columbus Film Festival

SPECIAL JURY AWARD, Virgin Islands Int’l Film Festival

CERTIFICATE OF MERIT (TOP 20), Cleveland Instructional Film Festival

ENERGY Producer, Writer, Director, Editor FILMSTRIP ONLY

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A young scientist dresses as Santa Claus and dramatizes the ways he converts his home to save energy.  Filmstrip, sponsored by Concept Media.   1979

WHAT “LIBERTY AND JUSTICE” MEANS  (2nd ed.) Producer, Writer, Director, Editor 17 minutes
 

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By struggling to resolve playground conflicts, children begin to discover the meaning of “liberty and justice for all.”

FILM OF YEAR, Learning Magazine

CHRIS BRONZE PLAQUE, Columbus Film Festival

SPROUL AWARD, National Educational Film Festival

 


 

GUESS WHAT? Executive Producer FILMSTRIPS ONLY

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Interactive filmstrips, audio tapes, and magnifying cubes engage children in exploring images and sounds.  Sponsored by Concept Media.  Ed Schuman, Director  1977

JOB INTERVIEW:  WHOM WOULD YOU HIRE? (2nd ed.) Producer, Writer, Director, Editor

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Actual interviews, filmed with a hidden camera, which ask the viewers to rank the candidates, allows students to discover and teach each other the behaviors which work, and which don’t. 22 min each.

FILM OF YEAR, Learning Magazine

Film A:  Large Business

 


 
Film B:  Small Business

 


 

DOGS  Executive Producer

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Film poem.  Rhythms and sounds, ways of communicating that are special to dogs.  Michael D. Murphy, Director.  15 min.  1978

GOLD MEDAL, Virgin Islands Int’l Film Festival

SPECIAL JURY AWARD, San Francisco Int’l Film Festival

 

 
JOB ATTITUDES Executive Producer

Supporting each other, a group of students learn to identify their individual strengths and prepare themselves to pursue careers.   23 minutes       Ed Schuman, Director  1975

CRYSTALLIZATION Executive Producer

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“A stunning visual display that shows the process of crystals forming and melting. . .bridges the gap between science and art”  Learning Magazine    Acquired by CBS for inclusion in Walter Cronkite’s Universe. Carroll Ballard, Director  13 minutes 1975

FILM OF YEAR, Learning Magazine

 

 
I AM SOMEBODY Executive Producer FILMSTRIPS ONLY

Inspirational portraits of teens who’ve overcome adversity to begin fulfilling lives.  4 filmstrips.  Sponsored by Pied Piper Media.   Ed Schuman, Director  1974

CHICK,CHICK, CHICK  Executive Producer

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Film poem.   ‘A cock crows at sunrise . . a broody hen fluffs her feathers . . small chicks run pell-mell. .   a tiny chick strays from its mother. . . time and again the camera returns to a hatching egg, to catch the final emergence of a wet and exhausted chick. ‘  Film News  12 min.  Robert Brown, Director  1974

CHRIS STATUETTE, Columbus Film Festival

JACK LONDON AWARD, National Educational Film Festival

RED RIBBON, American Film Festival

FILM OF YEAR, Learning Magazine

 

 
MARCHING BAND  Executive Producer

Filmed by a camera operator suspended 6 stories in the air, a marching band forms words.   1973   Sponsored by the Children’s Television Workshop.  Robert Emenegger, Director

NUMBERS IN THE STREET Executive Producer

Chalked on the asphalt, numbers appear and disappear.  1973  Sponsored by the Children’s Television Workshop.  Carroll Ballard, Director

TEAM NURSING   Researcher/Writer UNFINISHED

Literature search, field observation, and extensive interviewing of nurses and supervisors on cutting-edge developments in team nursing, as preparation for filmstrip series.   1971  Sponsored by Trainex.

CITY AT NIGHT  Executive Producer

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Film poem.  The city slowly shifts from dusk to darkness.  Dinnertime, warm and friendly.  Kids going to bed.   Square dancing; movies.  Closing up.  The moon sets.  All-night coffee shop.  Empty streets.  A house is moved.  All is quiet.  14 minutes    Joe Ravetz, Director       1971

SILVER AWARD, Int’l Film & TV Festival of New York

 

 
 
BUTTERCUP Executive Producer

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Film poem.  Adventures of a buttercup which falls into a sparkling mountain stream and tumbles over waterfalls and under branches, ending downstream under a slime of industrial sludge.  12 minutes  Robert Brown, Director   with music by Basil Poledouris. 1970

JOHN MUIR AWARD, National Educational Film Festival

GOLD CAMERA AWARD, U.S. Industrial Film Festival

CERTIFICATE OF MERIT, Chicago Int’l Film Festival

MAJOR AWARD, American Film Festival

 

 
A WAY OF LIFE   Executive Producer

Documentary of an Iowa farm family at a critical turning point—should the aging parents move to town?  Will any of their adult children continue the family heritage?  25 minutes  1969   Sponsored by John Deere, Inc.   Ed Schuman, Director

BEST OF AGRICULTURE, NAAMA

 

 
SHEEP, SHEEP, SHEEP Executive Producer

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Film poem.  11 minutes  “. . a document of supreme beauty. “  Previews  1969   Michael D. Murphy, Director

SILVER AWARD, Int’l Film & TV Festival of New York

BRONZE MEDAL, Atlanta Int’l Film Festival

AWARD OF MERIT, Landers Film Reviews
 


 

VALUES FILMS  Producer, Writer, Director, Editor
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Open-ended dilemmas of honesty, responsibility, and conflict between individual and group standards.  Springboards to classroom role-plays.  Adapted from short stories by George Shaftel.   “The audience cannot help but empathize and agonize with the difficult decisions with which the children are faced.”  Law in American Society     1969
 
PAPER DRIVE 

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         Working mightily to win the contest, 6th graders suspect their main competitor is cheating, so they fight fire with fire.  Is it OK to win by cheating?     15 minutes
 


 
THE CLUBHOUSE BOAT    
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All his friends come up with money to fix up a clubhouse—except Tommy, whose father insists that his delivery-boy earnings go in a savings account.  The only way Tommy can come up with his share is by keeping the cash of a customer who unknowingly overpaid.  19 minutes
 


 
TRICK OR TREAT    
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Pete and Sandy get permission to go trick-or-treating by promising to avoid mischief.  So, they inveigle two younger boys to play a prank in which a house trailer is damaged and a man hurt.  The little boys get caught.   By keeping mum, Pete and Sandy can get off scot-free.  16 minutes
 


 
THE PERILS OF PRISCILLA Executive Producer

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Priscilla, a Siamese cat, neglected by her busy family, escapes into the city, where she dodges dangers, but winds up in an animal shelter cage.  17 minutes.  1968  Sponsored by the Pasadena (Calif) Humane Society  Carroll Ballard, Director

GOLD MEDAL, Atlanta Int’l Film Festival

GOLDEN SOUTHERN CROSS,

Adelaide/Auckland Int’l Film Festival

SILVER OZELLA, Venice Film Festival

SILVER REEL, San Francisco Int’l Film Festival

BRONZE MEDAL, Int’l Film & TV Festival of New York

 

SATURDAY MORNING  Executive Producer

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Emotional documentary of encounter group of eighteen diverse high-school students, probing relations with parents, and issues with sex, gangs, and race.  Released theatrically by Columbia Pictures.  88 minutes  “Shattering in its impact and infinitely moving.”  Saturday Review “This is a cinema of experience, of personal revelation and involvement.”  Village Voice     “A significant advance in documentary filmmaking.”  Hollywood Reporter  1968   Kent MacKenzie, Director

BEST LONG FILM OF YEAR, National Council on Family Relations

BEST FILM OF YEAR, American Personnel and Guidance Association

PREMIERE SCREENING,International Experimental Film Festival

THE SEARCHING YEARS   Executive Producer

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The urgent issues of adolescence, chosen by young people themselves, in a series of 17 short films in four groups:  The Family; Dating and Marriage; Differences; and, Sex/Feelings/Values.  Springboards for discussion, using role-plays and encounter group exchanges.   Same cast, but different material from SATURDAY MORNING.  1968  Kent MacKenzie, Director

SILVER AWARD, Int’l Film & TV Festival of New York

SPECIAL JURY AWARD, San Francisco Int’l Film Festival

THE FAMILY

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I OWE YOU NOTHING!

MOM, WHY WON’T YOU LISTEN?

WAIT UNTIL YOUR FATHER GETS HOME!

CAN A PARENT BE HUMAN?

IVAN AND HIS FATHER

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DATING AND MARRIAGE

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ONE OR MANY?

WHAT GIRLS WANT FROM BOYS

HOW CLOSE CAN YOU GET?

DIFFERENCES

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OLIVIA – BETWEEN TWO CULTURES

BARRIERS

RUBEN AND GANGS

SEX/FEELINGS/VALUES

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SEX MIS-EDUCATION

Young peoples’ candid observations on the follies of sex education by parents and schools. They call for open, reliable information on intercourse, masturbation, human physiology, etc. Directed by Kent MacKenzie. 12 minutes.

 

EARLY HOMOSEXUAL EXPERIENCES

Expresses various ideas about homosexuality in order to help clarity attitudes. Directed by Kent MacKenzie. 12 minutes.

PARENTS’ VOICES

Mike and Sally role-play their feelings after sex ; other young people in the group portray “parents’ voices”. Shows how parental influences affect sexual behavior. Directed by Kent MacKenzie. 13 minutes.

 

SEX MORALS

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An exploration of contrasting moral attitudes toward sexual behavior, and the relation of sex, love
and marriage. Directed by Kent MacKenzie. 14 minutes.

SEX FEARS

An open sharing of sex fears by boys and girls. The group focuses on one girl whose professed fear of pregnancy is revealed to be something deeper. Directed by Kent MacKenzie. 15 minutes.

SEX GAMES

Mike and Lyndal role-play a sex game in which each tries to reject the other first. What are sex games and why do people play them? Directed by Kent MacKenzie. 8 minutes.

THE COW   Executive Producer

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Film Poem.    Natural sounds, without narration.  A little girl lolls in the meadow, watching cows sniff the grass, jaws grinding, tails swishing.  Colors and shapes of bodies, textures of noses and hides.  A new-born calf, licked clean by its mother, tries to stand on collapsible legs and searches out its first meal.  “The essence of cowness is fixed forever in the mind and heart of the viewer.”  Los Angeles Times      Michael D.Murphy, Director.  10 minutes  1968

BLUE RIBBON, American Film Festival

SILVER OZELLA, Venice Film Festival

BEST OF CATEGORY, San Francisco Int’l Film Festival

AWARD OF MERIT, Landers Film Reviews

 

On AUGUST 25, 1967 There was a special salute to DIMENSION FILMS at the Directors Guild of America. They screened Journey to the Pacific, The Final Game, Duke Thomas, Mailman and Job Interview.

A CITY AWAKENS  Executive Producer

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Film poem. The sights and sounds of a city as it gradually comes to life in the early morning. The film begins before dawn: quiet houses; empty streets. Gradually, each part awakens—harbor, trucks, wholesale market, city workers. The rhythm builds. 14 minutes. 1967. Joe Ravetz, Director
 

PIGS!  Executive Producer

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Film poem.  The sights and sounds, the feeling, textures and rhythms of pigs.  “This film is a delight.”  Film News 11 minutes   Carroll Ballard, Director 1967

BLUE RIBBON, American Film Festival

GOLD HUGO, Chicago Film Festival

GOLD MEDAL, Atlanta Int’l Film Festival

SILVER SOUTHERN CROSS, Adelaide/Auckland Int’l Film Festival

AWARD OF MERIT, Landers Film Reviews

 

DUKE THOMAS, MAILMAN  Executive Producer

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Documentary of a day with a mailman, from early morning in the post office and the varied stops and friends on his route.  16 minutes.  Ben Jackson, Director   1967
 

JOURNEY TO THE PACIFIC Producer, Writer, Director

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Official documentary of President Lyndon Johnson’s trip to 7 Asian countries, including his secret visit to Cam Ranh Bay military base in Viet Nam.   Narrated by President Johnson.  Distributed internationally by the United States Information Agency. Edited by USC alums George Lucas and Kent MacKenzie amongst others.  48 minutes   1967

JOB INTERVIEW:  READY OR NOT? Executive Producer

 

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Actual interviews, filmed with a hidden camera, which ask the viewers to rank the candidates—allows students to discover and teach each other the behaviors which work, and which don’t. 22 min each. Ed Schuman, Director 1967. Edited by Ed Schuman and Kent MacKenzie.

Film A:  Women

 

Film B:  Men

THE FINAL GAME   Producer, Writer, Director, Editor

The rhythms, grace, patterns, and thrill of championship basketball, documented by the greatest team of its era, the Boston Celtics, in a playoff challenge against the Cincinnati Royals.  Bill Russell, Oscar Robertson, and irrepressible Red Auerbach.  Shot in 35mm film, with 6 cameras, for worldwide theatrical distribution by the United States Information Agency.   48 minutes.  1967

GRAND PRIX, Oberhausen Sportsfilm Festival

SILVER TRIGLAV, Kranj, Yugoslavia

SILVER CUP, Cortina, Italy

 

WHY COMMUNITIES TRADE GOODS Executive Producer
 

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Riding along in the cab of a 16-wheeler, children discover how different kinds of land produce different things, and some of the reasons communities trade goods.  Directed by Trevor Greenwood.  10 minutes.  1966
 
 

TIME, LINES, AND EVENTS Producer, Writer, Director, Editor
 

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Students take a “time elevator” ride to the deep past in this animated film, using ideas from physics, geology, paleontology, history, and geography to introduce basic time concepts and skills.  Animation by Gerald Nevius.  Technical consultant, Nobel laureate Richard Feynman  19 minutes  1966
 


 

MONEY IN THE BANK—AND OUT   Producer, Writer, Director, Editor
 

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Dramatizes basic economic concepts—when money moves back and forth, prosperity grows.  The bank provides a safe way to borrow and lend.  15 minutes  1966
BLUE RIBBON, American Film Festival

 

 
MY FRIEND, THE ENEMY Producer, Writer, Director, Editor

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Henry Darrow and other professional actors mix with real steelworkers in this docudrama about a conflict over automation in the Kaiser steel mill.  Kaiser and the USW pioneered a profit-sharing plan which enabled introduction of automation, but rank and file workers resisted.  Sponsored and distributed in theaters worldwide by the United States Information Agency.  25 minutes  35mm b/w  1965
 


 

COMMUNICATIONS AND THE COMMUNITY Executive Producer

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Through the suspenseful story of a brush fire, this film shows (1) how messages come into the community from far-flung stations in outer space, the upper atmosphere and across the ocean; (2) how the community responds to the dangers with its own networks of telephone, radio, television, and other devices, and (3) how communications media keep the community informed.  Gene Evans, Director.  16 minutes 1964

 


 

BORN A MAN  Producer, Writer, Director, Editor

Jack Polston, a construction electrician who lost his sight in an accident, plays himself in this docudrama about rehabilitation of the blind.   While some blind people were provided jobs in sheltered workshops, Jack went to rehab in the California Institute of the Blind in Oakland, where he learned to walk freely using a white cane, even in busy traffic.   The film shows his surprising answer to the challenge of going back to work.   Narrated by Edward G. Robinson   Shot in 35mm b/w for worldwide theatrical distribution by the United States Information Agency.  22 minutes  1964

PRIZE OF INTERNATIONAL PANATHLON, Gijon, Spain

 


 

RAINSHOWER Executive Producer
 

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Film poem.    The sights and sounds, beauty and rhythm of rain.  Captures the changing moods of a day when a rainshower came to plants and animals on a farm, and to people at work in a community.  Brief opening narration, followed by natural sounds and music.  “Rare gem. . made one feel and smell the first drops to drenching shower.”  Hollywood Reporter       Ed Schuman and Michael D. Murphy, filmmakers. Sound work by Les Blank.        15 minutes   1963

BLUE RIBBON, American Film Festival

BLUE RIBBON, American Film Festival

GOLD HUGO, Chicago Film Festival

 

THE TREE   Executive Producer

A boy discovers how living things depend on each other, and how much there is to see, just sitting under a tree.  Birds, sowbugs, earthworms and people are all important to the tree, which depends on these living things around it.  Ed Schuman, Director    10 minutes 1963

SILVER AWARD, San Francisco Film Festival

STORY OF THE THE WHOLESALE MARKET  Executive Producer
 

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Basic operations of the wholesale produce market, and how they depend on the cooperation of many workers; the feeling of the bustling environment; introduces primary concepts of economics and public health.   Leonard Greenberg, Director    11 minutes    1963
 

WHAT “LIBERTY AND JUSTICE” MEANS   Producer, Writer
 

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To help children connect the ideals we teach with their real lives; personal liberty is a basic goal of our society, and it depends on justice, without which liberty is lost.  10 minutes  1963
BLUE RIBBON, American Film Festival

BROTHERHOOD AWARD, National Conf. of Christians & Jews

GEORGE WASHINGTON HONOR MEDAL, Freedoms Foundation

THE TRUE STORY OF AN ELECTION  Producer, Writer, Director, Editor
 

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Documents the 1962 campaign for the open 34th California District seat in congress, as seen from both sides, with all the passion of conflict over deeply felt principles.  Strong involvement of high-school and college-age campaign workers.   Intermission before result is revealed for class to discuss and vote.  Acquired for international distribution by the United States Information Agency.   “The best motion picture of the political process in action that we have ever seen.”  Sight and Sound “Nothing quite like this has even before been done.”  Motion Picture Daily  56 minutes  1963

OUTSTANDING SECONDARY FILM OF YEAR,

Southern California Social Science Association

SILVER AWARD, San Francisco Film Festival

 

A SPACE FLIGHT AROUND THE EARTH   Executive Producer
 

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Children ride along on an actual space flight.  Looking back, they see the earth’s roundness, its blue oceans and white clouds, its land, and the thin layer of air around it.  Moving into the earth’s shadow, they see the cause of day and night.  In space, the sky is black, and gravity seems to lose its pull.    12 minutes  1963
 

WHY EXPLORE SPACE?  Executive Producer
 

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Thought-provoking film, raising questions in science and social studies.  What are the values of space research?  How does it relate to world problems?  What are the goals of science?  How will new knowledge change your life?  Brought to life through superb footage of the flight of John Glenn.  “Will capture the attention and stimulate the imagination of viewers from elementary grades through adult audiences.”  Educational Screen & AV Guide 19 minutes  1963
 

In 1962, Goldsmith co-founded Dimension Films, Inc. with Ed Schuman.

1960-61 he worked for Sutherland Films, a non-theatrical company with a studio in Hollywood.  Appointed Vice-president of Sutherland Educational Films (SEF).

NITRIC ACID Writer, Director
 

Demonstrates the unique properties of this acid.  Produced by SEF for the Chem Study curriculum project, sponsored by the Manufacturing   Chemists Association.      19 minutes
 

CATALYSIS  Writer, Director

Investigates the mystery of catalysis—how does it work?  Produced by SEF for the ChemStudy curriculum project, sponsored by the Manufacturing Chemists Association.        19 minutes

 


 

In 1959, working alone, Goldsmith made two films for Bailey/Film Associates, and two which were partly sponsored by KTLA, Channel 5.

LOS ANGELES FROM THE AIR Producer, Writer, Director, Editor
 

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History and geography of metropolitan Los Angeles, using aerial photography, animation, and archival footage.  Points out key problems of transportation and water supply.   Acquired by KTLA, for use in a program hosted by Vin Scully.  15 minutes  1959
 


 
TUGBOATS AND HARBORS Producer, Writer, Director, Editor
 

A tugboat captain takes us along on a working day.  KTLA  13 minutes  1959
 

A NEWSPAPER SERVES ITS COMMUNITY  Producer, Writer, Director, Editor
 

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By following the story of a new baby elephant’s arrival at the airport, the film documents the step-by-step processes of writing, editing, printing, and delivering a newspaper, and shows the variety of news, features, and advertising it brings to its community.  15 minutes.  Produced for BFA Films   1959
 


 

TELEVISION SERVES ITS COMMUNITY  Producer, Writer, Director, Editor

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Follows the production of a news, an entertainment, and a public affairs program, and shows the coordination of a local television station in action.  Produced for BFA Films      15 minutes  1959

From 1956-58, Goldsmith shared producing, writing, directing and editing with Larry and Alyce Frank.

POLICEMAN WALT LEARNS HIS JOB  Co-Producer/Writer/Director/Editor
 

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Walt learns to protect himself and others, how detectives solve crimes, leading to his first day on the job when he takes care of an accident and feels pride as a police officer.   Produced for Film Associates.   10 minutes   1958
 


 

A COMMUNITY KEEPS HOUSE Co-Producer/Writer/Director/Editor
 

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Trained workers keep the community clean and healthy by using special machines to keep up the streets, parks, schools, and public buildings.  Rubbish is buried, trash is burned, and waste water is treated.   Produced for Film Associates.    10 minutes   1958
 

A DAY WITH FIREMAN BILL   Co-Producer/Writer/Director/Editor
 

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Follows Bill Pritchard for 24 hours, from saying goodbye to his family early in the morning, through cleaning equipment at the fire house, drying hoses in the tower, maintaining the fire house, and training on the tower to put out fires.  Produced for Film Associates.     10 minutes   1958
 

DANCE YOUR OWN WAY  Co-Producer/Writer/Director/Editor
 

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Boys and girls create individual, exciting dances to phonograph music played by their teacher.  She guides them to use their bodies freely and confidently, learning skills as they spin, skip, and leap.  10 minutes  1958
 

OUR FAMILY WORKS TOGETHER Co-Producer/Writer/Director/Editor

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Linda and Steve persuade their parents to go on a weekend trip, even though the family has not planned or prepared.  Because the children fail to do their share in the rush of getting ready, the trip has to be called off.  The following week the preparations are a success as the family plans ahead, works together, and each does his or her job.   Produced for Churchill/Wexler Films        11 minutes  1957
 

WHAT DO FATHERS DO?  Co-Producer/Writer/Director/Editor

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Dad takes Toby with him to work at a construction job.  On the way, they meet other fathers—a milkman, delivery men, a telephone repairman, and a hardware store owner.  At the construction site, Toby meets the architect and the crane operator.  When the men get paid, Toby sees how their earnings buy things for their families.  Toby discovers that the men like their work, and being with their friends.  Produced for Churchill/Wexler Films      11 minutes   1957

ALLEN IS MY BROTHER  Co-Producer/Writer/Director/Editor

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Karen, age seven, doesn’t want to take care of three-year-old Allen, even after their mother asks her to help.  Karen ignores Allen; he gets into mischief, and she feels bad that she didn’t do her job.  Gradually, they begin to play together, and  Karen discovers that the nicer she is to Allen, the nicer he is to her.          Produced for Churchill/Wexler Films      11 minutes   1957
 

THE GOLDSEEKER     Co-Producer/Writer/Director/Editor

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Starring distinguished character actor John Dehner, and filmed on location in the classic ghost town Bodie, the film received the following review, excerpted from the Hollywood Reporter:
“The Goldseeker” has already received critical acclaim in Europe, including an award at the Edinburgh Film Festival, and it deserves the praise it has won. . . Lawrence Frank, Jr. and Gary Goldsmith’s picture is one of mood and atmosphere. . . the film perfectly captures the feeling of isolation . . an offbeat item, but one of the most intriguing of the year.     38 minutes    1957

 

BUILDING CHILDREN’S PERSONALITIES WITH CREATIVE DANCING Co-Producer/Writer/Director/Editor
 
Documentary of a group of children learning free-style creative dance, in the tradition of Isadora Duncan, as taught by Gertrude Copley Knight.  Awkward and shy at first, the children gradually learn to sense the   ‘bouncing ball ‘ in their bellies, and to feel the rhythms in the folk and classical records their teacher plays.   From 5-year-old Dawn to 10 year-old Rod, they release their feelings in beautiful and joyful movement.  33 minutes  1957