“Because my home life was nuts, I didn't look to my parents for help. I looked to my teachers. They made me who I am. They took on a parental role. They're like celebrities or heroes to me.”

American television and film producer and writer

Adam F. Goldberg is an American television and film producer and writer. He is best known as the creator and showrunner of The Goldbergs, a sitcom inspired by his own childhood, where Sean Giambrone plays his younger self and Patton Oswalt provides the narration. He also created and led the sitcoms Breaking In, Imaginary Mary, and Schooled, a spinoff of The Goldbergs. His work is centered on television comedy, especially series built around family life and memory.