Jeffrey Gold
Encyclopedia
Jeffrey Frederick Gold is an American
filmmaker, film producer
, playwright
, and film composer
educated as a physicist
and mathematician
at the United States Naval Academy
, the University of Utah
, and the University of Cambridge
, England.
) and transferred to the University of Utah
where he completed his Bachelor's degree
in pre-professional physics with a minor in mathematics. While an undergraduate, Jeffrey Gold published eight papers in mathematics
and physics
and worked as an undergraduate research assistant in thermoacoustics
, magnetoencephalography
, thin film sputtering and metal evaporation, and photoluminescence
, and worked with mathematician Don H. Tucker on the problem of the Twin prime
s in Number Theory
.
Before graduating from the University of Utah, he attended a beginning film making class which he described as "the beginning of the end for physics". He attended Fitzwilliam College of Cambridge University in Cambridgeshire
, England, having been accepted into the MPhil Programme in Microelectronics and Semiconductor Physics at the Microelectronics Research Centre at the Cavendish Laboratory
.
While at Cambridge, Gold became a lifetime member of the Cambridge Film and Television Society (CFTV) and a member of the Cambridge Gliding
Club, and produced the documentary
Children of the Wind.
) for which he also composed the film score
and co-wrote the main theme, When You're a Millionaire, with singer/songwriter Paul Luscher. The film score for Abby Singer won the Jury Choice Gold Medal for Excellence at the 2004 Park City Film Music Festival and was a semi-finalist in the 2004 Moondance International Film Festival
filmscoring competition.
Gold's scores appear in many independent films and documentaries, including Twilight (Physics In The Twilight), Isles In The Midst Of The Great Green Sea, Monk, Children of the Wind, Reach, Edge Running, The Racketeers and in the PBS
documentary Promontory (Promontory, Utah
), which was produced for KUED
by Ken Verdoia.
Gold's "Elegy: Adagio For Strings" was featured in the book MP3: Music on the Internet by Rod Underhill
and Nat Gertler
, part of The Complete Idiot's Guide to...
series (ISBN 0-7897-2036-1). Gold won the 2006 Best of State Award for Best Original Composition for his film score work. In 2006, Gold contributed music to the short documentary Eritrea
: Living in a Border War.
Gold's film works have premiered at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts
(BAFTA) centres in London
and Cardiff
, on television and radio, and at regional film festivals in the United States
. He was an executive producer
of the 2003 independent feature film Summer Solstice
, based on Gold's story "Atlantic Summer."
, Dedekind, Execution at Paradais Island, Percolation Theory, and Displacement: A Fish in Water Story.
Gold is a member of ASCAP and the Dramatists Guild of America
.
(Heidelberg
, Horrenberg, Oftersheim
, and Sandhausen
) where they lived until Gold was eleven years old. The family later lived in Las Cruces, New Mexico
; in Bangor, Maine
where Gold was a classmate of Naomi King, daughter of writer Stephen King
; in Hawaii
(Honolulu, Waikiki
, Hawaii Kai and Oahu
); and in Salt Lake City, Utah
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
filmmaker, film producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
, playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
, and film composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
educated as a physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
and mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
at the United States Naval Academy
United States Naval Academy
The United States Naval Academy is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located in Annapolis, Maryland, United States...
, the University of Utah
University of Utah
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
, and the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, England.
Science
Jeffrey Gold attended the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland (class of '91). He left before the end of his first year (less than one hundred days from the "Plebes no more" ceremony at Herndon MonumentHerndon Monument
The Herndon Monument on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy is a tall grey obelisk. It was erected in memory of Captain William Lewis Herndon who courageously decided to go down with his ship, SS Central America, and the men left aboard rather than save himself on September 12, 1857...
) and transferred to the University of Utah
University of Utah
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
where he completed his Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
in pre-professional physics with a minor in mathematics. While an undergraduate, Jeffrey Gold published eight papers in mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
and physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
and worked as an undergraduate research assistant in thermoacoustics
Thermoacoustics
Thermoacoustics is about the interaction between thermodynamic and acoustic phenomena. Thermoacoustics is a relatively new field of science and engineering. Few devices based on this principle have been made thus far...
, magnetoencephalography
Magnetoencephalography
Magnetoencephalography is a technique for mapping brain activity by recording magnetic fields produced by electrical currents occurring naturally in the brain, using arrays of SQUIDs...
, thin film sputtering and metal evaporation, and photoluminescence
Photoluminescence
Photoluminescence is a process in which a substance absorbs photons and then re-radiates photons. Quantum mechanically, this can be described as an excitation to a higher energy state and then a return to a lower energy state accompanied by the emission of a photon...
, and worked with mathematician Don H. Tucker on the problem of the Twin prime
Twin prime
A twin prime is a prime number that differs from another prime number by two. Except for the pair , this is the smallest possible difference between two primes. Some examples of twin prime pairs are , , , , and...
s in Number Theory
Number theory
Number theory is a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers. Number theorists study prime numbers as well...
.
Before graduating from the University of Utah, he attended a beginning film making class which he described as "the beginning of the end for physics". He attended Fitzwilliam College of Cambridge University in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
, England, having been accepted into the MPhil Programme in Microelectronics and Semiconductor Physics at the Microelectronics Research Centre at the Cavendish Laboratory
Cavendish Laboratory
The Cavendish Laboratory is the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge, and is part of the university's School of Physical Sciences. It was opened in 1874 as a teaching laboratory....
.
While at Cambridge, Gold became a lifetime member of the Cambridge Film and Television Society (CFTV) and a member of the Cambridge Gliding
Gliding
Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne. The word soaring is also used for the sport.Gliding as a sport began in the 1920s...
Club, and produced the documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
Children of the Wind.
Films and film scores
Jeffrey Gold was an associate producer of the awards-winning independent feature film Abby Singer (named for Abby SingerAbby Singer
Abner E. "Abby" Singer worked as a production manager and assistant director in film between the 1950s and the 1980s. His name has become famous in Hollywood as a phrase describing the second-to-last shot of the day as the "Abby Singer"....
) for which he also composed the film score
Film score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects...
and co-wrote the main theme, When You're a Millionaire, with singer/songwriter Paul Luscher. The film score for Abby Singer won the Jury Choice Gold Medal for Excellence at the 2004 Park City Film Music Festival and was a semi-finalist in the 2004 Moondance International Film Festival
Moondance International Film Festival
The Moondance International Film Festival is an independent annual film festival and awards competition that takes place in the fall in Boulder, Colorado...
filmscoring competition.
Gold's scores appear in many independent films and documentaries, including Twilight (Physics In The Twilight), Isles In The Midst Of The Great Green Sea, Monk, Children of the Wind, Reach, Edge Running, The Racketeers and in the PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
documentary Promontory (Promontory, Utah
Promontory, Utah
Promontory in Box Elder County, Utah, United States, is notable as the location of Promontory Summit where the United States' Transcontinental Railroad was officially completed on May 10, 1869....
), which was produced for KUED
KUED
KUED is full-service Public Broadcasting Service public television located in Salt Lake City, Utah, broadcasting locally in digital-only on UHF channel 42. It is one of two PBS member stations serving the Salt Lake City, Utah metropolitan area...
by Ken Verdoia.
Gold's "Elegy: Adagio For Strings" was featured in the book MP3: Music on the Internet by Rod Underhill
Rod Underhill
Rod Underhill is an attorney and author who has written books about the Internet and MP3 technology and who was also a founder of MP3.com. His books include “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to MP3” and “The Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Millions on the Internet”, each written with Nat Gertler...
and Nat Gertler
Nat Gertler
Nat Gertler is a writer who has written books about computers and comics, including The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel...
, part of The Complete Idiot's Guide to...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to...
The Complete Idiot's Guides is an Alpha Books product line of how-to and other reference books that each seek to provide a basic understanding of a complex and popular topic. The term "idiot" is used as hyperbole in claiming ensured comprehension. The approach relies on explaining a topic via very...
series (ISBN 0-7897-2036-1). Gold won the 2006 Best of State Award for Best Original Composition for his film score work. In 2006, Gold contributed music to the short documentary Eritrea
Eritrea
Eritrea , officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea derives it's name from the Greek word Erethria, meaning 'red land'. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast...
: Living in a Border War.
Gold's film works have premiered at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is a charity in the United Kingdom that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in film, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation.-Introduction:...
(BAFTA) centres in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
, on television and radio, and at regional film festivals in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. He was an executive producer
Executive producer
An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...
of the 2003 independent feature film Summer Solstice
Summer Solstice (2003 film)
Summer Solstice tells a story set in coastal Maine, a reflective coming-of-age tale starring George Fivas as Joshua Ballard, a brilliant but aimless and misunderstood college student who finds solace in composing music and writing...
, based on Gold's story "Atlantic Summer."
Plays
Jeffrey Gold has written several plays, including Horst and Graben in the Context of the Unfinished Man (ISBN 1-60003-029-7), Horst and Graben at the Chateau Godot, Fitch Todd, which won the Moondance Seahorse Award after being selected as a finalist in the 2005 Moondance Film Festival's stage-play competition in Boulder, ColoradoBoulder, Colorado
Boulder is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County and the 11th most populous city in the U.S. state of Colorado. Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of...
, Dedekind, Execution at Paradais Island, Percolation Theory, and Displacement: A Fish in Water Story.
Gold is a member of ASCAP and the Dramatists Guild of America
Dramatists Guild of America
The Dramatists Guild of America is a professional organization for playwrights, composers, and lyricists working in the U.S. theatre market.Membership as an Associate Member is open to any person having written at least one stage play. Active Members are playwrights who have had at least one play...
.
Early life
Before age two, Jeffrey Gold moved with his family to GermanyGermany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
(Heidelberg
Heidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
, Horrenberg, Oftersheim
Oftersheim
Oftersheim is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 8 km southwest of Heidelberg....
, and Sandhausen
Sandhausen
Sandhausen is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 7 km south of Heidelberg.-People:* Selçuk Alibaz , footballer...
) where they lived until Gold was eleven years old. The family later lived in Las Cruces, New Mexico
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Las Cruces, also known as "The City of the Crosses", is the county seat of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 97,618 in 2010 according to the 2010 Census, making it the second largest city in the state....
; in Bangor, Maine
Bangor, Maine
Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States, and the major commercial and cultural center for eastern and northern Maine...
where Gold was a classmate of Naomi King, daughter of writer Stephen King
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
; in Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
(Honolulu, Waikiki
Waikiki
Waikiki is a neighborhood of Honolulu, in the City and County of Honolulu, on the south shore of the island of Oahu, in Hawaii. Waikiki Beach is the shoreline fronting Waikīkī....
, Hawaii Kai and Oahu
Oahu
Oahu or Oahu , known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast...
); and in Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...
.