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Eric Allen Goldberg (born May 1, 1955) is an American animator, voice actor, film director, and producer. He is known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Warner Bros. Animation.

Goldberg was born and raised in Levittown, Pennsylvania, and moved to Cherry Hill, New Jersey as a child, where he attended Cherry Hill High School East. Goldberg later studied at Pratt Institute, where he majored in illustration. He first entered the industry in the mid-1970s working on Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure for the Richard Williams studio, eventually moving to Williams' London studio and rising through the ranks from assistant to director. During the 1980s, Goldberg started his own London-based studio, Pizazz Pictures, to produce television commercials.

In 1982, Goldberg married his longtime girlfriend Susan.

Later, Goldberg closed his studio to work at Disney Animation Studios, Burbank, California, animating for the film Aladdin. He became the lead animator of the character Genie, and later the lead animator for Phil in Hercules (1997). Goldberg also was one of the directors of Disney's 1995 feature Pocahontas. During his time as the lead animator for the Genie, he also provided the majority of the original animation for MC Skat Kat's "Big Time" music video, which was finished in 1992 but left unaired.

In December 1998, 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 after Goldberg was allowed to use the Disney staff to complete the film during a production hiatus. He also served as director for Fantasia 2000's "The Carnival of the Animals" segment. Goldberg's wife Susan served as art director on both segments.

Goldberg served as the director of animation for Warner Bros.' 2003 live-action/animation hybrid feature Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and also provided the voices of Bugs Bunny (one line), Marvin the Martian, Tweety, and Speedy Gonzales. Although the film was not commercially successful at the box office, it was met with relatively positive reviews from film critics, and Goldberg was nominated for an Annie Award for Outstanding Directing in an Animated Feature Production for his animation direction. He animated the title sequence of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 2006 remake of The Pink Panther, with Bob Kurtz of Kurtz and Friends, and provided some additional animation for Fat Albert. Goldberg was offered to direct an animated opening sequence for Wes Craven’s Cursed, but Goldberg declined twice. He was also attached to direct a CG adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are at Universal Pictures, but due to creative differences, Goldberg left the project & Universal decided to make it a live-action adaptation directed by Spike Jonze.

Two of Goldberg's early films, For Sale and Good Old Fashioned Cartoon Violence, were preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.