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File No. 274919 · Adjudicated
Evan Goldberg
Director — Superbad, Pineapple Express, This Is the End, The Boys
Born
1982
Birthplace
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Citizenships
CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
5.0/ 5
Weighted across 2 scored criteria
Designation
Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁Born, raised, and still says “out for a rip” unironically.
Scorecard
Path A — born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Canadian parentage — not scored
Both parents Canadian
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — British Columbia
Lived in Canada by choice — not scored
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — not scored
Credits filed north of the 49th
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. Birth on Canadian soil already settles the matter.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
No claim lodged
Fun fact
Met Seth Rogen in a Vancouver bar mitzvah class when they were 12, launching one of comedy's most successful writing partnerships.
The verdict
Co-wrote Superbad and Pineapple Express with childhood friend Seth Rogen after meeting him in a Vancouver bar mitzvah class at 12. Left for LA to chase Hollywood dreams but still reps Canada hard, eh — even named his production company Point Grey after the Vancouver high school where they met.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
Related files
More from the files: British Columbia · Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁
References — en.wikipedia.org