William Goldman
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- August 12, 1931
- Died
- November 16, 2018 (aged 87)
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
William Goldman (August 12, 1931 – November 15, 2018) was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist, before turning to writing for film. He won two Academy Awards for his screenplays, first for the western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and again for All the President's Men (1976), about journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, who broke the Watergate scandal of President Richard Nixon for the Washington Post. Both films starred Robert Redford. His other notable works include his thriller novel Marathon Man and comedy-fantasy novel The Princess Bride, both of which Goldman adapted for film. Author Sean Egan has described Goldman as "one of the late twentieth century’s most popular storytellers."
Known For
Filmography
Magic
Movie · Novel, Original Film Writer
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TV · Novel, Screenplay · 10 eps
Wild Card
Movie · Screenplay, Novel
Dreamcatcher
Movie · Screenplay
Hearts in Atlantis
Movie · Screenplay
The General's Daughter
Movie · Screenplay
Absolute Power
Movie · Screenplay
The Ghost and the Darkness
Movie · Screenplay
The Chamber
Movie · Screenplay
Maverick
Movie · Writer
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Movie · Screenplay
Chaplin
Movie · Screenplay
Year of the Comet
Movie · Writer
Misery
Movie · Screenplay
The Princess Bride
Movie · Screenplay, Novel
Heat
Movie · Screenplay, Novel
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
Movie · Characters
Magic
Movie · Novel, Screenplay
A Bridge Too Far
Movie · Screenplay
All the President's Men
Movie · Screenplay
Marathon Man
Movie · Novel, Screenplay
The Stepford Wives
Movie · Screenplay
The Great Waldo Pepper
Movie · Writer
The Hot Rock
Movie · Screenplay
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Movie · Writer
No Way to Treat a Lady
Movie · Novel
Harper
Movie · Screenplay
Masquerade
Movie · Screenplay
Soldier in the Rain
Movie · Novel