William Goldman
Profile info
Known forWriting
GenderMale
Birthday12 August 1931
Died16 November 2018 (age 87)
Place of birthChicago, Illinois, USA
Known credits49
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-f…
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020 · Novel
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020 · Screenplay
Wild Card
2015 · Screenplay
Wild Card
2015 · Novel
A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall
2010 · Self
Tales from the Script
2009 · Self
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006 · Self
The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance
2006 · Self
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
2006 · Self
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
2006 · Self
All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'
2006 · Self
On Location with Gunga Din
2004 · Self
Dreamcatcher
2003 · Screenplay
Misery Loves Company
2003 · Self
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time
2002 · Self
Miss America
2002 · Self
Hearts in Atlantis
2001 · Screenplay
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
2001 · Self
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
2001 · Self
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000 · Self - Screenwriter / Novelist
The General's Daughter
1999 · Screenplay
Good Will Hunting
1997 · Thanks
Absolute Power
1997 · Screenplay
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996 · Screenplay
The Chamber
1996 · Screenplay
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
Maverick
1994 · Writer
Chaplin
1992 · Screenplay
Year of the Comet
1992 · Writer
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992 · Screenplay
Misery
1990 · Screenplay
Twins
1988 · Script Researcher
Hello Actors Studio
1988 · Self
The Princess Bride
1987 · Screenplay
The Princess Bride
1987 · Novel
Heat
1986 · Screenplay
Heat
1986 · Novel
American Masters
1986 · Self
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
1979 · Characters
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
1979 · Producer
Magic
1978 · Novel
Magic
1978 · Screenplay
A Bridge Too Far
1977 · Screenplay
Marathon Man
1976 · Screenplay
Marathon Man
1976 · Novel
All the President's Men
1976 · Screenplay
The Great Waldo Pepper
1975 · Writer
The Stepford Wives
1975 · Screenplay
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