William Goldman
Writing
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
Writing30
tvHome Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
Novel, Screenplay
movieWild Card
2015
Screenplay, Novel
movieDreamcatcher
2003
Screenplay
movieHearts in Atlantis
2001
Screenplay
movieThe General's Daughter
1999
Screenplay
movieAbsolute Power
1997
Screenplay
movieThe Ghost and the Darkness
1996
Screenplay
movieThe Chamber
1996
Screenplay
movieMaverick
1994
Writer
movieChaplin
1992
Screenplay
movieMemoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
Screenplay
movieMisery
1990
Screenplay
movieThe Princess Bride
1987
Screenplay, Novel
movieHeat
1986
Screenplay, Novel
movieMr. Horn
1979
Writer
movieMagic
1978
Novel, Screenplay
movieA Bridge Too Far
1977
Screenplay
movieMarathon Man
1976
Novel, Screenplay
movieAll the President's Men
1976
Screenplay
movieThe Stepford Wives
1975
Screenplay
movieThe Hot Rock
1972
Screenplay
movieHarper
1966
Screenplay
movieMasquerade
1965
Screenplay
Magic
Novel, Original Film Writer
Acting18
movieClint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
Self - Screenwriter / Novelist
Production2
movieTwins
1988
Script Researcher