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William Goldman

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."

Actor

The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance

2006

as Self

Documentaries

A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall

2010

as Self

Tales from the Script

2009

as Self

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

2006

as Self

Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat

2006

as Self

Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"

2006

as Self

All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'

2006

as Self

On Location with Gunga Din

2004

as Self

Misery Loves Company

2003

as Self

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time

2002

as Self

Miss America

2002

as Self

As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'

2001

as Self

Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'

2001

as Self

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

2000

as Self - Screenwriter / Novelist

Hello Actors Studio

1988

as Self

The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'

1970

as Self

Writing

Wild Card

2015

Screenplay

Wild Card

2015

Novel

Dreamcatcher

2003

Screenplay

Hearts in Atlantis

2001

Screenplay

The General's Daughter

1999

Screenplay

Absolute Power

1997

Screenplay

The Ghost and the Darkness

1996

Screenplay

The Chamber

1996

Screenplay

Maverick

1994

Writer

Chaplin

1992

Screenplay

Year of the Comet

1992

Writer

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

1992

Screenplay

Misery

1990

Screenplay

The Princess Bride

1987

Screenplay

The Princess Bride

1987

Novel

Heat

1986

Screenplay

Heat

1986

Novel

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

1979

Characters

Mr. Horn

1979

Writer

Magic

1978

Novel

Magic

1978

Screenplay

A Bridge Too Far

1977

Screenplay

Marathon Man

1976

Novel

Marathon Man

1976

Screenplay

All the President's Men

1976

Screenplay

The Great Waldo Pepper

1975

Writer

The Stepford Wives

1975

Screenplay

The Hot Rock

1972

Screenplay

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969

Screenplay

No Way to Treat a Lady

1968

Novel

Harper

1966

Screenplay

Masquerade

1965

Screenplay

Soldier in the Rain

1963

Novel