William Goldman
- Active years (films on this site)
- 1969–1976
- Schools and movements
- New HollywoodBritish Cinema
Directors worked with
Biography
William Goldman was an American novelist, screenwriter and playwright who wrote 16 novels and numerous screenplays in a career spanning seven decades. He received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and Best Screenplay from the BAFTAs and Golden Globes for his first original screenplay, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), and he received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for All the President's Men (1976). Both of these films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, along with The Princess Bride (1987) which he adapted from his 1973 novel, and all three were included on the 2006 list by the Writers Guild of America of the 101 Greatest Screenplays.
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Awards and honours
International
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay 1970
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay 1977
- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation 1988
National / local
- Edgar Awards 1967
- Writers Guild of America Award
2 films on this site
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 · George Roy Hill · IMDb 8.0 · Writer
- Marathon Man 1976 · John Schlesinger · IMDb 7.4 · Writer