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William Goldman

Writer, Producer, Additional Credits
Born August 12, 1931Died November 16, 2018 (87 years)
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."

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Dreamcatcher
  • Wild Card
  • Magic

Known For

  • The Princess Bride
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  • All the President's Men
  • Misery
  • Maverick
  • Marathon Man
  • The Ghost and the Darkness
  • Absolute Power
  • Wild Card
  • Dreamcatcher
  • Hearts in Atlantis
  • Papillon
  • The General's Daughter
  • A Bridge Too Far
  • Chaplin
  • The Chamber
  • Magic
  • Harper
  • The Stepford Wives
  • Memoirs of an Invisible Man
  • The Hot Rock
  • The Great Waldo Pepper
  • Heat
  • Home Movie: The Princess Bride

Filmography

2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride (TV Series) · as Screenplay
2015
Wild Card · as Screenplay
2003
Dreamcatcher · as Screenplay
2001
Hearts in Atlantis · as Screenplay
1999
The General's Daughter · as Screenplay
1997
Absolute Power · as Screenplay
1996
1996
The Chamber · as Screenplay
1994
1992
Chaplin · as Screenplay
1992
1992
1990
Misery · as Screenplay
1987
The Princess Bride · as Screenplay
1986
Heat · as Screenplay
1979
1978
Magic · as Screenplay
1977
A Bridge Too Far · as Screenplay
1976
Marathon Man · as Novel
1976
All the President's Men · as Screenplay
1975
The Stepford Wives · as Screenplay
1975
1973
Papillon · as Contributing Writer
1972
The Hot Rock · as Screenplay
1969
1968
1966
Harper · as Screenplay
1965
Masquerade · as Screenplay
1963

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