William Goldman

Known for WritingBorn 1931-08-12Died 2018-11-16Chicago, Illinois, USA

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."Read more

Movies & web series

On Location with Gunga Din

Miss America

Good Will Hunting

Misery Loves Company

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

Misery

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

The Princess Bride

Inside the Actors Studio

All the President's Men

Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'

Chaplin

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

American Masters

A Bridge Too Far

Marathon Man

Maverick

Mr. Horn

Hearts in Atlantis

The Ghost and the Darkness

Absolute Power

Tales from the Script

Magic

Hello Actors Studio

The Stepford Wives

The General's Daughter

No Way to Treat a Lady

Harper

The Hot Rock

The Great Waldo Pepper

Soldier in the Rain

Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat

The Chamber

Twins

Wild Card

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Year of the Comet

The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'

Dreamcatcher

Heat

A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall

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

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

Masquerade

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