William Goldman
Novelist, Film writer
1931 –
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Who is William Goldman?
William Goldman is an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist, before turning to writing for film. He has won two Academy Awards for his screenplays, first for the western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and again for All the President's Men, about journalists who broke the Watergate scandal of President Richard Nixon. 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.
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- Born
- Aug 12, 1931
Highland Park - Also known as
- S. Morgenstern
- Simon Morgenstern
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Ilene Jones
(1961/04/15 - 1991)
- Ilene Jones
- Children
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University
- Oberlin College
- Lived in
- Highland Park
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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