William Goldman , born the August 12th 1931, is a writer, scenario writer and American playwright . It received twice a Oscar for its Scénario S.

Biography

William Goldman was born in a Jewish family from Highland Park, suburbs of Chicago in the Illinois. He is the brother of the scenario writer James Goldman, deceased in 1998.

William Goldman published five novels and writes three parts played with Broadway before writing scenarios, of which several starting from its novels, like Marathon Man . In the Years 1980, it wrote several books of memories on its professional life in Broadway and Hollywood (of which one where it made the remark that in Hollywood “nobody knows anything”), and wrote new novels. The adaptation to the screen of its novel The Princess Bride marked its return to the writing of scenario. It is often called with the rescue like Script doctor (council for scenario) without being carried with the credits, for projects in difficulty.

Goldman gained two Oscars: one for the original screenplay of Butch Cassidy and Kid and the other for the scenario adapted for the film the Men of the president .

In 1988, he was member of the jury to the Cannes festival.

He was married until his divorce in 1991.

Works

in Broadway

• Blood, Sweat, and Stanley Poole (with James Goldman)
• has Family Affair - 1962 (words, according to the book of James Goldman, on a music of John Kander)
• The Princess Bride (with Adam Guettel), in the course of writing

Scenarios

• 1965 : Masquerade (with Michael Relph)
• 1966: Private detective ( To grip )
• 1965: Butch Cassidy and Kid - Oscar of the best original screenplay in 1969
• 1972: The Hot Rock'n'roll
• 1975: The Stepford Wives
• 1975 : the Village fair of the eagles ( The Great Waldo Pepper )
• 1976: Marathon Man
• 1976: Men of the president - Oscar of the best scenario adapted in 1976
• 1977: a bridge too far
• 1978: Magic
• 1987 : Heat
• 1987 : The Princess Attaches
• 1988: Twins (not mentioned in the credits)
• 1990: Misery
• 1992 : Adventures of an invisible man
• 1992: Year off the Makes
• 1992: Chaplin
• 1993 : Last Action Hero (not mentioned in the credits)
• 1994: Maverick
• 1996 : The Chamber
• 1996: The Ghost and the Darkness
• 1997 : Fierce Creatures (not mentioned in the credits)
• 1997: the Full powerss
• 1999: the Dishonor of Elisabeth Campbell
• 2001: Hearts Lost in Atlantis
• 2003: Dreamcatcher

Television

• Mr. Horn - 1979

Novels

• 1957: The Temple off Gold
• 1958: Your Turn to Curtsy, My Turn to Bow
• 1960: Soldier in the Rain
• 1964: Servant boys and Girls Together
• 1964: No Way to Treat has Lady
• 1967: The Thing off It Is…
• 1971 : Father' S Day
• 1973: The Princess Attaches
• 1974: Marathon Man
• 1976: Magic: With Novell
• 1979: Tinsel: With Novell
• 1982: Control
• 1983: The Silent Gondoliers
• 1984 : The Color off Light
• 1985: Heat
• 1986 : Brothers

Memories, tests and works except fiction

• 1969: The Season: In Candid Look At Broadway
• 1977: The Story off “has Bridge Too Far”
• 1983: Adventures in the Screen Trade: In Personal View off Hollywood and Screenwriting
• 1988: Wait Till Next Year (with Mike Lupica)
• 1990: Hype and Glory
• 1995 : Furnace Screenplays (four scenarios)
• Marathon Man , Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid , The Princess Attaches , and Misery , with a test on each one
• 1997: Five Screenplays (five scenarios)
• All the President' S Men , Magic , To grip , Maverick , and The Great Waldo Pepper , with a test on each one
• 2000: Which Binds Did I Such? (More Adventures in the Screen Trade) - 2000
• 2001: The Big Picture: Who Killed Hollywood? and Other Essays (2001)

Deliver for children

• 1974 : Wigger

External bonds

• William Goldman in Internet Movie Database

• William Goldman with the Cannes festival