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. Among his other accolades were three Writers Guild of America Awards, including the 1985 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement, two Edgar Awards for Best Motion Picture Screenplay, and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.
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Awards & recognition
- Hugo Award — Best Dramatic Presentation · 1988
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1977
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1970
- Edgar Awards · 1967
- Writers Guild of America Award
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- Locus Award — Best Fantasy Novel · 1984 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1977 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1970 · nominated
Filmography30 titles
Good Will Hunting
Misery
The Princess Bride
All the President's Men
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Chaplin
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
American Masters
A Bridge Too Far
Marathon Man
Maverick
Hearts in Atlantis
The Ghost and the Darkness
Magic
Absolute Power
The Stepford Wives
No Way to Treat a Lady
Harper
The Hot Rock
The Great Waldo Pepper
The General's Daughter
The Chamber
Twins
The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Year of the Comet
Heat
Wild Card
Dreamcatcher
Masquerade