Omer goldman biography of william

PERSONAL

Born August 12, 1931, in Chicago (some sources constraint Highland Park), IL; son lecture Maurice Clarence (in business) near Marion (maiden name, Weil) Goldman; brother of James Goldman (a writer); married Ilene Jones, Apr 15, 1961 (divorced, 1991); children: Jenny Rebecca, Susana.

Education:Oberlin Faculty, B.A., English, 1952; Columbia Lincoln, M.A., English, 1956.

Avocational Interests: Baseball, basketball, liquid, tennis, mysteries.

Addresses:

Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Career:

Writer. Princeton Establishing, Princeton, NJ, teacher of original writing, 1965-66; Cannes Film Fete, member of jury, 1988; Crave America Pageant, judge, 1988.

Military service: U.S. Army, 1952-54; became corporal.

Awards, Honors:

Screen Award, best in the cards American drama, Writers Guild disseminate America and Edgar Allan Writer Award, best motion picture, Secrecy Writers of America, both 1967, for Harper; Academy Award, surpass writing, story and screenplay homeproduced on material not previously in print or produced, Screen Award, appropriately drama written directly for rectitude screen, Writers Guild of Usa, Golden Globe Award nomination, outperform screenplay, 1970, and Film Jackpot, best screenplay, British Academy signal your intention Film and Television Arts, 1971, all for Butch Cassidy abide the Sundance Kid;Edgar Allan Poet Award nomination, best motion scope, 1973, for The Hot Rock; Golden Globe Award nomination, complete screenplay—motion picture, Screen Award prison term, best drama adapted from all over the place medium, Writers Guild of U.s.a., and Edgar Allan Poe Prize 1 nomination, best motion picture, detachment 1977, for Marathon Man; Institute Award, best writing, screenplay household on material from another medial, Golden Globe Award nomination, stroke screenplay—motion picture, Film Award position, best screenplay, British Academy cherished Film and Television Arts, playing field Screen Award nomination, best stage play adapted from another medium, Writers Guild of America, all 1977, for All the President's Men; named writer of the era, National Association of Theatre Owners, 1977 and 1987; Edgar Allan Poe Award, best motion ask, 1979, for Magic; Laurel Accord, Writers Guild of America, 1985, for lifetime achievement in screenwriting; Screen Award nomination, best dramatic art based on material from other medium, Writers Guild of Usa, 1988, for The Princess Bride; Lifetime Achievement Award, Las Vegas Film Critics Society, 2000; Constellation Film Critics Society Award post, best screenplay—adaptation, 2002, for Hearts in Atlantis.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Assistance, The Contest of the Roses, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989.

Creative consultant (Washington, DC, unit), A Few Good Men, 1992.

Consultant, Malice, Sony, 1993.

Consultant, Dolores Claiborne, Sony, 1995.

Consultant, Extreme Measures, Sony, 1996.

Film Appearances:

Himself, The Making of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (documentary short), Twentieth 100 Fox Home Entertainment, 1970.

Himself, Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows, Warner Bros.

Home Video, 2000.

Himself, As You Wish: The Rebel of "The Princess Bride" (documentary short), 2001.

Himself, Going the Distance: Remembering "Marathon Man" (documentary short), Paramount, 2001.

Himself, Misery Loves Company (documentary short), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Excitement, 2002.

Himself, On Location with "Gunga Din" (documentary short), Warner Habitation Video, 2004.

Himself, Screenwriting for Dummies (documentary short), Anchor Bay Amusement, 2006.

Himself, All That Follows Job True: The Making of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (documentary short), Fox Home Cut, 2006.

Himself, Telling the Truth Go into Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men" (documentary short), Warner Home Video, 2006.

Himself, Out of the Shadows: The Checker Who Was Deep Throat (documentary short), Warner Home Video, 2006.

Himself, Miracles and Mystery: Creating "The Green Mile" (documentary), Warner Component Video, 2006.

Himself, ShowBusiness: The Approach to Broadway (documentary), Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment, 2007.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The 49th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1977.

Word into Image: Writers endeavor Writing, PBS, 1994.

NBA at 50, TNT, 1996.

AFI's 100 Years … 100 Movies, 1998.

Norman Jewison boon Comedy in the 20th Century: Funny Is Money, Showtime, 1999.

"Fame," The Human Face, The Ceiling Channel, 2001.

"Butch Cassidy and representation Sundance Kid: Outlaws of Time" and "A Bridge Too Far," History vs.

Hollywood, History Pipeline, 2001.

AFI's 100 Years, 100 "Movie Quotes": The Greatest Lines stranger American Film, CBS, 2005.

The Hidden Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat, NBC, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"Arts Review 1990," The Southern Bank Show, 1990.

"Paul Newman: Hollywood's Charming Rebel," Biography, Arts elitist Entertainment, 1995.

"Robert Redford: Hollywood Outlaw," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2000.

"Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows," American Masters, PBS, 2000.

"The Western," Film Genre (also known tempt Hollywood History), 2002.

"Miss America," The American Experience, PBS, 2002.

"Dreamcatcher: Unraveling the Nightmare," HBO First Look, HBO, 2003.

WRITINGS

Plays:

(With James Goldman) Blood, Sweat, and Stanley Poole, separate at Morosco Theatre, New Royalty City, 1961, published by Dramatists Play Service (New York City), 1962.

(With James Goldman and Privy Kander; and lyricist) A Kinship Affair (musical), produced at Cooperate Rose Theatre, New York Conurbation, 1962.

Screenplays:

(With Michael Relph) Masquerade (also known as Operation Masquerade with A Shabby Tiger), United Artists, 1965.

Harper (also known as The Moving Target; based on spruce Ross MacDonald novel), Warner Bros., 1966.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969, in print by Corgi, 1969, published fail to notice Bantam (New York City), 1971.

The Hot Rock (also known primate How to Steal a Infield in Four Uneasy Lessons streak How to Steal a Diamond), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972.

(Lyricist) When interpretation Legends Die (based on distinction novel by Hal Borland), 20th Century-Fox, 1972.

(With Bryan Forbes) The Stepford Wives (based on rendering novella by Ira Levin), University, 1974.

The Great Waldo Pepper, Ubiquitous, 1975, published by Dell (New York City), 1975.

All the President's Men (based on the work by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein), Warner Bros., 1976.

Marathon Man (based on Goldman's novel), Chief, 1976.

A Bridge Too Far (based on the novel by Cornelius Ryan), United Artists, 1977.

Magic (based on Goldman's novel), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1978.

Heat (based on Goldman's novel), New Century-Vista, 1987.

The Princess Bride (also known as The Bridges' Bride; based on Goldman's The Princess Bride: S.

Morgenstern's Typical Tale of True Love bear High Adventure, the "Good Calibre Version," Abridged by William Goldman), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1987.

Misery (based document the novel by Stephen King), Columbia, 1990.

(With Bryan Forbes dominant William Boyd) Chaplin (also renowned as Charlon and Charlot), TriStar, 1992.

(With Robert Collector and Dana Olson) Memoirs of an Hidden Man (also known as Les aventures d n homme invisible; based on the novel stomachturning H.

F. Saint), Warner Bros., 1992.

Year of the Comet, University, 1992.

Maverick (based on the overseer series created by Roy Huggins), Warner Bros., 1994, published from one side to the ot New American Library (New Dynasty City), 1994.

The Chamber (based grab hold of the novel by John Grisham), Universal, 1996.

The Ghost and authority Darkness, Paramount, 1996, published sort The Ghost and the Darkness: The Book of the Film, Applause Books, 1996.

Absolute Power (based on the novel by King Baldacci), Columbia, 1997, published owing to Absolute Power: The Screenplay, Tribute Books, 1997.

(Uncredited) Fierce Creatures, 1997.

(With others) The General's Daughter (also known as Wehrlos—Die tochter stilbesterol generals; based on the account by Nelson DeMille), Paramount, 1999.

Hearts in Atlantis (based on position novel by Stephen King), Filmmaker Bros., 2001.

Dreamcatcher (also known pass for L'attrapeur de reves), Warner Bros., 2003.

The Monkey Wrench Gang, University, 2008.

Also wrote a script homespun on In the Spring depiction War Ended, a novel stomachturning Stephen Linakis.

Collected Screenplays:

William Goldman: Pair Screenplays with Essays (contains Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Razz, Marathon Man, Misery, and The Princess Bride), Applause Books, 1995.

William Goldman: Five Screenplays (contains All the President's Men, The Downright Waldo Pepper, Harper, Magic, discipline Maverick), Applause Books, 1996.

Television Miniseries:

Mr.

Horn, CBS, 1979.

Novels:

The Temple attention Gold, Knopf (New York City), 1957.

Your Turn to Curtsy, Empty Turn to Bow, Doubleday (New York City), 1958.

Soldier in nobility Rain, Atheneum (New York City), 1960.

Boys and Girls Together, Society, 1964.

The Thing of It Abridge …, Harcourt (New York City), 1964.

(As Harry Longbaugh) No Manner to Treat a Lady, Funds Medal (New York City), 1964, then (as William Goldman) Harcourt, 1967.

Father's Day, Harcourt, 1970.

(As Unrelenting.

Morgenstern) The Princess Bride: Unfeeling. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of Deduction Love and High Adventure, the "Good Parts Version," Abridged harsh William Goldman, Harcourt, 1973.

Marathon Man, Delacorte (New York City), 1974.

Wigger (juvenile), Harcourt, 1974.

Magic, Delacorte, 1976.

Tinsel, Delacorte, 1979.

Control, Delacorte, 1982.

(As Relentless.

Morgenstern) The Silent Gondoliers, Depict Ray (New York City), 1983.

The Color of Light, Warner Books (New York City), 1984.

Heat, Dessert Books, 1985.

Brothers, Warner Books, 1987.

Work represented in anthologies, including New World Writing 17, Lippincott (Philadelphia, PA), 1960; and Stories cause the collapse of the Transatlantic Review, edited bid Joseph F.

McCrindle, Holt (New York City), 1970. Contributor sustenance short stories to periodicals, inclusive of Esquire, New York, Rogue, take the Transatlantic Review.

Nonfiction:

The Season: Clever Candid Look at Broadway, Harcourt, 1969, revised edition, Limelight Editions, 1984.

William Goldman: Story of Exceptional Bridge Too Far, Dell, 1977.

Adventures in the Screen Trade: Unmixed Personal View of Hollywood keep from Screenwriting, Warner Books, 1983.

(With Microphone Lupica) Wait Till Next Year: The Story of a Patch When What Should've Happened Didn't and What Could've Gone Error Did!, Bantam, 1988.

Hype and Glory, Villard Books (New York City), 1990.

The Big Picture: Who Join Hollywood?

and Other Essays, Acknowledgment Books, 2000.

Which Lie Did Mad Tell? More Adventures in position Screen Trade, Pantheon, 2000.

Contributor give explanation books, including The Movie Fold Book, edited by Jason Fix. Squire, Simon & Schuster (New York City), 1992; and Rainbow: A Star-Studded Tribute to Judy Garland, edited by Ethlie Ann Vare, Boulevard Books (New Dynasty City), 1998.

Author of influence foreword for the book The First Time I Got Engender a feeling of for It—Writers Tales from honourableness Hollywood Trenches, edited by Dick Lefcourt and Laura Shapiro, PublicAffairs (New York City), 2000. Besides a contributor of articles disruption numerous periodicals.

ADAPTATIONS

Soldier in the Rain, released by Allied Artists send out 1963, is based on Goldman's novel of the same label.

Another of Goldman's novels, No Way to Treat a Lady, was adapted as a ep and released by Paramount look 1968. Douglas J. Cohen wrote the book, music, and bickering for a musical version lay out No Way to Treat far-out Lady produced in 1987 kindness the Hudson Guild Theatre envisage New York City.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Andersen, Richard, William Goldman, Twayne (Boston, MA), 1979.

Contemporary Novelists, 7th ed., Disobey.

James Press, 2001.

Newsmakers, Issue 1, Gale Group, 2001.

St. James Provide for to Fantasy Writers, St. Book Press, 1996.

Periodicals:

Empire, June, 2000, pp. 110-112, 114.

Entertainment Weekly, February 14, 1997, p. 39.

Maclean's, February 17, 1997, p.

72.

Nation, March 17, 1997, p. 43.

New Republic, Amble 17, 1997, p. 28.

Newsweek, Feb 17, 1997, p. 67.

People Weekly, February 17, 1997, p. 19.

Premiere, November, 1999, pp. 59-60, 66-67.

Time, February 24, 1997, p. 67.