William Goldman
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.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Highland Park
- Educated at
- Columbia UniversityOberlin College
- Awards
- 🏆 Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay🏆 Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay🏆 Edgar Awards
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Trending topics shown first"Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches."
"True love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops."
"I've been saying it so long to you, you just wouldn't listen. Every time you said 'Farm Boy do this' you thought I was answering 'As you wish' but that's only because you were hearing wrong. 'I love y…"
"Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something."
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1931
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Died
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