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(1931-2018) Screenwriter. William Goldman was born in Highland Park, Illinois, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

William Goldman

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1931

BIRTH

William Goldman was born in Highland Park, Illinois, on August 12, 1931.

1956

OTHER

Mr. Goldman received a master's degree from Columbia University in 1956.

1957

LITWORK

The Temple of Gold
Knopf

Novel.

1969

LITWORK

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid


Screenplay. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

1973

LITWORK

The Princess Bride
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
0-345-41826-3
Novel.

1975

LITWORK

The Stepford Wives


Screenplay based on the novel by the same name by Ira Levin.

1975

LITWORK

Marathon Man
Macmillan
0333180739 / 978-0333180730
Novel.

1976

LITWORK

All the President's Men


Screenplay based on the book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

1977

LITWORK

A Bridge Too Far


Screenplay based on a book by the same name by Cornelius Ryan.

1983

LITWORK

Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting
Warner Books, Inc.
0446512737 / 978-0446512732
Nonfiction.

1990

LITWORK

Misery


Screenplay based on a novel by the same name by Stephen King.

1992

LITWORK

Chaplin


Screenplay written with William Boyd and Bryan Forbes.

2018

DEATH

William Goldman died in Manhattan, New York, on November 16, 2018.

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