William Goldman [348] Gender: Male Popularity: 2.2106 Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA Birthday: 1931-08-12 Deathday: 2018-11-16 Age: 87 years Movies: 16 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: William Goldman (August 12, 1931 – November 15, 2018) was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist, before turning to writing for film. He won two Academy Awards for his screenplays, first for the western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and again for All the President's Men (1976), about journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, who broke the Watergate scandal of President Richard Nixon for the Washington Post. Both films starred Robert Redford. His other notable works include his thriller novel Marathon Man and comedy-fantasy novel The Princess Bride, both of which Goldman adapted for film. Author Sean Egan has described Goldman as "one of the late twentieth century’s most popular storytellers." A Cinematic Life: The A2010-08-03 Tales from the Script2009-01-10 Film Noir: Bringing Dar2006-07-18 The Wild Bunch: The Tru2006-06-06 Out of the Shadows: The2006-02-28 Telling the Truth About2006-02-28 All of What Follows Is 2006-01-01 On Location with Gunga 2004-12-07 Misery Loves Company2003-01-01 Butch Cassidy and the S2002-07-02 Miss America2002-01-27 As You Wish: The Story 2001-09-04 Going the Distance: Rem2001-08-28 Clint Eastwood: Out of 2000-09-27 Hello Actors Studio1988-11-09 The Making Of 'Butch Ca1970-01-01