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. 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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The Woodsman
actor
2020
The Phoenix Incident
actor
2015
Wild Card
writer
2015
Tales from the Script
actor
2009
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
actor
2006
Dreamcatcher
writer
2003
Hearts in Atlantis
writer
2001
The General's Daughter
writer
1999
Absolute Power
writer
1997
The Ghost and the Darkness
writer
1996
The Chamber
writer
1996
Maverick
writer
1994
Chaplin
writer
1992
Year of the Comet
writer
1992
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
writer
1992
Misery
writer
1990
The Princess Bride
writer
1987
Heat
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1986
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
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1979
Mr. Horn
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1979
Magic
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1978
A Bridge Too Far
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1977
Marathon Man
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1976
All the President's Men
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1976
The Great Waldo Pepper
writer
1975
The Stepford Wives
writer
1975
The Hot Rock
writer
1972
The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'
actor
1970
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
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1969
No Way to Treat a Lady
writer
1968
Harper
writer
1966
Masquerade
writer
1965
Soldier in the Rain
writer
1963
Magic
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