William Goldman's biography

William Goldman is 87 years old writer born at Chicago, Illinois, U.S.. He was born on Wednesday 12th of August 1931. According to year of birth 1931 he belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 12th of August means he is Leo. As sign in itself indicates “Lion” or “King”, hence people born under Leo sign are considered to be leaders in every aspects of life. They are royal in nature.

William´s ancestry is american. He is citizen of United States of America. William´s primary profession is to be writer. You can know William also as playwright. William is recently known as screenwriter.

William Goldman's schools

We found 2 schools He attended. Complete list of schools: Columbia University, Oberlin College.

William Goldman's career

His main focus is to be writer. William is famous thanks to The Princess Bride.

Is William Goldman gay ?

William is known to be straight.

How did William Goldman die

He died on on Friday 16th of November 2018 when he was 87 years old at Manhattan. William Goldmans death was caused by cancer. It happend like natural causes.

Awards and competitions

William Goldman's Awards

He received award for Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay for work Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in 1968
William received award for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for work All the President's Men in 1975

William Goldman's Nominations

He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

What William Goldman has done for a first time

His first editions prices vary with condition, but a first edition of Marathon Man (1976) can fetch above $100, while The Princess Bride (1987) may sell for well over $500.

William Goldman's quotes

[about Hollywood] Nobody knows anything.
[on Sidney Lumet] Lumet never keeps anybody waiting -- no director has earned a larger reputation for efficiency and organization.
[on Alan J. Pakula] Alan is a gentleman. We had mutual acquaintances in the business and they said nothing but good things about him as a human being. Neither can I. He is well-educated and serious about his work.
[on Richard Attenborough] By far the finest, most decent human being I've ever met in the picture business.
[on Woody Allen] Most stars like to be thought of as being private people, being shy. We even grant those attributes to Woody Allen, this in spite of the fact that he must be the most visible celebrity in New York.
[on Norman Jewison] A tough, feisty, no-nonsense director.
On what he felt to be miscasting of The Stepford Wives (1975): You don't commit murder and make a new creation to have it look like Nanette Newman.
[on Mike Nichols] Nichols' work is frivolous -- charming, light and titanically inconsequential. What Nichols is is brilliant. Brilliant and trivial and self-serving and frigid.
I make a point of never reading anything I've written in rewrites.
Directors - even though we all know from the media's portrayal of them that they are men and women of wisdom and artistic vision, masters of the subtle use of symbolism - are more often than not a bunch of insecure assholes.
Understand this: all the sleaze you've heard about Hollywood? All the illiterate scumbags who scuttle down the corridors of power? They are there, all right, and worse than you can imagine.
I know an author whose book was optioned for a movie, on the condition that the main character be made a much younger man. When the wind is right I can almost hear his screams.
[confronted with alternate script for "All the Presidents Men"] They say I stood up and said "Gentlemen, I'm too old and too rich for this shit". Wouldn't it be great if that were true?
If Crime didn't pay, there would be no crime.

William Goldman's height, body shape

Lets describe how William Goldman looks. We will focus on his height, body shape. He is tall as 6' 1" (185 cm). Body build is average.

William Goldman