William Goldman (1931–2018)
Auteur de Princess Bride
A propos de l'auteur
William Goldman was born in Highland Park, Illinois on August 12, 1931. He received a bachelor's degree in English from Oberlin College and a master's degree from Columbia University. He began his writing career in 1957 and wrote his first screenplay Masquerade in 1965. During his lifetime, he afficher plus wrote more than 20 screenplays and over 20 novels. He wrote the screenplays for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Misery, A Bridge Too Far, The Stepford Wives, and Chaplin. He adapted three screenplays from his own novels including The Princess Bride, Marathon Man, and Heat. His other novels included The Temple of Gold, No Way to Treat a Lady, Adventures in the Screen Trade, Hype and Glory, and Which Lie Did I Tell. He sometimes wrote under pseudonyms during his career including S. Morgenstern and Harry Langlaugh. He won three Lifetime Achievement Awards for Screenwriting, including the 1985 Laurel Award for Lifetime Achievement in Screenwriter. He won two Screenwriter of the Year Awards and two Academy Awards, one for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and the other for All the President's Men. He also won an English Academy Award. He died from colon cancer and pneumonia on November 16, 2018 at the age of 87. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de William Goldman
The Princess Bride: An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure (2013) — Auteur — 637 exemplaires
Wait Till Next Year: The Story of a Season When What Should've Happened Didn't, and What Could've Gone… (1988) 34 exemplaires
The novels of William Goldman : boys and girls together, marathon man, and the temple of gold. (2017) 5 exemplaires
All the President's Men: The Screenplay 4 exemplaires
The Princess Bride Screenplay 3 exemplaires
The Stepford Wives: The Screenplay 2 exemplaires
Misery: Based on the Novel by Stephen King 2 exemplaires
Rare - William Goldman FATHER'S DAY First U.K. edition 1971 [Hardcover] William Goldman 1 exemplaire
Aventures d'un scénariste à Hollywood 1 exemplaire
The Making of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1 exemplaire
Duel Scene [from the Princess Bride] 1 exemplaire
True Love and High Adventure 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Swords and Sorcerers: Stories from the Worlds of Fantasy and Adventure (2002) — Contributeur — 16 exemplaires
The Princess Bride Booklet (Criterion Collection 948) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Goldman, William Weil
- Autres noms
- MORGENSTERN, Simon (pseudonym)
LONGBAUGH, Harry (pseudonym)
GOLDMAN, William W.
GOLDMAN, William - Date de naissance
- 1931-08-12
- Date de décès
- 2018-11-16
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- États-Unis
- Lieu de naissance
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Lieu du décès
- New York, New York, USA
- Cause du décès
- cancer (colon)
- Lieux de résidence
- New York, New York, USA
Highland Park, Illinois. USA - Études
- Oberlin College (BA ∙ 1952)
Columbia University (MA|1956) - Professions
- Scénariste
- Relations
- Goldman, James (brother)
- Organisations
- Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
Mystery Writers of America
US Army - Prix et distinctions
- Academy Award for Best Screenplay (1969)
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (1976)
Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement (1985)
Edgar Award (1967 and 1979)
Membres
Discussions
Joe's Book Cafe 2016 Door 18 à 75 Books Challenge for 2016 (Août 2016)
A particular paperback edition of "Princess Bride" à Name that Book (Juillet 2015)
Princess Bride question à Children's Fiction (Février 2011)
Critiques
Listes
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Five star books (1)
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Favourite Books (1)
1970s Thrillers (1)
Fiction For Men (1)
Best Satire (1)
READ IN 2021 (1)
A Novel Cure (1)
1970s (1)
Backlisted (1)
Princess Tales (1)
Page Turners (1)
Wishlist (1)
Pageturners (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 55
- Aussi par
- 17
- Membres
- 34,085
- Popularité
- #559
- Évaluation
- 4.2
- Critiques
- 662
- ISBN
- 339
- Langues
- 18
- Favoris
- 45