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Not to be confused with William Golding. For other people named William Goldman, see William Goldman (disambiguation). William Goldman (August 12, 1931 – November 16, 2018) was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He first came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist before turning to screenwriting.
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Mar 23, 2024 · Mar. 21, 2024, 8:52 AM ET (IMDb) Legendary screenwriter William Goldman dies aged 87. William Goldman (born August 12, 1931, Highland Park, Illinois, U.S.—died November 16, 2018, New York, New York) American novelist, screenwriter, and playwright noted for his versatility, his works ranging from witty comedies to dramas, as well as for his ...
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William Goldman was an American commercial photographer known posthumously for his images of prostitutes in brothels. View William Goldman’s 40 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
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“Goldman was born twenty-five miles from Reading in Wernersville, Pennsylvania. He became an apprentice in photography in 1876 and worked for a number of Reading photographers over the next fifteen years before setting up his own business in the city that he maintained until his death in 1922 … He...
Nov 16, 2018 · His writing voice was clever, familiar, almost avuncular, and deeply New York—an avowed Knicks fan and frequent chronicler of Broadway, Goldman represents a vanishing New York to me: warmly ...
- Sean Fennessey
Nov 16, 2018 · William Goldman wrote novels in the late ‘50s and turned to theatre in the ‘60s (even writing a musical with Kander called “A Family Affair”), but his breakthrough in film came with 1966’s “Harper,” starring Paul Newman, who he would reunite with in 1969 for his first original screenplay, a little movie called “Butch Cassidy and ...
Nov 16, 2018 · William Goldman, the Oscar-winning writer of screenplays for “All the President’s Men” and “ Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ” who died on Friday, coined the best line in the history ...
