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Screenwriter, novelist, playwright, non-fiction author. Born in Highland Park, Illinois, USA, began his career as a novelist in 1957. Started writing screenplays in 1965 with "Masquerade". A two-time Academy Award Winner, he is one of the most successful screenwriters and script doctors in Hollywood. See full bio »

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2014 Heat (novel / screenplay) (filming)
 
2003 Dreamcatcher (screenplay)
 
2001 Hearts in Atlantis (screenplay)
 
1999 The General's Daughter (screenplay)
 
1997 Absolute Power (screenplay)
 
1997 Fierce Creatures (uncredited)
 
1996 The Ghost and the Darkness (written by)
 
1996 The Chamber (screenplay)
 
1996 Da Vinci (short) (story)
 
1994 Maverick (written by)
 
1992 Chaplin (screenplay)
 
1992 Year of the Comet (written by)
 
1992 Memoirs of an Invisible Man (screenplay)
 
1990 Misery (screenplay)
 
1987 The Princess Bride (book / screenplay)
 
1986 Heat (novel / screenplay)
 
1979 Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (characters)
 
1979 Mr. Horn (TV movie)
 
1978 Magic (novel / screenplay)
 
1977 A Bridge Too Far (screenplay)
 
1976 Marathon Man (novel / screenplay)
 
1976 All the President's Men (screenplay)
 
1975 The Great Waldo Pepper (screenplay)
 
1975 The Stepford Wives (screenplay)
 
1972 The Hot Rock (screenplay)
 
1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (written by)
 
1968 No Way to Treat a Lady (novel)
 
1966 Harper (screenplay)
 
1965 Masquerade (screenplay)
 
1963 Soldier in the Rain (novel)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1995 Dolores Claiborne (consultant)
 
1993 Malice (consultant)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
Show ShowThanks (8 titles)
2006 Checkpoint Echo (short) (special thanks)
 
2005/II Amateur (short) (special thanks)
 
2001 Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2000 American Masters (TV series documentary) (thanks - 1 episode)
 
2000 Under Suspicion (grateful acknowledgment)
 
1997 Good Will Hunting (thanks)
 
1997 Fierce Creatures (special thanks)
 
1989 The War of the Roses (the producers wish to thank)
 
Show ShowSelf (29 titles)
2011 Fry's Planet Word (TV series documentary)
Himself
The Power and the Glory (2011) … Himself
 
2010 The Gospel According to Bill (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 Tales from the Script (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Miracles and Mystery: Creating 'The Green Mile' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Dateline NBC (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Screenwriting for Dummies (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 On Location with 'Gunga Din' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself - Screenwriter
'Dreamcatcher': Unraveling the Nightmare (2003) … Himself - Screenwriter
 
2002 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
Himself
Miss America (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Film Genre (TV series documentary)
Himself
The Western (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Misery Loves Company (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 History vs. Hollywood (TV series documentary)
Himself
A Bridge Too Far: Heroes from the Sky (2001) … Himself
 
2001 Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 The Human Face (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
2001 As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1995-2000 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
Robert Redford: Hollywood Outlaw (2000) … Himself
 
2000 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself - Screenwriter / Novelist
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (2000) … Himself - Screenwriter/Novelist
 
1998 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode dated 7 January 1997 (1997) … Himself - Guest
 
1990-1992 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Himself
Sir Richard Attenborough (1992) … Himself
Arts Review 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1982 Screenwriters: Word Into Image (TV series)
Himself
William Goldman (1982) … Himself
 
1977 The 49th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay
 
1970 The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (documentary short)
Himself - Narrated by
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(2000) Wrote introduction for "The First Time I Got Paid For It: Writers' Tales From the Hollywood Trenches" See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies  | 1 Interview  | 2 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Simon Morgenstern

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

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. See more »

Trivia:

Rumored to be the true author of the Academy Award-winning screenplay of Good Will Hunting. Goldman denied authorship at a Writers Guild of America meeting. In other comments, Goldman has said that he merely met with co-authors Ben Affleck and Matt Damon for one day to offer encouragement and a little advice... See more »

Star Sign:

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