James Goldman

James Goldman (* June 30, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, † October 28, 1998 in New York City, New York) was an American playwright and screenwriter who wrote the screenplay for the film formed after his eponymous play The Lion in Winter won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay, the price of the Writers Guild of America (WGA Award) for Best U.S. Drama and the Writers Guild of Great Britain for best screenplay and also this for the British Academy film Awards ( BAFTA film Award) and a Golden Globe nominee for Best Original Screenplay.

Life

Goldman, an elder brother of the writer, script writers and two-time Academy Award winner William Goldman, began his career as a screenwriter in the film industry in Hollywood in 1966 with the television series ABC Stage 67, and has written over the years to 2003, the templates and scripts for 14 films and television series.

He had his greatest success with the directives based on his play of the same script for the film The Lion in Winter (1968 ) by Anthony Harvey with Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn and Anthony Hopkins in the lead roles. For this he was awarded the Oscar for best adapted screenplay, the WGA Award for Best U.S. Drama and the Writers Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Screenplay. He was also nominated for BAFTA Film Award and a Golden Globe for best screenplay.

Plays

  • Blood, Sweat, and Stanley Poole, 1961.
  • The Lion in Winter, 1966 and again in 1999.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

External links and sources

  • James Goldman at the Internet Movie Database (English)
  • Oscar winner
  • Screenwriter
  • Author
  • Americans
  • Born 1927
  • Died in 1998
  • Man
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