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James Goldman (June 30, 1927 – October 28, 1998) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He won an Academy Award for his screenplay The Lion in Winter (1968). His younger brother was novelist and screenwriter William Goldman.
The older brother of the writer William Goldman (who wrote such screenplays as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Absolute Power), he was born in 1927 in Chicago and graduated from...
In 1982, he penned the stage adaptation of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist," and in 1985, he wrote the screenplay for Andrei Konchalovsky's film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina." Cinematic Collaborations. Beyond "The Lion in Winter," Goldman's screenwriting credits included notable films such as "White Nights" (1985).
Oct 30, 1998 · James Goldman, an eclectic playwright, screenwriter, novelist and lyricist who won an Academy Award in 1968 for his screenplay “The Lion in Winter,” has died. He was 71. Goldman, also...
After serving for two years as a private in the U.S.Army, Goldman decided to become a full-time writer. His first successful play, They Might Be Giants, a satire on the lunacy of life in New York City, was produced in 1961 in London's East End.
Oct 29, 1998 · Mr. Goldman was a screenwriter and novelist as well as playwright. In 1968 he won an Academy Award for his adaptation of ''The Lion in Winter.'' A revival of that play is scheduled to open in...
Because his more famous brother has shone more brightly, we don’t often hear James Goldman’s take on the screenwriting life. So I thought I’d offer up an excerpt from his introduction to the published version of “Robin and Marian”: “The screenwriter is anonymous and why this is so is worth talking about.
