caption birth_place pseudonym imagesize relatives birth_date genre image article_title name occupation alma_mater
goldman at the 2008 screenwriting expo chicago , illinois , united states s. morgenstern 250px james goldman -lrb- brother -rrb- 12 august 1931 drama , fiction , literature , thriller william goldman.jpg william goldman
 william goldman non-fiction author , novelist , playwright , screenwriter * oberlin college -lrb- ba 1952 -rrb-
william goldman

william goldman -lrb- born august 12 , 1931 -rrb- is an american novelist , playwright , and screenwriter .
he came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist , before turning to writing for film .
he has won two academy awards for his screenplays , first for the western `` butch cassidy and the sundance kid '' -lrb- 1969 -rrb- and again for `` all the president 's men '' -lrb- 1976 -rrb- , about journalists who broke the watergate scandal of president richard nixon .
both films starred robert redford .
his other notable works include his thriller novel `` marathon man '' and comedy-fantasy novel `` the princess bride '' , both of which goldman adapted for film .
author sean egan has described goldman as `` one of the late twentieth century 's most popular storytellers . ''
