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There are but a few select screenwriters who are spoken of with the kind of reverence usually reserved for film directors - Robert Towne, Alvin Sargent and Bo Goldman. Goldman is a screenwriter's screenwriter, and one of the most honored in motion picture history. The recipient of two Academy Awards, a New York Film Critics Award, two Writers Guild Awards, three Golden Globes, additional Academy Award and Writers Guild nominations and, ultimately, the Guild's life achievement Award - The Laurel.
Born in New York City, Goldman was educated at Exeter and Princeton where he wrote, produced, composed the lyrics and was president of the famed Triangle show, a proving ground for James Stewart and director Joshua Logan. On graduation, he went directly to Broadway as the lyricist for "First Impressions", based on Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice", produced by composer Jule Styne and directed by Abe Burrows, starring Hermione Gingold, Polly Bergen and Farley Granger.
Moving into television, Goldman was mentored by the redoubtable Fred Coe (the "D.W. Griffith of dramatic television") and became part of the twilight of The Golden Age, associate producing and script editing Coe's prestigious Playhouse 90 (1956)'s, "The Days of Wine and Roses", "A Plot to Kill Stalin" and Horton Foote's "Old Man". Goldman went on to himself produce and write for Public Television on the award-winning NET Playhouse. During this period, Goldman first tried his hand at screen-writing, resulting in an early version of Shoot the Moon (1982) which stirred the interest of Hollywood and became his calling card.
After reading Shoot the Moon (1982), Milos Forman asked Goldman to write the screenplay for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). Goldman's first produced film won all five top Academy Awards including Best Screenplay for Goldman. "Cuckoo's Nest" was the first film to win the top five awards since Frank Capra's It Happened One Night (1934). Goldman also received the Writers Guild Award and the Golden Globe Award for his work on the film.
He next wrote The Rose (1979), which was nominated for four Academy Awards, followed by his original screenplay, Melvin and Howard (1980), which garnered Goldman his second Oscar, second Writers Guild Award and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Screenplay of the Year.
Goldman's first screenplay, Shoot the Moon (1982), that started it all, was then filmed by Alan Parker, starring Diane Keaton and Albert Finney, the film received international acclaim and was embraced by America's most respected film critics including Pauline Kael and Richard Schickel. For Shoot the Moon (1982), Goldman earned his third Writers Guild nomination.
Over the next few years, he contributed uncredited work to countless scripts, including Milos Forman's Ragtime (1981), starring James Cagney and Donald O'Connor, The Flamingo Kid (1984), starring Matt Dillon, and Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy (1990).
Goldman tried his hand at directing an adaptation of Susan Minot's novel "Monkeys", and a re-imagining of Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries (1957) as a vehicle for Gregory Peck, but for budgetary and scheduling reasons, both movies lost their start dates. Goldman returned solely to screen-writing with Scent of a Woman (1992), starring Al Pacino. Goldman was honored with his third Academy Award nomination and his third Golden Globe Award. He followed this with Harold Becker's City Hall (1996), starring Al Pacino and John Cusack, and then co-wrote Meet Joe Black (1998), starring Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins.
More recently, Goldman did a page one uncredited rewrite of The Perfect Storm (2000). It was Goldman's script that green lit the movie at Warner Bros. and convinced George Clooney to star in the film, which went on to earn $327,000,000.
In 2005, he helped prepare the shooting script for Milos Forman's Goya's Ghosts (2006), produced by Saul Zaentz and starring Natalie Portman and Javier Bardem.
He wrote a script for a remake of Jules Dassin's Rififi (1955), for director Harold Becker, starring Al Pacino.
Goldman is married to Mab Ashforth, and is the father of six children, seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. He resides in Rockville, Maine.- Yilmaz Gruda was born on 14 July 1930 in Istanbul, Turkey. He was an actor and writer, known for Love Likes Coincidences (2011), Çalikusu (1966) and Istanbul'da ask baskadir (1961). He was married to Turkan Gruda, Aysen Gruda and Tolga Tigin. He died on 25 July 2023 in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Julian Barry was born on 24 December 1930 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Lenny (1974), Mission: Impossible (1966) and Rhinoceros (1974). He was married to Laura Ziskin, Sheila Ann Shulman and Patricia Foley. He died on 25 July 2023 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.- Editor
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Veteran Film Editor John Duffy has been honored with five American Cinema Editor, Best Editing nominations, two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Picture Editing, one Cable ACE Picture Editing nomination and four Motion Picture Sound Editor nominations and one Emmy Sound Editing nomination. He has been the editor of twelve television pilots successfully sold to series, and has been a producer on three series. He began his Hollywood career after winning the American Cinema Editors, Student Editing Award.- Additional Crew
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John C. Chaney was born on 27 May 1946 in Zachary, Louisiana, USA. John C. is known for Fool's Gold (2008), Reign of Fire (2002) and Contact (1997). John C. was married to Kathleen Shackelford. John C. died on 25 July 2023 in Zachary, Louisiana, USA.- Actor
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John Kennedy Nakar was an actor, known for Lakan (2020) and Bawal na game show (2020). He died on 25 July 2023.- Mahmoud Jarkas was born on 1 January 1933 in Damascus, Syria. He was an actor, known for Omar Al-Khayyam (2002). He died on 25 July 2023 in Sweden.
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Katie Spikes was born on 26 October 1969 in New York City, New York, USA. Katie was a producer and writer, known for 60 Minutes Sports (2013), 60 Minutes (1968) and CBS Reports: The Road to the White House (2009). Katie was married to Donald E. Furrer. Katie died on 25 July 2023 in Westfield, New Jersey, USA.- Additional Crew
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Michele Kalamera was born on 12 February 1939 in Conegliano, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor, known for La pietra di luna (1972), Sartana Does Not Forgive (1968) and Dove comincia la notte (1991). He died on 25 July 2023 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Johnny Lujack was born on 4 January 1925 in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Patricia Ann Schierbrock. He died on 25 July 2023 in Naples, Florida, USA.
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Andreas Tsoukalas was an actor and composer, known for Andreas Tsoukalas: Nomiza... (1992). He died on 25 July 2023 in Athens, Greece.- Tommy Seigler was born on 24 September 1938 in Fieldvale, Virginia, USA. He died on 25 July 2023 in the USA.
- Miroslav Lilic was born on 8 April 1944 in Siveric, SFR Yugoslavia [now Croatia]. He was married to Ela Lilic and Dina Hohsteter. He died on 25 July 2023.
- Eduardo Pitta was born on 9 August 1949 in Lourenco Marques, Portuguese East Africa. He was married to Jorge Neves. He died on 25 July 2023 in Torres Vedras, Portugal.
- Theo Steegmann was born on 1 December 1955 in Sevelen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He died on 25 July 2023 in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Christoph Theusner was born on 8 August 1948 in East Berlin, East Germany. He was a composer, known for The Lives of Others (2006), Biologie! (1990) and Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua (1991). He died on 25 July 2023 in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany.- Ilja Kreslík was born on 8 March 1954 in Brno, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Cops and Robbers (1997), Hrísní lidé mesta brnenského (1999) and Smrt v kruhu (1989). He died on 25 July 2023 in the Czech Republic.
- Rocky Wirtz was married to Kathleen and Marilyn. He died on 25 July 2023 in Evanston, Illinois, USA.
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Pat Carney was born on 25 May 1935 in Shanghai, China. She is known for Fort Good Hope (1977), Telescope (1963) and Legendary Sin Cities (2005). She died on 25 July 2023 in British Columbia, Canada.- Actor
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Youliang Zhao was born on 1 November 1944 in Shanghai, China. He was an actor and producer, known for Li hun (1993), Chicken Poets (2002) and Nie zhai (1994). He died on 25 July 2023 in Tokyo, Japan.- Marko Babic died on 25 July 2023 in Zagreb, Croatia.