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.

William Goldman in Tales from the Script (2009)

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Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katharine Ross in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Peter Falk and Fred Savage in The Princess Bride (1987)

Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford in All the President's Men (1976)

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