David Zelag Goodman Net Worth

David Zelag Goodman Net Worth is
$11 Million

David Zelag Goodman Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

David Zelag Goodman (January 15, 1930 – September 26, 2011) was a playwright and screenwriter for both TV and film. His most prolific period was from the 1960s to the early 1980s. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Lovers and Other Strangers, though he did not win. He co-wrote, with Sam Peckinpah, the screenplay for 1971's controversial Straw Dogs. He died less than two weeks after the remake was released. Other films that he wrote or co-wrote included Logan's Run, Monte Walsh, and Farewell My Lovely. He also wrote a number of the episodes of the Untouchables in the early 1960s.Born in Manhattan, he majored in English at Queens College, then studied at Yale Drama School in 1958. At age 24, his play, High Named Today, which was to have starred Jane Wyatt on Broadway, ended up running briefly Off Broadway in February 1954. He was often sought as a "script doctor" because he could quickly identify screenplay flaws, as when Sherry Lansing brought him in to work on the thriller Fatal Attraction. According to his friend, the film and television producer Zev Braun, Goodman said to Lansing of the Glenn Close character: "You can't let her off the hook. You should kill her. Let's drown her!" Until his death from Progressive supranuclear palsy, he was married for 61 years to Marjorie Goodman. Their daughter Kevis Goodman is an associate professor of English at UC Berkeley.

Date Of BirthJanuary 15, 1930
Died2011-09-26
Place Of BirthManhattan, New York City, New York, USA
ProfessionWriter
NationalityUnited States
SpouseMarjorie
Star SignCapricorn
#Fact
1His only child, Kevis Goodman, is an associate professor of English at UC Berkeley.
2He co-wrote Straw Dogs (1971) with director Sam Peckinpah, and earned an Oscar nomination for his romantic comedy Lovers and Other Strangers (1970).
3Was born in Manhattan and graduated from Queens College where he studied playwriting. Just a few years later, at age 24, his play "High Named Today," had a short Off Broadway run.

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Straw Dogs2011earlier screenplay
Monte Walsh2003TV Movie teleplay - as David Z. Goodman
Man, Woman and Child1983screenplay
Fighting Back1982/Iwritten by - as David Z. Goodman
Freedom Road1979TV Movie
Eyes of Laura Mars1978screenplay
March or Die1977screenplay / story
Logan's Run1976screenplay
Farewell, My Lovely1975screenplay
Man on a Swing1974screenplay
Straw Dogs1971screenplay
Monte Walsh1970screenplay
Lovers and Other Strangers1970screenplay
Mr. BroadwayTV Series 1 episode, 1964 teleplay - 1 episode, 1964
Combat!1963TV Series written by - 1 episode
The Untouchables1960-1963TV Series written by - 8 episodes
Naked City1963TV Series story - 1 episode
The New Breed1961TV Series written by - 1 episode
Goodyear Theatre1960TV Series teleplay - 1 episode
The Stranglers of Bombay1959written by - as David Z. Goodman

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The 84th Annual Academy Awards2012TV SpecialHimself - Memorial Tribute

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1977HugoHugo AwardsBest Dramatic PresentationLogan's Run (1976)
1976EdgarEdgar Allan Poe AwardsBest Motion PictureFarewell, My Lovely (1975)
1971OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another MediumLovers and Other Strangers (1970)
1971WGA Award (Screen)Writers Guild of America, USABest Comedy Adapted from Another MediumLovers and Other Strangers (1970)

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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