Bo Goldman | |
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![]() Goldman in 1975 | |
Born | Robert Spencer Goldman September 10, 1932 New York City, U.S. |
Died | July 25, 2023 Helendale, California, U.S. | (aged 90)
Education | Princeton University |
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Years active | 1958โ2016 |
Spouse |
Mab Ashforth
(m. 1954; died 2017) |
Children | 6 |
Bo Goldman (born Robert Spencer Goldman; September 10, 1932 โ July 25, 2023) was an American screenwriter and playwright. He received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Writers Guild of America Awards as well as the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998. He also received two BAFTA Award nominations.
Goldman received two Academy Awards for his screenplays of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and Melvin and Howard (1980). He also wrote The Rose (1979), Shoot the Moon (1982), Scent of a Woman (1992), and Meet Joe Black (1998).