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David Zelag Goodman
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Man on a swing
- March or die
- Freedom Road
- Monte Walsh
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Film & TV
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
David Zelag Goodman (1930-2011) was an American playwright and Oscar-nominated screenwriter. He was known in Hollywood as a "script doctor" due to his ability to quickly identify and fix flaws in a screenplay.
Known for
- Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut — Self - Screenwriter of Straw Dogs2003
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1909-05-30
- Active to
- 1986-06-13
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Discography
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Oakland
- Occupation
- playwright
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1930-01-15
- date of death
- 2011-09-26
- cause of death
- progressive supranuclear palsy
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
Sources (3)
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