David Zelag Goodman

David Zelag Goodman (born January 15, 1930 in Manhattan , New York City , † September 26, 2011 in Oakland , California ) was an American screenwriter .

Life

After attending school, he completed a degree in Drama at Queens College of the City University of New York . In 1954 he wrote the work for the stage High Named Today , that for a short time at Broadway theaters was played. He made his debut as a film script writer in 1959 with the script for the film The Stranglers of Bombay and then created the scripts for almost twenty other films and television series .

For the screenplay for Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) he was nominated together with Joseph Bologna and Renée Taylor for both the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 1971 Academy Awards and the Writers Guild of America Prize for Best Adapted Screenplay. Together with Sam Peckinpah he then wrote the screenplay for his film Who sows violence (1971).

In 1975 he wrote the screenplay for Farewell, My Lovely by Dick Richards and was for the Edgar Award nominee for the best screenplay.

Filmography (selection)

script

• 1959: The Strangler Bombay (The Stranglers of Bombay)
• 1970: Monte Walsh
• 1970: Lovers and Other Strangers (Lovers and Other Strangers)
• 1971: Who sows violence (Straw Dogs)
• 1974: Man on a Swing
• 1975: Farewell, My Lovely (Farewell, My Lovely)
• 1976: Escape to the 23rd Century (Logan's Run)
• 1977 March or Die (March or die)
• 1978: The Eyes of Laura Mars
• 1982: Hearts in Turmoil (Man, Woman and Child)
• 1982: Deadly Reckoning (Death Vengeance)

Literary template

• 2011: Straw Dogs - Who sows violence (Straw Dogs)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Daniel E. Slotnik: David Zelag Goodman, Far-Ranging Screenwriter, Dies at 81. In: The New York Times . September 28, 2011, accessed January 20, 2013 . 

Web links

• David Goodman Zelag in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Obituary in the New York Times (English)
• Obituary in the Los Angeles Times (English)