David Zelag Goodman
Screenwriter (1930-2011) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 81
David Zelag Goodman 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.
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Dick Richards Directed Farewell, My Lovely and March or Die
Isabella Rossellini David produced Monte Walsh (2003)
Sam Peckinpah Directed Straw Dogs (1971)
Tom Selleck Produced Monte Walsh (2003)
Irvin Kershner Directed Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
Keith Carradine David produced Monte Walsh (2003)
Michael Anderson Directed Logan's Run (1976)
Ján Kadár Directed Freedom Road (1979)- Terence Fisher Directed The Stranglers of Bombay (1959)
Chet Walker Produced Freedom Road (1979)
Jack O'Halloran Also in Farewell, My Lovely and March or Die
Lewis Teague Directed Fighting Back (1982)
William A. Fraker Directed Monte Walsh (1970)
Simon Wincer Directed Monte Walsh (2003)
Elliott Kastner Produced Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
Jon Peters Produced Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)- Michael Carreras Produced The Stranglers of Bombay (1959)
David Permut Produced Fighting Back (1982)- Marne Maitland Also in The Stranglers of Bombay (1959)
- Cy Howard Directed Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
John McLiam Also in Monte Walsh and Freedom Road- Anthony Hinds Produced The Stranglers of Bombay (1959)
- Jack H. Harris Produced Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
- Daniel Melnick Produced Straw Dogs (1971)
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About this person
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.
