Bo Goldman Biography

Fast Facts

• Recently penned a rewrite of "The Perfect Storm" that was picked up by Warner Bros․ and brought in $327,000,000
• His father owned a well-known chain of department stores and was a close friend and attorney to Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• After leaving the Army, he went to Broadway and was the lyricist for the musical "First Impressions," which was based on Jane Austin's "Pride and Prejudice․"
• His career took off when he wrote his first screenplay, "Shoot the Moon," receiving international acclaim and acceptance from America's most respected critics
• He is most well known for writing the screenplay for "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest," which was directed by Milos Forman and won a number of Oscars and Academy Awards
• After graduating from Princeton University, he was in the U․S․ Army for three years where he observed activity concerning nuclear bombs
• Along with other famous writers such as Billy Wilder and Richard Brooks, he took part in the Screen Writers Guild strike, which almost brought motion picture and TV production to a standstill