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Akiva Goldsman
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Producer, Screenwriter, Executive Producer
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Brooklyn Heights, NY
Biography:Screenwriter "Akiva Goldsman" was born in Brooklyn, NY, where his mother and father were both child psychologists. Goldsman graduated from Wesleyan University in 1983, where one of his classmates was "Paul Schiff"; they lived together in a student house where the misadventures of the residents helped to inspire the campus comedy "P.C.U.", which Schiff produced. After graduating from Wesleyan, Goldsman studied creative writing at New York University, and later took up screenwriting. Goldsman's first screenplay to be produced was for the comedy-drama "Indian Summer"; his experiences with his parents helped to inform his second produced screenplay, "Silent Fall", which concerned a psychologist dealing with an autistic child who witnessed a crime. Goldsman next adapted two "John Grisham" novels for the screen, "The Client" and "A Time to Kill", and two films in the Batman franchise, "Batman Forever" and... Full Biography
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Producer Brian Grazer, screenwriter Akiva Goldsman and director Ron Howard on the set of "The Da...
Screenwriter Akiva Goldsman and Paul Bettany on the set of "The Da Vinci Code"
Producer Akiva Goldsman and actor Jason Bateman arrive at the World Premiere of Columbia Pictures...
Producer Akiva Goldsman with guest, actress Amanda Anka and actor Jason Bateman arrive at the World...
Producer Akiva Goldsman, actor Will Smith, producer Michael Mann, actress Charlize Theron, director...
Producer Akiva Goldsman, actor Will Smith, producer Michael Mann, actress Charlize Theron, director...
Producers Akiva Goldsman, Michael Mann and James Lassiter arrive at the World Premiere of Columbia...
Filmography
Doom Patrol (2012) Heart-Shaped Box (2011) Jonah Hex (2010) The Losers (2010) Indianapolis (2010) Angels & Demons (2009) Lone Survivor (2009) Hancock (2008)
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