Screenwriter Profile: Akiva Goldsman

The Writer:

Akiva Goldsman is one of the more prolific writers working in Hollywood today. He’s been writing hit films since the early 90s, and now also produces many of his own films. On occasion, he even takes a bit role in his films (how fun would that be??) An expert at adapting novels, Goldsman is perhaps best known for writing A Beautiful Mind, Batman Forever, Practical Magic, and The Da Vinci Code.

Credits:

Allegiant: Part 1 (pre-production) – 2016

Insurgent (screenplay) (pre-production) – 2015

Winter’s Tale (screenplay) – 2014

Fringe (TV Series) (written by – 12 episodes, 2009 – 2012)

Angels & Demons (screenplay) – 2009

I Am Legend (screenplay) – 2007

The Da Vinci Code (screenplay) – 2006

Cinderella Man (screenplay) – 2005

I, Robot (screenplay) – 2004

A Beautiful Mind (written by) – 2001

Practical Magic (screenplay) – 1998

Lost in Space (written by) – 1998

Batman & Robin (written by) – 1997

A Time to Kill (screenplay) – 1996

Batman Forever (screenplay) – 1995

Silent Fall (written by) – 1994

The Client (screenplay) – 1994

Quotes:

Fairy tales don’t feel like fairy tales to the people that live them. Cinderella herself was having a pretty terrible time.

(On regularly working with Ron Howard & Russell Crowe) The more you work with someone, the better you work together. There is nothing more difficult than learning to work with another person. And nothing more gratifying. So why would you want to abandon that?