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James Goldman
With his beard and glasses, James Goldman had a relaxed, yet professorial aura, and, indeed, he was an associate professor at Brooklyn College before his writing career took off on Broadway, in motion pictures, on TV and in print. Less well known than his younger brother, William, with whom he occasionally wrote, Goldman was, nevertheless, an Oscar winner for the screenplay of "The Lion in Winter" (1968), based on his Broadway play. He became most often associated with "period" pieces, particularly those involving royal 'sturm und drang', and was a celebrated librettist and lyricist as well.