---
name: "Bo Goldman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bo-goldman"
fi1m_id: "bo-goldman"
imdb_id: "nm0325743"
tmdb_id: 4181
wikidata_id: "Q724586"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "10 September 1932"
died: "25 July 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:45:40.925534+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bo Goldman

## Identity

Bo Goldman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bo-goldman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bo-goldman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0325743
- **TMDB ID:** 4181
- **Wikidata ID:** Q724586
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Goldman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q724586, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0325743/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4181

Writer. Born 10 September 1932 in New York, New York, U.S.. Died 25 July 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 10 September 1932, New York, New York, U.S.
- **Died:** 25 July 2023
- **Active:** 1975–1992
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscars (2 won · 1 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 86 (1), 1990s 75 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Goldman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q724586, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0325743/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4181

## Biography

Bo Goldman was an American screenwriter and playwright. Born Robert Spencer Goldman on 10 September 1932 in New York City, he died on 25 July 2023 in Helendale, California. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy and Princeton University, where he wrote for the Triangle Club, before serving in the US Army and working in television as a script editor and associate producer on Playhouse 90.

Goldman received Academy Awards for his screenplays for *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (1975, shared with Lawrence Hauben) and *Melvin and Howard* (1980). His other credits include *The Rose* (1979), *Shoot the Moon* (1982), *Scent of a Woman* (1992), *City Hall* (1996) and *Meet Joe Black* (1998). He also received two Golden Globe Awards, two Writers Guild of America Awards and the guild's lifetime achievement award in 1998, as well as two BAFTA nominations.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Scent of a Woman* (1992), Fi1m 75, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/scent-of-a-woman.md)
- *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (1975), Fi1m 86, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Rules Don't Apply* (2016), Story
- *Kyon Ki...* (2005), Original Story
- *Meet Joe Black* (1998), Screenplay
- *City Hall* (1996), Writer
- *Scent of a Woman* (1992), Screenplay — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/scent-of-a-woman.md)
- *Little Nikita* (1988), Screenplay
- *Thalavattam* (1986), Original Story
- *Swing Shift* (1984), as Additional Writing
- *Shoot the Moon* (1982), Writer
- *Melvin and Howard* (1980), Writer
- *The Rose* (1979), Screenplay
- *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (1975), Screenplay — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest.md)
- *June Moon* (1974), Producer
- *Enemies* (1974), Producer
- *Anastasia* (1962), Producer
- *The Defenders* (1961), series, Writer
- *Adventures on the New Frontier* (1961), Producer
- *Old Man* (1958), Associate Producer
- *Heart of Darkness* (1958), Associate Producer
- *Days of Wine and Roses* (1958), Associate Producer

## Gallery

- ![Bo Goldman](https://film.one/media/person/81675/gallery-913fd5c6ac06.jpg) Bo Goldman — Maryemark, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Goldman_bo_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Bo Goldman (left) and Michael Douglas on the set of Milos Forman's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." (1975)](https://film.one/media/person/81675/gallery-aaae0b3904a1.jpg) Bo Goldman (left) and Michael Douglas on the set of Milos Forman's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." (1975) — Maryemark, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Goldman_bo.jpg/1280px-Goldman_bo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bo Goldman](https://film.one/media/person/81675/gallery-aafbdee7e84b.jpg) Bo Goldman — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- 1993: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Scent of a Woman*
- 1981: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (won), for *Melvin and Howard*
- 1976: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (won), for *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/bo-goldman