- Films
- 11
- Avg rating
- 6.61
- Peak run
- 1970’76
- Oscar noms
- 1
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes
David by the numbers
Average
6.61
9 rated films
Vote weighted
6.66
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.47
rating spread
Career
25y
1959 to 1983
Total votes
174K
across every film
Best
7.4
Straw Dogs
Worst
6.2
Eyes of Laura Mars
Newest first
Filmography
| 1983 | Man, Woman and Child | · | 491 |
| 1982 | Fighting Back | 6.0 | 1,026 |
| 1978 |  Eyes of Laura Mars | 6.2 | 13,803 |
| 1977 | March or Die | 6.3 | 4,579 |
| 1976 |  Logan's Run | 6.8 | 66,590 |
| 1975 |  Farewell, My Lovely | 7.0 | 11,169 |
| 1974 | Man on a Swing | · | 902 |
| 1971 |  Straw Dogs | 7.4 | 68,932 |
| 1970 | Monte Walsh | 7.0 | 3,393 |
| 1970 | Lovers and Other Strangers | 6.6 | 1,569 |
| 1959 | The Stranglers of Bombay | 6.2 | 1,542 |
Better together?
David Zelag Goodman's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Dick Richards and David Zelag Goodman movies
Takes
On David Zelag Goodman
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1971Renee Taylor, Joseph Bologna, David Zelag Goodman
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