Akiva Goldsman Net Worth

What Is Akiva Goldsman's Net Worth?

Akiva Goldsman is an American screenwriter, producer, and director who has a net worth of $50 million. Akiva Goldsman has written numerous films, including "The Client" (1994), "Batman Forever" (1995), "A Time to Kill" (1996), "Lost in Space" (1998), "Practical Magic" (1998), "A Beautiful Mind" (2001), "I, Robot" (2004), "Cinderella Man" (2005), "The Da Vinci Code" (2006), "I Am Legend" (2007), "The Divergent Series: Insurgent" (2015), "Rings" (2017), and "The Dark Tower" (2017). He won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for writing "A Beautiful Mind." Goldsman made his directorial debut with the 2014 film "Winter's Tale," which he also wrote and produced. He also directed the 2017 film "Stephanie," and of the films he has written, he has produced "Lost in Space," "I Am Legend," and "The Dark Tower." Akiva has more than 30 additional production credits to his name, such as "Starsky & Hutch" (2004), "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (2005), "Paranormal Activity 2" (2010), "Doctor Sleep" (2019), and "Firestarter" (2022). On television, Goldsman has executive-produced and written and directed episodes of "Fringe" (2008–2013), "Star Trek: Discovery" (2017), "Titans" (2018–2019), "Star Trek: Picard" (2020–2022), and "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" (2022). He co-developed "Titans" and "Star Trek: Picard" and co-created "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds." In 2023, he executive-produced the Apple TV+ miniseries "The Crowded Room," which he created.

Early Life

Akiva Goldsman was born on July 7, 1962, in New York City. He is the son of Jewish parents, clinical child psychologists Mira Rothenberg and Tev Goldsman, who ran a group home for "emotionally disturbed kids." Akiva grew up in Brooklyn Heights, and he graduated from Saint Ann's School at the age of 16. After earning a bachelor's degree from Connecticut's Wesleyan University, he attended New York University's graduate fiction-writing program.

Career

Goldsman had his breakthrough with the 1994 film "The Client," which he co-wrote with Robert Getchell. Based on a 1993 John Grisham novel, the film was directed by Joel Schumacher and starred Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Renfro, and  Mary-Louise Parker. "The Client" grossed $117.6 million at the box office and earned Sarandon an Academy Award nomination. Akiva also wrote "Silent Fall," which was released the same year and starred Richard Dreyfuss, Linda Hamilton, and John Lithgow. Next, he co-wrote 1995's "Batman Forever" with Lee Batchler and Janet Scott Batchler. It was Goldsman's second film with Joel Schumacher, and it starred Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, and Chris O'Donnell and brought in $336.6 million at the box office. He reunited with Schumacher for 1996's "A Time to Kill" and 1997's "Batman & Robin." "A Time to Kill" was based on a John Grisham novel, and it starred Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, and Kevin Spacey and earned $152 million. "Batman & Robin" starred George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Uma Thurman, and Alicia Silverstone and grossed $238 million at the box office. Akiva ended the '90s with the 1998 films "Lost in Space" and "Practical Magic." He also produced "Lost in Space," which starred Gary Oldman, William Hurt, Matt LeBlanc, and Mimi Rogers. Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman starred in "Practical Magic," which became a cult classic, and in June 2024, it was announced that Goldsman would be writing a sequel to the film.

Akiva won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for writing 2001's "A Beautiful Mind," which starred Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, and Paul Bettany and was directed by Ron Howard. The film was a commercial success, grossing $316.8 million at the box office. Goldsman and Jeff Vintar co-wrote the 2004 Will Smith science-fiction film "I, Robot," which earned $353.1 million, then Akiva co-wrote the 2005 Ron Howard-directed biopic "Cinderella Man" with Cliff Hollingsworth. "Cinderella Man" starred Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, and Paul Giamatti, and it earned Goldsman and Hollingsworth a Hollywood Film Award. Akiva wrote the Dan Brown adaptations "The Da Vinci Code" (2006) and "Angels & Demons" (2009), which starred Tom Hanks and were directed by Ron Howard. "The Da Vinci Code" brought in $801.3 million at the box office, and "Angels & Demons" earned $485.9 million. Goldsman co-wrote 2007's "I Am Legend" with Mark Protosevich. The post-apocalyptic film starred Will Smith and grossed $585 million at the box office. Akiva made his directorial debut with 2014's "Winter's Tale," which he also wrote and produced. The film starred Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Eva Marie Saint, Russell Crowe, and Will Smith.

Goldsman, Brian Duffield, and Mark Bomback co-wrote the 2015 film adaptation of the Veronica Roth novel "Insurgent" (part of the "Divergent" series), and it starred Shailene Woodley and Theo James and earned $297.3 million. Akiva co-wrote the 2016 science-fiction film "The 5th Wave" with Susannah Grant and Jeff Pinkner, and in 2017, he wrote the horror movie "Rings," the science-fiction action blockbuster "Transformers: The Last Knight" ($605.4 million), and the Stephen King adaptation "The Dark Tower" and directed the supernatural horror film "Stephanie." Goldsman was an executive producer on the Fox series "Fringe, which aired from 2008 to 2013. He also directed four episodes of the series and was credited as a writer on 19 episodes. Goldsman was later involved with the television series "Star Trek: Discovery" (2017), "Titans" (2018), "Star Trek: Picard" (2020–2022), and "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" (2022) and the miniseries "The Crowded Room" (2023).

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Personal Life

Akiva married film producer Rebecca Spikings in 2004, and they remained together until her death from a heart attack in July 2010. Rebecca was just 42 years old at the time of her death, and she was known for producing films such as 1999's "Deep Blue Sea" and 2004's "Mindhunters." Her father, Barry Spikings, won an Academy Award for producing the 1978 film "The Deer Hunter." Goldsman met Joann Richter in 2012, and they married in 2014. The couple has welcomed two daughters together.

Awards and Nominations

In 2002, Goldsman won an Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published and a Golden Globe for Best Screenplay – Motion Picture for "A Beautiful Mind." The film also earned him awards from the Christopher Awards, USC Scripter Awards, and Writers Guild of America Awards and nominations from the BAFTA Awards, Critics' Choice Awards, Satellite Awards, Humanitas Prize, AFI Awards, Online Film & Television Association Awards, and Awards Circuit Community Awards. Akiva and his "Cinderella Man" co-writer, Cliff Hollingsworth, won a Hollywood Film Award for Screenwriter of the Year in 2005 and received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Screenplay – Original and a Writers Guild of America Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. In 2013, "Fringe" earned a Hugo Award nomination for Best Dramatic Presentation – Short Form, and in 2017, "Underground" (which Goldsman executive-produced) received a Black Reel Award for Television nomination for Outstanding Drama Series. That year, Akiva was honored with the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films' Visionary Award, and in 2022, "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" earned a Dragon Award nomination for Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series.

Real Estate

Outside of his Hollywood salaries, Akiva has owned at least $25 million worth of real estate. In 2017, he listed a $6 million home in Southampton, New York, and a $12 million house in Beverly Hills. He eventually sold the Beverly Hills home for $7.8 million. He ended up holding on to the New York properties. He owns an $8 million house in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, which he purchased in 2016. He also reportedly inherited a 75-acre property in Sullivan County, New York, from his mother.

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