A prominent American film and TV writer, director and producer, Akiva Goldsman is best known as the screenplay writer for the Academy Award-winning film A Beautiful Mind (2001). His brilliant writing won him the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Best known for his adaptation works, Goldsman has written several popular and award-winning films; few of his most notable writing credits for a feature film includes Constantine (2005), Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005), The Da Vinci Code (2006), I Am Legend (2007), Hancock (2008), Angels & Demons (2009), Paranormal Activity series, Rings (2017), The Dark Tower (2017), Doctor Sleep (2019) and Without Remorse (2021).