Famous American film television Screenwriter and Director Philip S Goodman has passed away at the age of 89. He is survived by his daughter Jody, a lawyer, son Nicholas, a film producer, and two grand-children.

Goodman wrote episodes of TV shows of 1950s and 1960s such as,

• Profiles in Courage
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents
• Johnny Staccato.

He directed the 1963 feature “We Shall Return”, which was focused on anti-Castro Cuban fighters in Miami and starred Cesar Romero.

Mr. Goodman wrote and directed television documentaries and industrial films for many years. In 1970, he wrote three episodes of National Educational Television’s “Our Vanishing Wilderness”, one of the first series on television to focus on environmental issues. He also directed TV commercials for Coca-Cola, RCA, Revlon and Rheingold beer, among many others.