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Nicholas Pileggi was born and raised in New York, the son of a shoe store owner. He worked as a journalist for Associated Press in the 1950s where he specialized in crime reporting. Over the next 30 years he built up his contacts and reputation, covering stories for New York magazine and contributing to many others, as he became an expert on ...
Nicholas Pileggi. Born. in New York, New York, The United States. February 22, 1933. Genre. Nonfiction, Entertainment, Journalism. edit data. Nicholas Pileggi is best known for writing the book Wiseguy, which he adapted into the movie Goodfellas, and for writing the book and screenplay Casino.
Sep 27, 2011 · Wiseguy author Nicholas Pileggi shares the back story on Henry Hill — the central figure in the sensational mob tale that became the film GoodFellas.
Jan 20, 2017 · I spoke to Italian-American author Nicholas Pileggi, who wrote Wiseguy, the bestseller which inspired GoodFellas. Scorsese read Pileggi’s book, and loved it, and invited Pileggi to co-write the...
Mar 11, 2020 · Author and screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi is enjoying a couple of major career milestones this year. Two groundbreaking Mob movies he wrote with director Martin Scorsese — Goodfellas and Casino — are undergoing anniversaries.
Oct 6, 1995 · An interview with Nicholas Pileggi -- The author and Martin Scorsese collaborator takes a backwards approach and turns his screenplay into a book. By. Steve Daly. Published on October 6, 1995...
American author and screenwriter. Learn about this topic in these articles: association with Scorsese. In Martin Scorsese: Films of the 1990s: GoodFellas, Cape Fear, and Casino.
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