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Nicholas Pileggi (/ p ɪ ˈ l ɛ dʒ i /, Italian: [piˈleddʒi]; born February 22, 1933) is an American author, producer and screenwriter. He wrote the 1985 non-fiction book Wiseguy and co-wrote the screenplay for Goodfellas , its 1990 film adaptation, for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay .
- 1989–present
- Crime fiction
- February 22, 1933 (age 90), New York City, New York, U.S.
Nicholas Pileggi is a writer and producer of crime-based movies and TV shows, such as Goodfellas, Casino, and The Irishman. He was born in New York in 1933 and worked as a journalist for Associated Press and New York magazine.
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Feb 3, 2013 · Nicholas Pileggi: the mob, Nora Ephron's death and Vegas. Tim Adams. The Goodfellas writer has put his knowledge of gangsters to good use again in CBS's Vegas. And the show has been a lifeline...
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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.
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Mar 11, 2020 · Learn how Nick Pileggi, author of Wiseguy and Casino, became a trusted source of Mob stories for Martin Scorsese's films Goodfellas and Casino. Read about his early days as a journalist, his interviews with Henry Hill and Frank Cullotta, and his insights on the Las Vegas underworld.
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...
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.
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