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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 .
Writer. Producer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Play trailer 1:31. Goodfellas (1990) 1 Video. 4 Photos. 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.
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 ...
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...
Mar 11, 2020 · Courtesy of David Shankbone. 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. Goodfellas, starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Lorraine Bracco, and featuring Ray ...
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...
