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Authors Terence M. O’Malley, William Ouseley and Gary Jenkins at the Kansas City Mafia Film Festival on November 24, 2018. Courtesy of Larry Henry In the 1995 movie Casino, the Mob’s control of skimming at Las Vegas casinos is exposed when authorities learn about it from a surveillance microphone in a Kansas City grocery store. Book Author, Screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi Book Author, Screenwriter Phil Marco First Assistant Director Philip Pfeiffer Cinematographer Rick Simpson Set Designer Rita Ryack Costume Designer Robert Richardson Cinematographer Steven Schwartz Set Designer Ted Chu Steadicam Assistant Thelma Schoonmaker Editor. Click to read more about Casino 1995 film by Martin Scorsese. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
- The 1990s saw the release of two of Scorsese's most important Mafia movies: GoodFellas, a 1990 film based on the life of former gangster Henry Hill, and Casino, a 1995 film about the rise and fall.
- Nicholas Pileggi (/ p ɪ ˈ l ɛ dʒ i /, Italian: piˈleːddʒi; born February 22, 1933) is an American author, producer and screenwriter.He wrote the 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.
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| Born | February 22, 1933 (age 87) New York City, New York, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Novelist, producer, screenwriter |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
| Subject | Mafia |
| Notable works | Wiseguy (1985) |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Spouse | (m. 1987; died 2012) |
| Parents | Nick Pileggi Susan Pileggi |
Nicholas Pileggi (/pɪˈlɛdʒi/, Italian: [piˈleːddʒi]; born February 22, 1933) is an American author, producer and screenwriter. He wrote the 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.
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Early life[edit]
Pileggi was born and raised in Brooklyn,[1] the elder son of an Italian immigrant father, Nicola ('Nick') Pileggi from Calabria and an American-born mother, Susie. Nicola 'Nick' Pileggi was a musician who played slide trombone in a cinema orchestra for silent films; he subsequently also owned shoe stores.[2]
In the 1950s, he worked as a journalist for Associated Press and New York magazine, specializing in crime reporting for more than three decades.[2]
Career[edit]
Pileggi began his career as a journalist and had a profound interest in the Mafia.[2] He is best known for writing Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family (1986), which he adapted into the movie Goodfellas (1990), and for writing Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas and the subsequent screenplay for Casino (1995). The movie versions of both were directed and co-written by Martin Scorsese.[3] Pileggi also wrote the screenplay for the film City Hall (1996), starring Al Pacino. He served as an Executive Producer of American Gangster (2007), a biographical crime film based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas. He also authored Blye, Private Eye (1987).[4]
Pileggi co-wrote the pilot of the CBS television series Vegas, which first aired in September 2012.[2]
Personal life[edit]
Pileggi was married to fellow author, journalist, and filmmaker Nora Ephron from 1987 until her death in 2012.[2]
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Partial filmography[edit]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes / Awards Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Goodfellas | Screenplay / Book | BAFTA – Best Screenplay – Adapted (1991) Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay |
| 1993 | Father Hood | Producer | |
| 1994 | Loyalty & Betrayal: The Story of the American Mob[5] | Writer | – |
| 1995 | Casino | Screenplay / Book | – |
| 1996 | City Hall | Written by | – |
| 2007 | Kings of South Beach | Written by / Producer | – |
| American Gangster | Executive Producer | – | |
| 2012 | Vegas | Co-Creator and Executive Producer | |
| 2019 | The Irishman | Executive Producer | – |
Books[edit]
- Pileggi, Nicholas (1995). Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas (First ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN978-0-684-80832-1.
- Pileggi, Nicholas (1985). Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family (First ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN978-0-671-72322-4.
- Pileggi, Nicholas (1976). Blye, Private Eye (First ed.). Playboy Press, Chicago. ISBN978-0-87223-475-8.
References[edit]
- ^Patrick, Vincent (January 26, 1996). 'Not So Organized Crime'. New York Times. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
- ^ abcdeAdams, Tim (February 3, 2013). 'Nicholas Pileggi: the mob, Nora Ephron's death and Vegas'. The Guardian. ISSN0261-3077. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
- ^Vlastelica, Ryan (September 18, 2015). 'Goodfellas turned Wiseguy's simple prose into cinematic gold'. AV Club.
- ^'BLYE, PRIVATE EYE: The Real World of the Private Detective by Nicholas Pileggi'. Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
- ^Loynd, Ray (July 25, 1994). ''Loyalty and Betrayal': An Inside Look at the Mafia'. Los Angeles Times.
External links[edit]
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nicholas Pileggi. |
- Nicholas Pileggi on IMDb
- Fleeman, Mike, 'Nora Ephron, Writer-Director of Sleepless in Seattle, Dies at Age 71', People magazine, Tuesday June 26, 2012