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Nicholas Pileggi is an American author and screenwriter who wrote Wiseguy and co-wrote Goodfellas and Casino with Martin Scorsese. He also worked as a journalist and produced several films and TV shows about organized crime.
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.
- January 1, 1
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- New York City, New York, USA
Jan 20, 2017 · Nicholas Pileggi wrote Wiseguy, the book that inspired Martin Scorsese's masterpiece of a gangster movie. He tells the story of Henry Hill, a small-time Mafioso who became a witness for the government.
Wiseguy is a 1985 non-fiction book by crime reporter Nicholas Pileggi that chronicles the life of Henry Hill, a Mafia associate turned informant. The book is the basis for the 1990 Oscar-winning film Goodfellas directed by Martin Scorsese.
Nicholas Pileggi is a crime journalist and screenwriter who wrote the books and scripts for Goodfellas, Casino and City Hall. He was born in New York in 1933 and married to Nora Ephron until her death in 2012.
- February 22, 1933
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. The movie versions of both were co-written and directed by Martin Scorsese. Pileggi also wrote the screenplay for the 1996 film City Hall.
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Jan 24, 2017 · Hill was a real life mobster turned-FBI informant and the subject of Nicholas Pileggi's 1986 book Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family.
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