Nicholas Pileggi

Pileggi with his wife Nora Ephron in New York City, 2010

Nicholas "Nick" Pileggi (born February 22, 1933 in New York City , New York ) is an American journalist and writer .

Live and act

His most important work is Wise Guy , published in 1986 . It was filmed in 1990 by Martin Scorsese under the title Good Fellas - Three decades in the Mafia . Working together on the script earned them an Oscar nomination in the Best Screenplay Adaptation category as well as other film awards and nominations for film awards. Scorsese also filmed Pileggi's book Casino in 1995 , which tells the story of Frank Rosenthal's career in Las Vegas.

With Michael Hayes - For Law and Justice and (1997/1998) and Vegas Pileggi also created two television series.

Pileggi was an executive producer on the 2007 film American Gangster .

Nicholas Pileggi was married to screenwriter Nora Ephron , who died in 2012, since 1987 .

Filmography

• 1990: Good Fellas - Three decades in the Mafia (script / screenplay)
• 1994: Loyalty & Betrayal: The Story of the American Mob (screenplay)
• 1995: Casino (book / screenplay)
• 1996: City Hall (screenplay)
• 2007: Kings of South Beach (Writer / Producer)
• 2007: American Gangster (executive producer)

Awards

• 1990: Chicago Film Critics Association Award - Best Screenplay (with Martin Scorsese for Goodfellas )
• 1991: BAFTA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay (Goodfellas)
• 1991: Oscar nomination for best screenplay (Goodfellas)
• 1991: Golden Globe - Nomination for Best Screenplay (Goodfellas)

Works

• Wise guy (German: the mob from within: a mafioso unpacks ). Ullstein, Frankfurt / Main, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-548-34606-5 .
• Casino: Roman . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-426-60439-6 .

literature

• Ken Lipper: City Hall: the book about the film; based on the script by Ken Lipper and Paul Schrader & Nicholas Pileggi and Bo Goldman . Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1996, ISBN 3-404-13822-8 .

Web links

• Nicholas Pileggi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• biography