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Nicholas Pileggi 
Pileggi with his wife Nora Ephron in New York City, 2010.Born February 22, 1933
New York City, New YorkOccupation producer, screenwriter Years active 1990 - present Spouse Nora Ephron (1987-) Nicholas Pileggi (born February 22, 1933 in New York City, New York) is an Italian-American author and screenwriter.
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Career
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. He began his career as a journalist and had a profound interest in the Mafia. This is where he developed his intuition to author books such as Wiseguy and Casino. He is also the author of the book Blye: Private Eye.
He married Nora Ephron in 1987. Pileggi served as an executive producer of the 2007 film American Gangster, directed by Ridley Scott.
Partial filmography
Year Film Role Notes / Awards Won 1990 Goodfellas Screenplay / Book BAFTA - Best Screenplay - Adapted (1991) Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay 1994 Loyalty & Betrayal: The Story of the American Mob Writer -- 1995 Casino Screenplay / Book -- 1996 City Hall Written By -- 2007 Kings of South Beach Written By / Producer -- 2007 American Gangster Executive Producer -- Books
- Pileggi, Nicholas. Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas, ISBN 0-684-80832-3
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BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (1983–1999) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1983) · Bruce Robinson (1984) · Richard Condon and Janet Roach (1985) · Kurt Luedtke (1986) · Claude Berri and Gérard Brach (1987) · Jean-Claude Carrière and Philip Kaufman (1988) · Christopher Hampton (1989) · Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese (1990) · Dick Clement, Roddy Doyle and Ian La Frenais (1991) · Michael Tolkin (1992) · Steven Zaillian (1993) · Paul Attanasio (1994) · John Hodge (1995) · Anthony Minghella (1996) · Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce (1997) · Elaine May (1998) · Neil Jordan (1999)
Complete list · (1983–1999) · (2000–2019) Categories:- 1933 births
- BAFTA winners (people)
- Living people
- American screenwriters
- Organized crime novelists
- Organized crime memoirists
- Non-fiction writers about organized crime in the United States
- American film producers
- People from New York City
- American writers of Italian descent
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