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Nicholas Pileggi ( / pɪˈlɛdʒi /, Italian: [piˈleddʒi]; born February 22, 1933) is an American author 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 .
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.
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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 20, 2017 · When Martin Scorsese read Nicholas Pileggi's gripping true story of small-time Mafioso Henry Hill he knew he’d hit movie gold. The result was GoodFellas.
Jan 1, 2001 · 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.
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Nicholas Pileggi has 15 books on Goodreads with 67227 ratings. Nicholas Pileggi’s most popular book is Wiseguy.
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.