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George DiCaprio is an American writer, editor, publisher, and former performance artist, and the father of actor Leonardo DiCaprio. He was involved in underground comix, collaborated with Timothy Leary and Laurie Anderson, and worked as an executive producer for documentaries.
Jul 25, 2023 · Learn about the comic book writer and legal secretary who raised the Oscar-winning actor in Los Angeles and supported his dream of becoming an actor. Find out how they met, divorced, and influenced his childhood and career.
George DiCaprio is the father of Leonardo DiCaprio and a filmmaker with credits such as Licorice Pizza and Legacy of Secrecy. He was born in New York City in 1943 and has been married twice.
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George DiCaprio is a producer and actor, born in 1943 in New York City. He is the father of Leonardo DiCaprio and has appeared in films such as Licorice Pizza (2021) and Legacy of Secrecy.
- October 2, 1943
- George was an underground comic book writer and distributor. Unlike most fathers trying to get their sons into comics, George didn’t expose his son to mainstream comics like Marvel and DC Comics.
- George took his son to counterculture concerts. Liberal counterculture events were a normal part of Leonardo’s childhood. Every few months, he and his father would attend “some hippie doo-dah parade” where they would cover themselves up in mud, he said in a 2004 interview with Parade magazine.
- He was close to "the most dangerous man in America" According to a Rolling Stone profile, George became friends with Timothy Leary, who President Nixon once called "the most dangerous man in America" because he was a proponent of hallucinogenic drugs.
- He exposed his son to great movies from an early age . By time Leonardo worked with Robert De Niro on This Boy’s Life in 1993, he was already familiar with De Niro’s work thanks to his father.
Feb 6, 2020 · George, a writer, introduced his son to Robert De Niro's films and supported his career choices. He also took him to hippie concerts and told him to have an interesting life.
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George DiCaprio is the father of the famous actor, Leonardo DiCaprio. In the 1970s, he was a writer, editor, publisher and distributor of underground comix and was recognised for his work like Greaser Comics, Forbidden Knowledge and Cocaine Comix.
