Nicholas Pileggi

Nicholas Pileggi was born on Feb 22, 1933 in USA. Nicholas Pileggi's big-screen debut came with Goodfellas directed by Martin Scorsese in 1990. Nicholas Pileggi is known for The Irishman directed by Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro stars as Frank Sheeran and Al Pacino as Jimmy Hoffa. Nicholas Pileggi has got 3 awards and 6 nominations so far. The most recent award Nicholas Pileggi achieved is 20/20 Awards. The upcoming new movie Nicholas Pileggi plays is The Irishman which will be released on Nov 27, 2019.

Nicholas Pileggi was born and raised in New York, the son of a shoe store owner. He worked as a journalist for Associated Press in the 1950s where he specialized in crime reporting. Over the next 30 years he built up his contacts and reputation, covering stories for New York magazine and contributing to many others, as he became an expert on crime, most especially the organized crime world of the Mafia.In 1986 he wrote "Wiseguy" which he subsequently developed into the Academy Award nominated screenplay for Les affranchis (1990) with Martin Scorsese. He followed that up with scripts for Casino (1995) (also with Scorsese) and City Hall (1996) as well as writing and producing several other crime-based movies and TV shows.