Nicholas Pileggi (born February 22, 1933 in New York City, New York) is an Italian-American author and screenwriter.

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 is 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)
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	--
2008	Boston Point Shaving Case	Screenplay / Producer	--

External links

• Film listing at the IMDB
• Entry at the NNDB
• Biography at Film Reference.com