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Nicholas Pileggi

American writer

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  • Age
    93
    Born 1933
  • Known for
    GoodFellas
    1990
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Updated 2026-06-21

Nicholas Pileggi is an American author, screenwriter, film producer and journalist. He is the widower of director and journalist Nora Ephron. 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.

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