Pete Hamill
American journalist, novelist, essayist, editor and educator (1935-2020) · United States · On the map · Journalists · Died at 85
William Peter Hamill was an American journalist, novelist, essayist and editor. During his career as a New York City journalist, he was described as "the author of columns that sought to capture the particular flavors of New York City's politics and sports and the particular pathos of its crime."
Pete Hamill is read about 135 times a day, in 11 languages.
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Gerald W. Abrams Produced Flesh & Blood and The Gift
Abel Ferrara Directed King of New York (1990)
Richard C. Sarafian Directed Liberty (1986)
Arthur Cohn Produced The Yellow Handkerchief (2009)
Michael Hoffman Directed One Fine Day (1997)
Jud Taylor Directed Flesh & Blood (1979)
Jean Chalopin Produced Liberty (1986)- Augusto Caminito Produced King of New York (1990)
Howard W. Koch Directed Badge 373 (1973)
Jake Eberts Produced Snow in August (2001)- Lynda Obst Produced One Fine Day (1997)
Larry Peerce Directed The Neon Empire (1989)
Simon Langton Directed Laguna Heat (1987)- Joel Rogosin Produced The Gift (1979)
- Richard Friedenberg Directed Snow in August (2001)
- Richard Maynard Produced The Neon Empire (1989)
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Hamill was a columnist and editor for the New York Post and the New York Daily News.
