Nicholas Pileggi

Italian-American author and screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi is best known for his 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 served as an executive producer of the 2007 film American Gangster, directed by Ridley Scott.

In February 2012, CBS ordered the untitled Ralph Lamb drama pilot written by Pileggi. The untitled project, to be directed by James Mangold, chronicles the true story of Ralph Lamb (Dennis Quaid) – rodeo cowboy turned longtime Sheriff of Las Vegas – and Johnny Savino (Michael Chiklis), a Chicago mob fixer whose entrepreneurial vision for transforming Las Vegas collides with the law-and-order mandate of Sheriff Lamb. Jason O’Mara will play Ralph Lamb’s younger brother Frank, the diplomat in the family.

Personal Life

Pileggi married Nora Ephron in 1987.

Sources: Wikipedia, Deadline Hollywood