---
name: "D.V. DeVincentis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/d-v-devincentis"
fi1m_id: "d-v-devincentis"
imdb_id: "nm0222584"
tmdb_id: 3226
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T09:21:14.450606+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# D.V. DeVincentis

## Identity

D.V. DeVincentis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/d-v-devincentis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** d-v-devincentis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0222584
- **TMDB ID:** 3226
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0222584/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3226

Writer and producer. Born in Europe.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Active:** 1997–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 acting, 3 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Anthony Hemingway](https://film.one/person/anthony-hemingway.md), [John Cusack](https://film.one/person/john-cusack.md), [Steve Pink](https://film.one/person/steve-pink.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 66 (2), 2000s 82 (1), 2010s 78 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 78 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Romance 2, Action 1, Crime 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $78m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0222584/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3226

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*High Fidelity*](https://film.one/film/high-fidelity.md) (82)
- **Disney+:** [*American Crime Story*](https://film.one/tv/american-crime-story.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

D.V. DeVincentis is a writer and producer. He co-wrote the screenplay for the film *Grosse Pointe Blank* (1997) with Tom Jankiewicz, Steve Pink and John Cusack. He also wrote the screenplay for *High Fidelity* (2000) and contributed episodes to the television series *American Crime Story* (2016).

DeVincentis began his creative work in Chicago theatre and studied literature and filmmaking before moving to Los Angeles. He has written and produced for film and television, including the screenplay for *Lay the Favorite* (2012) and episodes of *Pam & Tommy* (2022). He received two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Writers Guild of America Award and other honours for his work on *American Crime Story*.

He was previously married to actress Natasha Gregson Wagner.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, collab.sundance.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (1)

- *Blade* (1998), Fi1m 76, as Vampire Underling — [page](https://film.one/film/blade.md)

### Wrote (3) — the average rests on these

- *American Crime Story* (2016), Fi1m 78, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/american-crime-story.md)
- *High Fidelity* (2000), Fi1m 82, Music Supervisor, Co-Producer, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/high-fidelity.md)
- *Grosse Pointe Blank* (1997), Fi1m 55, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/grosse-pointe-blank.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Love Story* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Pam & Tommy* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Baby Driver* (2017), Thanks — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/baby-driver.md)
- *Where is Rocky II?* (2016), Co-Writer
- *American Crime Story* (2016), series, Co-Executive Producer, Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/american-crime-story.md)
- *Lay the Favorite* (2012), Screenplay, Producer
- *Dead Last* (2001), series, Creator
- *High Fidelity* (2000), Screenplay, Co-Producer, Music Supervisor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/high-fidelity.md)
- *The Jack Bull* (1999), Co-Producer
- *Chicago Cab* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Blade* (1998), as Vampire Underling — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/blade.md)
- *Grosse Pointe Blank* (1997), Screenplay — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/grosse-pointe-blank.md)
- *Twilight Highway* (1995), as Jimmy
- *Alchemy* (1995), as Ethan
- *The Larry Sanders Show* (1992), series, as Robert — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-larry-sanders-show.md)
- *Crime Story* (1986), series, as Bennie Primo
- *Crime Story: Pilot* (1986), as Bennie Primo
- *Touch and Go* (1986), as Lubo
- *T. J. Hooker* (1982), series, as Youth

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