--- name: "Mario Puzo" canonical: "https://film.one/person/mario-puzo" fi1m_id: "mario-puzo" imdb_id: "nm0701374" tmdb_id: 3083 wikidata_id: "Q182870" roles: ["Writer"] born: "15 October 1920" died: "2 July 1999" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 80 average_as: "writer" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-10-04T16:27:14.534539+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." --- # Mario Puzo ## Identity Mario Puzo - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mario-puzo - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** mario-puzo - **IMDb ID:** nm0701374 - **TMDB ID:** 3083 - **Wikidata ID:** Q182870 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Puzo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182870, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0701374/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3083 Writer. Born 15 October 1920 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 2 July 1999. ## Details - **Work:** Writer - **Born:** 15 October 1920, New York City, New York, USA - **Died:** 2 July 1999 - **Active:** 1972–1990 - **Frequently works with:** [Al Pacino](https://film.one/person/al-pacino.md), [Francis Ford Coppola](https://film.one/person/francis-ford-coppola.md), [Diane Keaton](https://film.one/person/diane-keaton.md), [Robert Duvall](https://film.one/person/robert-duvall.md) - **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscars (2 won) - **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as writer, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 92 (2), 1980s 74 (1), 1990s 63 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 78 across 4 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Genres:** Crime 3, Drama 3, Action 1, Adventure 1, Science Fiction 1, Thriller 1 - **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $701m across 4 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Puzo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182870, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0701374/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3083 ## Streaming the US now - **Paramount+:** [*The Godfather Part II*](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-ii.md) (92), [*The Godfather Part III*](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-iii.md) (63) - **Apple TV:** [*The Godfather*](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md) (93) - **HBO Max:** [*Superman II*](https://film.one/film/superman-ii.md) (74) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Mario Puzo was an American novelist and screenwriter. He wrote the novel *The Godfather* (1969) and co-wrote the screenplays for the 1972 film adaptation and its 1974 sequel with director Francis Ford Coppola. Puzo received Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay for both *The Godfather* (1972) and *The Godfather Part II* (1974). He also contributed to the screenplays for *Superman* (1978) and *Superman II* (1980). Earlier in his career, Puzo worked as a civil servant and wrote pulp fiction before achieving commercial success with *The Godfather*. *Sources: britannica.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) - *The Godfather Part III* (1990), Fi1m 63, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-iii.md) - *Superman II* (1980), Fi1m 74, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/superman-ii.md) - *The Godfather Part II* (1974), Fi1m 92, Novel, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-ii.md) - *The Godfather* (1972), Fi1m 93, Screenplay, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md) ## Complete filmography (18) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959* (2016), Screenplay - *Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut* (2006), Screenplay, Story - *The Last Don II* (1998), series, Writer - *The Last Don* (1997), series, Novel, Original Story, Creator - *The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980* (1992), Novel, Screenplay - *Christopher Columbus: The Discovery* (1992), Screenplay, Story - *The Godfather Part III* (1990), Screenplay — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-iii.md) - *The Fortunate Pilgrim* (1988), series, Novel - *The Sicilian* (1987), Novel - *The Cotton Club* (1984), Story - *A Time to Die* (1982), Novel - *Superman II* (1980), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/superman-ii.md) - *Superman* (1978), Screenplay, Story - *Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television* (1977), series, Writer, Screenplay, Novel - *The Godfather Part II* (1974), Novel, Screenplay — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-ii.md) - *Earthquake* (1974), Writer - *The Godfather* (1972), Screenplay, Novel — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md) - *Bangladeshi adaptation of The Godfather*, Original Story ## Gallery - ![Title: Mario Puzo, author [of "Godfather" at party, New York City] Creator(s): Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer Date Created/Published: [14 March 1972] Medium: 1 ](https://film.one/media/person/35/gallery-b99471ee22d7.jpg) Title: Mario Puzo, author [of "Godfather" at party, New York City] Creator(s): Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer Date Created/Published: [14 March 1972] Medium: 1 — Bernard Gotfryd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Mario_Puzo%2C_author_of_%22Godfather%22_at_party%2C_New_York_City.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Mario Puzo](https://film.one/media/person/35/gallery-379f6bc1d2df.jpg) Mario Puzo — Bernard Gotfryd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Mario_Puzo_1972_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Mario_Puzo_1972_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Script of The Godfather Part II (1974) by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo (based on Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather), winners of the Academy Award for Best (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/35/gallery-bcb6a0067300.jpg) Script of The Godfather Part II (1974) by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo (based on Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather), winners of the Academy Award for Best (2022) — SunOfErat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Museo_Cinema_Torino_-_Coppola_Godfather_script.jpg/1280px-Museo_Cinema_Torino_-_Coppola_Godfather_script.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Mario Puzo](https://film.one/media/person/35/gallery-4fd8ce7fb10f.jpg) Mario Puzo — Image via TMDB - ![Mario Puzo](https://film.one/media/person/35/gallery-01ce0dd319cf.jpg) Mario Puzo — Image via TMDB - ![Mario Puzo](https://film.one/media/person/35/gallery-67565b1bca43.jpg) Mario Puzo — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 2 won - 1975: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (won), for *The Godfather Part II* - 1973: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (won), for *The Godfather* ### Other awards — 1 won - Hugo Awards 1979: Best Dramatic Presentation (won), for *Superman* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/mario-puzo