--- name: "Nicholas Pileggi" canonical: "https://film.one/person/nicholas-pileggi" fi1m_id: "nicholas-pileggi" imdb_id: "nm0683380" tmdb_id: 7163 wikidata_id: "Q450279" roles: ["Writer"] born: "22 February 1933" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 88 average_as: "writer" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-10-23T04:07:29.598949+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." --- # Nicholas Pileggi ## Identity Nicholas Pileggi - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nicholas-pileggi - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** nicholas-pileggi - **IMDb ID:** nm0683380 - **TMDB ID:** 7163 - **Wikidata ID:** Q450279 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Pileggi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q450279, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0683380/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7163 Writer. Born 22 February 1933 in New York City, New York, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Writer - **Born:** 22 February 1933, New York City, New York, USA - **Active:** 1990–2019 - **Also known as:** ニコラス ピレッジ - **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 writing, 1 producing - **Frequently works with:** [Joe Pesci](https://film.one/person/joe-pesci.md), [Martin Scorsese](https://film.one/person/martin-scorsese.md), [Robert De Niro](https://film.one/person/robert-de-niro.md) - **BAFTA Film Awards:** 1 BAFTA (1 won) - **Average Fi1m score:** 88, as writer, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (2), 2010s 86 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Pileggi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q450279, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0683380/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7163 ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*Casino*](https://film.one/film/casino.md) (82) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Nicholas Pileggi is an American author, screenwriter and journalist. Born on 22 February 1933 in New York City, he began his career as a crime reporter for the Associated Press and New York magazine, covering organised crime for more than three decades. Pileggi is best known for his 1985 non-fiction book *Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family*, which he co-adapted with Martin Scorsese into the screenplay for *GoodFellas* (1990). He later wrote the book *Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas* and co-wrote its 1995 film adaptation with Scorsese. His other screenwriting credits include *City Hall* (1996). He served as executive producer on *American Gangster* (2007). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) ### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these - *Casino* (1995), Fi1m 82, Novel, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/casino.md) - *GoodFellas* (1990), Fi1m 93, Screenplay, Book — [page](https://film.one/film/goodfellas.md) ### Produced (1) - *The Irishman* (2019), Fi1m 86, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-irishman.md) ## Complete filmography (14) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Alto Knights* (2025), Writer - *The Irishman* (2019), Executive Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-irishman.md) - *Vegas* (2012), series, Executive Producer, Creator - *American Gangster* (2007), Executive Producer - *Kings of South Beach* (2007), Producer, Screenplay - *Vendetta* (1999), Executive Producer - *Michael Hayes* (1997), series, Writer, Creator - *City Hall* (1996), Writer - *Casino* (1995), Screenplay, Novel — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/casino.md) - *Loyalty & Betrayal: The Story of the American Mob* (1994), Writer - *Father Hood* (1993), Producer - *GoodFellas* (1990), Screenplay, Book — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/goodfellas.md) - *Scarpa*, Writer - *The Street*, Writer ## Gallery - ![Nicholas Pileggi](https://film.one/media/person/59830/gallery-109aafa5451c.jpg) Nicholas Pileggi — David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Nicholas_Pieggi.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Nicholas Pileggi and Nora Ephron at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/59830/gallery-ed8ee24d185f.jpg) Nicholas Pileggi and Nora Ephron at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. — David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Nicholas_Pieggi_Nora_Ephron_Shankbone_2010_NYC.jpg/1280px-Nicholas_Pieggi_Nora_Ephron_Shankbone_2010_NYC.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Title: Nick [i.e. Nicholas] Pileggi Creator(s): Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer Date Created/Published: [1986] Medium: 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35mm (](https://film.one/media/person/59830/gallery-73a7221799e5.jpg) Title: Nick [i.e. Nicholas] Pileggi Creator(s): Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer Date Created/Published: [1986] Medium: 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35mm ( — Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Nick_%28i.e._Nicholas%29_Pileggi.jpg/1280px-Nick_%28i.e._Nicholas%29_Pileggi.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Title: Nick [i.e. Nicholas] Pileggi Creator(s): Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer Date Created/Published: [1986] Medium: 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35mm (](https://film.one/media/person/59830/gallery-8db762554604.jpg) Title: Nick [i.e. Nicholas] Pileggi Creator(s): Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer Date Created/Published: [1986] Medium: 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35mm ( — Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Nick_%28i.e._Nicholas%29_Pileggi_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Nick_%28i.e._Nicholas%29_Pileggi_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - 1991: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Goodfellas* ### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won - 1991: Best Adapted Screenplay (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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