Nicholas Pileggi (born February 22, 1933 in New York City, New York) is an Italian-American author and screenwriter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nicholas Pileggi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Two of New York's most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, vie for control of the city's streets. Once the best of friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals place them on a deadly collision course that will reshape the Mafia (and America) forever.
Release Date:2025-03-14
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
Release Date:2019-11-01
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:6908
In this produced by Brett Ratner new retrospective documentary we hear from cast members and additional participants include Harvey Keitel, Leonardo DiCaprio and Terence Winter, creator of Boardwalk Empire and screenwriter of The Wolf of Wall Street. The program gives us thoughts about Scorsese's approach to the material, casting, characters, and performances, costumes and period details, photography, music, and retrospective thoughts about the film. It is filled with memorable stories and observations from a wide array of commentators.
Release Date:2015-05-05
Character:Self
Vote Count:16
Ralph Lamb wants to be left in peace to run his ranch, but Las Vegas is now swelling with outsiders and corruption which are intruding on his simple life. Recalling Lamb's command as a military police officer during World War II, the Mayor appeals to his sense of duty to look into a murder of a casino worker – and so begins Lamb’s clash with Vincent Savino, a ruthless Chicago gangster who plans to make Vegas his own.
Release Date:2012-09-25
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Vote Count:52
Documentary about American gangster movies.
Release Date:2008-12-27
Character:Self
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Partly based on a true story.
Release Date:2007-11-02
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:5521
A four-part making-of documentary about Scorcese’s 1995 Vegas crime epic Casino featured in physical media releases and split into sections on the Story, the Cast and Characters, the Look and After the Filming.
Release Date:2007-05-22
Character:Self
This fact-based crime thriller details the downfall of Miami's hottest nightclub. Chris Troiano owns the trendiest nightclub in all of South Beach; a place where the line always winds down the block and only the most beautiful people make it past the velvet rope.
Release Date:2007-03-12
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:18
Short documentary about prohibition and gangsters and how it affected the movies of the day.
Release Date:2006-09-18
Character:Self
Release Date:2006-09-18
Character:Self
Film Noir burrows into the mind; it's disorienting, intriguing and enthralling. Noir brings us into a gritty underworld of lush morbidity, providing intimate peeks at its tough, scheming dames, mischievous misfits and flawed men - all caught in the wicked web of a twisted fate.
Release Date:2006-07-18
Character:Self
Vote Count:14
A documentary on the roles of women in gangster movies.
Release Date:2006-07-18
Character:Self
A documentary about the making of Martin Scorsese's Casino.
Release Date:2005-06-14
Character:Self
A short Goodfellas documentary featuring interviews with the actors, Martin Scorsese, and Henry Hill.
Release Date:2004-11-19
Character:Self
A documentary that presents a brief yet detailed account on the making of Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas" (1990), the successful film that redefined the mafia on the big screen. Featuring interviews with cast and crew and clips from the movie, this retrospective documentary reveals the behind-the-scenes experiences of what would turn out to be one of the greatest films ever made.
Release Date:2004-08-17
Character:Self
Based on a true story, Vendetta tells the shocking and tragic story of a group of Sicilian immigrants working on the New Orleans docks in the 1890's. After the Chief of Police was brutally murdered, much of the city's Sicilian population was rounded up and brought in for questioning. Eventually, thirteen were formally tried for murder and nine went to trial, and while they were acquitted, a series of brutal lynchings showed they had as much to fear from the city's general populace as they did from the corrupt police force.
Release Date:1999-09-12
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:16
The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.
Release Date:1996-02-16
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:290
In early-1970s Las Vegas, Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he's a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro, his ex-hustler wife Ginger, her con-artist ex Lester Diamond and a handful of corrupt politicians put Sam in ever-increasing danger.
Release Date:1995-11-22
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:5940
This historic documentary only aired once on July 25th 1994 on FOX. A special on organized crime as told by the people who lived it, as well as historical footage, newsreels and government surveillance tapes.
Release Date:1994-01-01
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Release Date:1990-09-12
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:13130
Based on the true life story of Gregory Scarpa aka The Grim Reaper, top muscle man of the Colombo crime Family and secret FBI informant..
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
The life story of former drug lord, Griselda Blanco.
Department:Production
Job:Producer
A thriller set against the backdrops of New York and Shanghai
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Michael Hayes is a TV series that ran on CBS from 1997 to 1998. It stars David Caruso and Ruben Santiago-Hudson. David Caruso plays in the title role as Michael Hayes. Hayes is an Irish Catholic ex-New York City police officer appointed acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York State. This series was Caruso's first attempt at a comeback on television, after he infamously left NYPD Blue a few years earlier and a failed launch into movies, when both Kiss of Death and Jade were box office and critical failures. Despite this, Michael Hayes was cancelled at the end of its first season, and Caruso slowly continued into supporting roles in film and guest spots on television before reaching new heights once again with CSI: Miami, which ran from 2002 until 2012.
Release Date:1997-09-15
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:1
A documentary about the making of director Martin Scorsese's 1993 film adaptation of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Age of Innocence. It features a conversation between Scorsese and the star of the film, Daniel Day Lewis, as well as rare behind-the-scenes footage.
Release Date:1993-09-01
Character:Self
Vote Count:2
Deadbeat dad kidnaps his kids from the bus to an abusive foster home and they go on a run. The cops are after them, they bicker constantly and his idea of a way out is grim, yet this dangerous ride might just turn them into a family.
Release Date:1993-08-27
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:87
Providing behind the scenes footage of the director on set with clips from his own films, Martin Scorsese Directs depicts to riveting effect the way Scorsese brings the written story to life on the big screen. Additional interviews with the likes of Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Thelma Schoonmaker, the director’s own parents, and others build a perception of Scorsese that not everybody knows.
Release Date:1990-06-16
Character:Self
Vote Count:2