Nicholas Pileggi

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69 titles

Films in Production (6 titles)	Budget	Status
Irwin Winkler: The Man Behind the Movies Self Self See fewer		Filming
Life After Goodfellas Self Self See fewer		Filming
Mr. Undercover Self Self See fewer	€250K	Completed
Scarpa Writer, Written By Writer, Written By See fewer		Development Unknown
The Life Writer Writer See fewer		Pre-Prod
Untitled Nicholas Pileggi Project Writer Writer See fewer		Development Unknown

Television in Production (1 title)	Episodes	Status
Untitled Sammy the Bull Series (TV Series) - Executive Producer Executive Producer See fewer		Pre-Prod

Past Film & Video (19 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
The Alto Knights (2025) Written By Written By See fewer	$45MM	$3.2MM	$6.1MM	$10MM
Ace & Nicky (2023) (Short) - Writer Writer See fewer	$8K
Wiseguy (2019) (Video) - Author Author See fewer
The Irishman (2019) Executive Producer Executive Producer See fewer	$159MM			$969K
Everything Is Copy (2015) Very Special Thanks (as Nick Pileggi) Very Special Thanks (as Nick Pileggi) See fewer
Broken Horses (2015) Special Thanks Special Thanks See fewer	$15MM			$30K
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) Special Thanks Special Thanks See fewer	$8MM	$196K	$6.8MM	$9.1MM
Building Vegas (2013) (Video) - Special Thanks Special Thanks See fewer
American Gangster (2007) Executive Producer Executive Producer See fewer	$100MM	$44MM	$130MM	$270MM
Casino: After the Filming (2005) (Video) - Special Thanks Special Thanks See fewer
Casino: The Cast and Characters (2005) (Video) - Special Thanks Special Thanks See fewer
Casino: The Look (2005) (Video) - Special Thanks Special Thanks See fewer
Casino: The Story (2005) (Video) - Special Thanks Special Thanks See fewer
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' (2004) (Video) - Special Thanks Special Thanks See fewer
The Workaday Gangster (2004) (Video) - Special Thanks Special Thanks See fewer
City Hall (1996) Written By Written By See fewer	$40MM	$7MM	$20MM	$20MM
Casino (1995) Book, Screenplay Book, Screenplay See fewer	$52MM	$9.9MM	$43MM	$116MM
Father Hood (1993) Produced By Produced By See fewer		$1.3MM	$3.4MM	$3.4MM
Goodfellas (1990) Book "Wiseguy", Screenplay Book "Wiseguy", Screenplay See fewer	$25MM	$6.4MM	$47MM	$47MM

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Past Television (7 titles)	Episodes
Untitled Showtime/Mafia Project (TV Series) - Executive Producer Executive Producer See fewer
The Meyer Lanksy Diaries (TV Series) - Writer Writer See fewer
Vegas (2012–2013) (TV Series) - Created By (21 episodes, 2012), Written By (1 episode, 2012), Executive Producer (21 episodes, 2012) Created By (21 episodes, 2012), Written By (1 episode, 2012), Executive Producer (21 episodes, 2012) See fewer Sons of Nevada (May 10, 2013) Season 1, Episode 21 - Created By, Executive Producer Created By, Executive Producer See fewer See more See fewer Loading	21
Kings of South Beach (2007) (TV Movie) - Written By (as Nick Pileggi), Producer Written By (as Nick Pileggi), Producer See fewer
Vendetta (1999) (TV Movie) - Executive Producer Executive Producer See fewer
Michael Hayes (1997–1998) (TV Series) - Story (1 episode, 1997), Creator (19 episodes, 1997), Executive Producer (17 episodes, 1997) Story (1 episode, 1997), Creator (19 episodes, 1997), Executive Producer (17 episodes, 1997) See fewer Vaughn Mower (Jun 15, 1998) Season 1, Episode 22 - Creator, Executive Producer Creator, Executive Producer See fewer See more See fewer Loading	20
Loyalty & Betrayal: The Story of the American Mob (1994) (TV Movie) - Writer, Executive Producer Writer, Executive Producer See fewer

Self (33 titles)
Mr. Scorsese (2025) (TV Mini-series) - Self (4 episodes, 2025) Self (4 episodes, 2025) See fewer Method Director (Oct 17, 2025) Season 1, Episode 5 - Self Self See fewer See more See fewer Loading
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists (2018) Self - Journalist & Screenwriter (as Nick Pileggi) Self - Journalist & Screenwriter (as Nick Pileggi) See fewer
Scorsese's Goodfellas (2015) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
Building Vegas (2013) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
The 2011 Annual American Theatre Wing Gala (2011) (TV Special) - Self Self See fewer
Hollywood Gangster (2008) (TV Movie) - Self Self See fewer
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008) (TV Movie) - Self (as Nicholas Pellegi) Self (as Nicholas Pellegi) See fewer
Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster' (2008) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
Charlie Rose (2007) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2007) Self (1 episode, 2007) See fewer Episode dated 2 November 2007 (Nov 2, 2007) Self Self See fewer
American Gangster (2007) (TV Series) - Self (as Nick Pileggi) (1 episode, 2007) Self (as Nick Pileggi) (1 episode, 2007) See fewer Frank Lucas (Oct 31, 2007) Season 2, Episode 5 - Self (as Nick Pileggi) Self (as Nick Pileggi) See fewer
HBO First Look (2007) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2007) Self (1 episode, 2007) See fewer The Making of 'American Gangster' (Oct 24, 2007) Season 14, Episode 27 - Self Self See fewer
Prohibition Opens the Floodgates (2006) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
Gangsters: The Immigrant's Hero (2006) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
Stool Pigeons and Pine Overcoats: The Language of Gangster Films (2006) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
Welcome to the Big House (2006) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films (2006) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
Toots (2006) Self Self See fewer
The Godfather and the Mob (2006) (TV Movie) - Self - New York Journalist Self - New York Journalist See fewer
American Experience (2005) (TV Series) - Self (2 episodes, 2005) Self (2 episodes, 2005) See fewer Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 2 (Nov 15, 2005) Season 18, Episode 4 - Self Self See fewer Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1 (Nov 14, 2005) Season 18, Episode 3 - Self Self See fewer
Casino: After the Filming (2005) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
Casino: The Cast and Characters (2005) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
Casino: The Story (2005) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' (2004) (Video) - Self - Co-Screenwriter Self - Co-Screenwriter See fewer
The Workaday Gangster (2004) (Video) - Self - Author, 'Wiseguy' Self - Author, 'Wiseguy' See fewer
True Crime Authors (2003) (TV Mini-series) - Self - author of 'Casino' (1 episode, 2003) Self - author of 'Casino' (1 episode, 2003) See fewer Casino (2003) Season 1, Episode 3 - Self - author of 'Casino' Self - author of 'Casino' See fewer
I Love the 1990s (2001) (TV Series) - Self (as Nick Pileggi) (1 episode, 2001) Self (as Nick Pileggi) (1 episode, 2001) See fewer I Love 1990 (Aug 18, 2001) Season 1, Episode 1 - Self (as Nick Pileggi) Self (as Nick Pileggi) See fewer
Moving Image Salutes to Julia Roberts (2001) (TV Special) - Self - Speaker Self - Speaker See fewer
The Real Las Vegas (TV Series) - Self Self See fewer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995) (TV Series) - Self - Guest (1 episode, 1995) Self - Guest (1 episode, 1995) See fewer Loni Anderson/Nicholas Pileggi/UB40 (Nov 6, 1995) Season 3, Episode 36 - Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer
Moving Pictures (1990) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 1990) Self (1 episode, 1990) See fewer Episode #1.3 (Oct 13, 1990) Season 1, Episode 3 - Self Self See fewer
American Masters (1990) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 1990) Self (1 episode, 1990) See fewer Martin Scorsese Directs (Jul 16, 1990) Season 5, Episode 4 - Self Self See fewer
CBS Reports (1972) (TV Series) - Self - Narrator (1 episode, 1972) Self - Narrator (1 episode, 1972) See fewer An Essay on the Mafia (Jun 25, 1972) Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer

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Archive Footage (3 titles)
Martin Scorsese - L'Italo-Américain (2024) (TV Movie) - Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Chroma (2017) (TV Series) - Self (archive footage) (1 episode, 2017) Self (archive footage) (1 episode, 2017) See fewer Les Affranchis (Apr 17, 2017) Season 1, Episode 11 - Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Everything Is Copy (2015) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer

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