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Willie Reale
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Willie Reale grew up in Park Ridge, New Jersey with four brothers and a sister. Theater credits include Once Around the City (book and lyr…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Willie Reale grew up in Park Ridge, New Jersey with four brothers and a sister. Theater credits include Once Around the City (book and lyrics), which was produced off-broadway at the Second Stage Theatre. He was nominated for two Tony Awards for A Year With Frog and Toad, which he wrote with his brother, composer Robert Reale. With his brother (and Richard Dresser) he has written Johnny Baseball, which was produced at the American Repertory Theater. Mr. Reale has an Academy Award nomination in the best song category for his work as a lyricist on the movie Dreamgirls and has won 3 Emmy awards (in 2010, 2011) as one of the writer/producers behind the recent reinvention of 1970’s literacy classic, The Electric Company on PBS. Willie has worked written extensively for network television and has been nominated 3 times for Writer’s Guild Awards.
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2020
The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous
Movie Producer
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2017
The Sinner
TV show Executive Producer
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2016
Billions
TV show Writer
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2010
Blue Bloods
TV show Writer
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2009
The Electric Company
TV show Producer
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2007
Damages
TV show Writer
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2006
Dreamgirls
Movie Lyricist
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2006
Haskett's Chance
Movie Writer
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2003
Out There
TV show Creator
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2001
Next Caller
TV show Producer
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2000
Deadline
TV show Teleplay
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1994
Gullah Gullah Island
TV show Writer
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1994
The Hudsucker Proxy
Movie Newsroom Reporter
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1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV show Writer
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1993
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
Movie Writer
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1988
The Laser Man
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1984
Tales from the Darkside
TV show Bellhop
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1956
Tony Awards
TV show Self - Nominee
