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Mario Puzo
New York City, New York, USA
Mario Gianluigi Puzo (October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author and screenwriter, known for his novels about the Mafia, including The Godfather (1969). He adapted t…
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Mario Gianluigi Puzo (October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author and screenwriter, known for his novels about the Mafia, including The Godfather (1969). He adapted the novel into a film trilogy with director Francis Ford Coppola, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1972 and 1974. He also co-wrote the screenplays for the first two Christopher Reeves Superman films (1978 and 1980).
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2023
Superpowered: The DC Story
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2016
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
Movie Screenplay
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2006
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Movie Story
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1998
The Last Don II
TV show Writer
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1997
The Last Don
TV show Novel
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1992
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Movie Novel
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1992
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
Movie Story
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1990
The Godfather Part III
Movie Screenplay
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1990
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Movie Self
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1988
The Fortunate Pilgrim
TV show Novel
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1987
The Sicilian
Movie Novel
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1984
The Cotton Club
Movie Story
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1982
A Time to Die
Movie Novel
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1980
Superman II
Movie Screenplay
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1978
Superman
Movie Story
- 1977
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1977
Please Turn the Page
TV show Self
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1974
The Godfather Part II
Movie Novel
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1974
Earthquake
Movie Writer
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1972
The Godfather
Movie Screenplay
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Bangladeshi adaptation of The Godfather
Movie Original Story
