Mario Puzo

Mario Puzo was born on Oct 15, 1920 in USA. Mario Puzo's big-screen debut came with The Godfather directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1972. Mario Puzo is known for The Godfather directed by Peter Mitchell Rubin, Marlon Brando stars as Don Vito Corleone and Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen. Mario Puzo has got 6 awards and 5 nominations so far. The most recent award Mario Puzo achieved is Hugo Awards. The upcoming new movie Mario Puzo plays is The Godfather which will be released on Mar 24, 2006.

Mario Puzo was born October 15, 1920, in "Hell's Kitchen" on Manhattan's (NY) West Side and, following military service in World War II, attended New York's New School for Social Research and Columbia University. His best-known novel, "The Godfather," was preceded by two critically acclaimed novels, "The Dark Arena" and "The Fortunate Pilgrim." In 1978, he published "Fools Die," followed by "The Sicilian" (1984) and "The Fourth K" (1991). Mario Puzo has also written several screenplays, including Earthquake (1974), Superman (1978), and all three "Godfather" movies, for which he received two Academy Awards. Mario's latest novel, 1996's "The Last Don," was made into a CBS television miniseries in May 1997, starring Danny Aiello, Kirstie Alley and Joe Mantegna. In 1997, Part II was aired. Also in 1997, Mario's "The Fortunate Pilgrim" was re-released by Random House. Mario passed away July 2, 1999, at his home in Bay Shore, Long Island. His last novel, "Omerta," will be published July, 2000. He is survived by his companion of 20 years, Carol Gino, and five children.