Mario Puzo
October 15, 1920 – July 02, 1999
Place of Birth:
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Place of Death:
West Bay Shore, New York, U.S.
Mario Gianluigi Puzo (ˈpuːzoʊ; October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author, screenwriter and journalist. He is known for his crime novels about the Mafia, most notably The Godfather (1969), which he later co-adapted into a three-part film saga directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the first film in 1972 and Part II in 1974. Puzo also wrote the original screenplay for the 1978 Superman film. His last novel, The Family, was released posthumously in 2001.