Biografia de gerald dipego biography

Words and Pictures produced by Latitude Productions, Curtis Burch.

 At this time, he was also continuing that novel, which was accepted by McGraw-Hill in 1977.  He later went on to write three more books, culminating in “Cheevey,” published in 1996 by Little, Brown, a top pick of the New England Booksellers Association.

He continued writing movies for TV until he moved into feature films, writing the screenplays for movies including “Sharky’s Machine,” “Message in a Bottle,” “Phenomenon,” “The Forgotten,” and “Words and Pictures.”

Later, he branched out into short story writing, and also wrote and produced stage plays.

Gobbling up stories of all kinds, he finally asked himself, could I do that?

He graduated from NIU in journalism and worked on several papers, then spent a year at University of Missouri learning to write for the screen, all the while sending his stories to magazines and finally beginning to make sales.  He started a novel, wrote a screenplay, and headed for L.A. with his first wife and first son, their possessions pressed into a Volkswagon Bug.

With money running short, the screenplay landed on the right desk, and he found himself becoming a script doctor with Universal Studios for television movies, then, proving himself, began to get his own assignments. Juliette is more loose and liable to come at the scene in different ways – but both actors make these differences work wonders for them, for their chemistry (more on this in my book WRITE). 

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By age twelve he was reading his first tries to some of his grade-school friends.  He has never stopped.

DiPego was born in Chicago and raised in rural Illinois, where his father (who emigrated from Italy at the age of 19) opened a grocery store. He has enjoyed numerous speaking engagements over the years, reading his short stories, directing live performances of his stage plays, and teaching the craft of creative writing, to crowds in Santa Barbara County, Salt Lake City, Napa, and Los Angeles.

Novels

Published between 1978 and 1996

A crime novel with Detective James Della taking on Chicago’s “gangster killer,” a troubled, guilt-ridden man executing members of the city’s mafia outfit. Coyote was nominated for a Cable ACE Award (more on this novel in my book “WRITE”.

“Cheevey” is a coming-of-age tale about a young man turning 20 in the 1990s and trying to hold together his coming-apart family (sampled and discussed in my book “WRITE”).

Directed by Fred Schepisi.

“Gerald DiPego’s screenplay revolves around some truly witty, sassy dialogue that will give the film its raison d’être.” (Chicago Sun Times) 

“A truly witty romantic comedy with emotional depth.” (The Hollywood Reporter) 

“One of the best films of the year.” (NPR) 

"Two attractive stars make the most of Gerald DiPego's smart, witty screenplay." (Leonard Maltin)

I recall during shooting that Clive is letter perfect on his lines and repeats them exactly on each take, great concentrated energy.

I adapted this novel as a movie for Showtime in 1991 starring Lou Gosset Jr., Anthony LaPaglia, and Peter Coyote. .