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Angelo Pizzo
Angelo Pizzo (/ˈpiːtzoʊ/) is an American screenwriter and film producer, usually working on films based on a true story, and usually about athletics. He is best known for Hoosiers and Rudy.
Pizzo grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, the grandson of a Sicilian immigrant. He graduated from University High School and Indiana University Bloomington, where he received a bachelor's degree in political science. While at IU, Pizzo joined the Sigma Nu fraternity, where he met future collaborator David Anspaugh.
Pizzo considered becoming a lawyer, but his father encouraged him to do something he loved. So he enrolled in the University of Southern California (USC) School of Cinematic Arts.
Pizzo began his film/television career with Warner Brothers Television in the story development group and then moved to Time-Life Films. After serving as Vice President of Feature Film Productions there, he worked with former fraternity brother Anspaugh to create Hoosiers, about a small-town Indiana high school team winning the state basketball title. Hoosiers earned two Academy Award nominations. It was named best sports film of all time by USA Today and by ESPN's expert panel and website users. Hoosiers also is listed on the Library of Congress' National Film Registry.
Later films include Rudy, about a young man who dreams of playing football at the University of Notre Dame, and The Game of Their Lives, about the U.S. Soccer Team beating the English team against all odds.
Pizzo also was an associate producer on the made-for-TV movies Father Figure and Blinded by the Light.
Pizzo continues writing screenplays. He also has served on the boards of the Heartland Film Festival, Kinsey Institute, and New Harmony Writers' Project.
Pizzo lived in the Los Angeles area for about thirty years. He and his second wife, Greta Lind, settled in Ojai, California but moved back to Bloomington in 2004 to raise their sons: Anthony, born in 1994, and Quinn, born in 1997. They divorced in 2010. Pizzo met his life partner, Bobbi Bowden, in 2011.[citation needed]
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Angelo Pizzo
Angelo Pizzo (/ˈpiːtzoʊ/) is an American screenwriter and film producer, usually working on films based on a true story, and usually about athletics. He is best known for Hoosiers and Rudy.
Pizzo grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, the grandson of a Sicilian immigrant. He graduated from University High School and Indiana University Bloomington, where he received a bachelor's degree in political science. While at IU, Pizzo joined the Sigma Nu fraternity, where he met future collaborator David Anspaugh.
Pizzo considered becoming a lawyer, but his father encouraged him to do something he loved. So he enrolled in the University of Southern California (USC) School of Cinematic Arts.
Pizzo began his film/television career with Warner Brothers Television in the story development group and then moved to Time-Life Films. After serving as Vice President of Feature Film Productions there, he worked with former fraternity brother Anspaugh to create Hoosiers, about a small-town Indiana high school team winning the state basketball title. Hoosiers earned two Academy Award nominations. It was named best sports film of all time by USA Today and by ESPN's expert panel and website users. Hoosiers also is listed on the Library of Congress' National Film Registry.
Later films include Rudy, about a young man who dreams of playing football at the University of Notre Dame, and The Game of Their Lives, about the U.S. Soccer Team beating the English team against all odds.
Pizzo also was an associate producer on the made-for-TV movies Father Figure and Blinded by the Light.
Pizzo continues writing screenplays. He also has served on the boards of the Heartland Film Festival, Kinsey Institute, and New Harmony Writers' Project.
Pizzo lived in the Los Angeles area for about thirty years. He and his second wife, Greta Lind, settled in Ojai, California but moved back to Bloomington in 2004 to raise their sons: Anthony, born in 1994, and Quinn, born in 1997. They divorced in 2010. Pizzo met his life partner, Bobbi Bowden, in 2011.[citation needed]