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Pete Hamill

Pete Hamill

Pete Hamill

1935-06-24

Brooklyn, New York, USA

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Biography

Pete Hamill was an American journalist, novelist, essayist and editor. During his career as a New York City journalist, he was described as "the author of columns that sought to capture the particular flavors of New York City's politics and sports and the particular pathos of its crime."

Best known for:

The Insider

King of New York

One Fine Day

The Yellow Handkerchief

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Prohibition

Doc

The Yellow Handkerchief

From Corleone to Brooklyn

Exposed

Snow in August

Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists

Flesh & Blood

Laguna Heat

Home

If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the NY Accent

Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story

The Yellow Handkerchief

Liberty

The Neon Empire

Nightside

The Gift

The Neon Empire

Split Images

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Filmography:

Doc (1971)
4.7
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Screenplay
Nightside (1973)
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Writer
The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
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Short Story
From Corleone to Brooklyn (1979)
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Man in Restaurant (uncredited)
Flesh & Blood (1979)
WORK AS:
Novel
The Gift (1979)
WORK AS:
Novel
Exposed (1983)
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Guest at Party
Liberty (1986)
WORK AS:
Writer

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Laguna Heat (1987)
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Writer
The Neon Empire (1989)
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Story
The Neon Empire (1989)
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Writer
King of New York (1990)
5.4
APPEREAD AS:
Pete Hamill
Split Images (1992)
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Screenplay
One Fine Day (1996)
5.1
APPEREAD AS:
Frank Burroughs
The Insider (1999)
6.5
APPEREAD AS:
NY Times Reporter
Snow in August (2001)
WORK AS:
Novel

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Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today (2005)
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Additional Voices
The Yellow Handkerchief (2009)
4.9
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Writer
The Yellow Handkerchief (2011)
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Short Story
The Book Signing (2024)
WORK AS:
Short Story

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