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Angelo Pizzo (/ ˈ p iː t z oʊ /) 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.
Angelo Pizzo is best known for writing and producing Hoosiers (1986) and Rudy (1993), two inspirational sports dramas based on true stories. He also directed My All-American (2015) and The Game of Their Lives (2005), and moved back to his hometown of Bloomington, Indiana in 2004.
Angelo Pizzo is a screenwriter and producer of inspirational sports films, such as Hoosiers (1986) and Rudy (1993). He was born in Illinois, graduated from Indiana University, and moved back to Bloomington in 2004.
Oct 11, 2018 · Twenty-five years ago, an archetypal underdog story about an undersized Notre Dame football player hit theaters—but the movie was born long before that, when two...
Apr 20, 2022 · Famed Hoosier screenwriter Angelo Pizzo and a newcomer director from Carmel hope to make a film about the inaugural Indianapolis 500.
Nov 14, 2021 · Pizzo reveals how he and director David Anspaugh added back deleted scenes to the 1986 sports film, showing Buddy's return to the team and coach Dale's romance. He hopes to release a Hollywood version of the director's cut, but faces copyright issues with MGM.
Aug 12, 2017 · Shortly before Angelo Pizzo began making some of Hollywood’s most beloved underdog movies, the Bloomington native nearly became a leading man himself. In a plot worthy of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, Pizzo caught the eye of one of television’s most powerful agents, who offered him guaranteed stardom.
