Person
Willie Reale
Writing
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Willie Reale grew up in Park Ridge, New Jersey with four brothers and a sister. Theater credits include Once Around the City (book and lyrics), which was produced off-broadway at the Second Stage Theatre. He was nominated for two Tony Awards for A Year With Frog and Toad, which he wrote with his brother, composer Robert Reale. With his brother (and Richard Dresser) he has written Johnny Baseball, which was produced at the American Repertory Theater. Mr. Reale has an Academy Award nomination in the best song category for his work as a lyricist on the movie Dreamgirls and has won 3 Emmy awards (in 2010, 2011) as one of the writer/producers behind the recent reinvention of 1970’s literacy classic, The Electric Company on PBS. Willie has worked written extensively for network television and has been nominated 3 times for Writer’s Guild Awards.
Known for

Blue Bloods
Writer

Tony Awards
Self - Nominee

Billions
Writer

Damages
Writer

Homicide: Life on the Street
Writer

Tales from the Darkside
Bellhop

The Sinner
Executive Producer

Deadline
Teleplay

The Electric Company
Producer

Dreamgirls
Lyricist
Filmography
- 2020The Berrigans: Devout and DangerousProducer
- 2017The SinnerExecutive Producer
- 2016BillionsWriter
- 2010Blue BloodsWriter
- 2009The Electric CompanyProducer
- 2007DamagesWriter
- 2006DreamgirlsLyricist
- 2006Haskett's ChanceWriter
- 2003Out ThereCreator
- 2001Next CallerProducer
- 2000DeadlineTeleplay
- 1994Gullah Gullah IslandWriter
- 1994The Hudsucker ProxyNewsroom Reporter
- 1993Homicide: Life on the StreetWriter
- 1993Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has BegunWriter
- 1988The Laser Man
- 1984Tales from the DarksideBellhop
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee
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