Person
Pete Hamill
Writing · 1935–2020 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
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."
Known for
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Prohibition
Self - Historian
King of New York
Pete Hamill
The Insider
NY Times Reporter
Exposed
Guest at Party
Flesh & Blood
Novel
One Fine Day
Frank Burroughs
Flesh & Blood
Novel
The Yellow Handkerchief
Story
The Yellow Handkerchief
Short Story
Filmography
- 2024The Book SigningShort Story
- 2018Breslin and Hamill: Deadline ArtistsSelf
- 2013If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the NY AccentSelf
- 2011The Yellow HandkerchiefShort Story
- 2011ProhibitionSelf - Historian
- 2009The Yellow HandkerchiefStory
- 2006Home
- 2005Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-TodayAdditional Voices
- 2005Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith StorySelf
- 2001Snow in AugustNovel
- 1999The InsiderNY Times Reporter
- 1996One Fine DayFrank Burroughs
- 1992Split ImagesScreenplay
- 1990King of New YorkPete Hamill
- 1989The Neon EmpireWriter
- 1989The Neon EmpireStory
- 1987Laguna HeatWriter
- 1986LibertyWriter
- 1983ExposedGuest at Party
- 1981You'll Always Have My LoveOriginal Story
- 1979The GiftNovel
- 1979Flesh & BloodNovel
- 1979Flesh & BloodNovel
- 1979From Corleone to BrooklynMan in Restaurant (uncredited)
- 1977The Yellow HandkerchiefShort Story
- 1973Badge 373
- 1973NightsideWriter
- 1971DocScreenplay
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
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