Mario Gianluigi Puzo (October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author and screenwriter, known for his novels about the Mafia, including The Godfather (1969). He adapted the novel into a film trilogy with director Francis Ford Coppola, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1972 and 1974. He also co-wrote the screenplays for the first two Christopher Reeves Superman films (1978 and 1980).
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The Godfather
1972
The Godfather Part III
1990
The Godfather Part II
1974
Superman
1978
Superpowered: The DC Story
2023
Please Turn the Page
1979
Superman II
1980
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977
The Last Don
1997
The Cotton Club
1984
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
The Sicilian
1987
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