George Pelecanos

Writing

Biography

George P. Pelecanos (born February 18, 1957) is an American author, producer and television writer. Many of his 20 books are in the detective fiction genre, set primarily in his hometown of Washington, D.C. On television, he frequently collaborates with David Simon, writing multiple episodes of Simon's HBO series The Wire and Treme. He is also the co-creator (with Simon) of the HBO series The Deuce and We Own This City. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Pelecanos, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography Movies

Acting

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The Rules of Film Noir

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Matthew Sweet explores his rules of 1940s and 50s American film noir thrillers.

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The Rules of Film Noir

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Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)

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"Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)" examines the early DIY punk scene in the Nation's Capital. It was a decade when seminal bands like Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Government Issue, Scream, Void, Faith, Rites of Spring, Marginal Man, Fugazi, and others released their own records and booked their own shows-without major record label constraints or mainstream media scrutiny. Contextually, it was a cultural watershed that predated the alternative music explosion of the 1990s (and the industry's subsequent implosion). Thirty years later, DC's original DIY punk spirit serves as a reminder of the hopefulness of youth, the power of community and the strength of conviction.

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Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)

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The Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides

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Filled with humor and defining experiences in both his own life and in the lives of some of his closest friends, William Faulkner and Robert Aldrich, as well as on his late wife, screenwriter Silvia Richards, Mr. Bezzerides offers colorful reflections as to why he and his typewriter unabashedly need to keep creating honest characters, worlds, and stories. Through recently discovered boxes of photographs, film clips, the haunting music by Fugazi, interviews (including Jules Dassin, Mickey Spillane and Barry Gifford) and testaments to his progressive creativity from other writers, Fay Lellios' straight-ahead documentary gives us a start in discovering this 97-year-old proletariat storyteller, and the meaning of his favorite phrase by Carl Jung, "There can be no birth of consciousness without pain."

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Production

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DC Noir

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A crime anthology film based on George Pelecanos' book of the same title.

DC Noir

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A crime anthology film based on George Pelecanos' book of the same title.

DC Noir

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A crime anthology film based on George Pelecanos' book of the same title.

The Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides

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The Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides

Executive Producer

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Fishbowl

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It is 1999 in Bishop, a small town filled with secrets. Three sisters, Belle, Rachel, and Jessa are trying to cope with the absence of their mother and maintain a normal life. Silently repressing them is Rick, their damaged father who, adrift himself, is growing increasingly obsessed with the rapture that he believes is imminent. With home anything but a refuge, the sisters must cling to one another to survive.

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Fishbowl

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Jason Baldwin: I No Longer Face the Storm AloneMOVIE

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Jason Baldwin: I No Longer Face the Storm Alone

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One of the West Memphis Three, Jason Baldwin was incarcerated for life without parole for a crime he did not commit. This film focuses on Jason’s writings which enabled him to get through his days at Grady Correctional in Arkansas.

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