Angelo Pizzo is an American screenwriter and film producer, usually working on films based on a true story, and usually about athletics.
14 Facts About Angelo Pizzo
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Angelo Pizzo graduated from University High School and Indiana University, where he received a bachelor's degree in political science.
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Angelo Pizzo considered becoming a lawyer, but his father encouraged him to do something he loved.
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Angelo Pizzo was an associate producer on the made-for-TV movies Father Figure and Blinded by the Light.
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Angelo Pizzo has served on the boards of the Heartland Film Festival, Kinsey Institute, and New Harmony Writers' Project.
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Angelo Pizzo lived in the Los Angeles area for about thirty years.
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Angelo Pizzo and his second wife, Greta Lind, settled in Ojai, California but moved back to Bloomington in 2004 to raise their sons: Anthony, born in 1994, and Quinn, born in 1997.
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Angelo Pizzo is an avid Indiana University basketball supporter and season ticket holder.
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Angelo Pizzo was awarded Indiana's Governor's Arts Award in 1995.
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In 2000 Angelo Pizzo was given an honorary doctorate from Franklin College.
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Angelo Pizzo received Indiana University's Thomas Hart Benton Mural Medallion for Distinguished Achievement in 1996 and the school's College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award in 2010.
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In 2013 Angelo Pizzo was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Angelo Pizzo received the Hall's Silver Medal Award, given in recognition of contributions to Indiana high school basketball by someone other than a high school player or coach.
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In 2016 Angelo Pizzo was inducted into the Monroe County Sports Hall of Fame and was given a TXMPA Impact Award from the Texas Motion Picture Alliance.