Mario Puzo [3083] Gender: Male Popularity: 1.9432 Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA Birthday: 1920-10-15 Deathday: 1999-07-02 Age: 78 years Movies: 1 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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), which he later co-adapted into a film with Francis Ford Coppola. He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in both 1972, and 1974. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mario Puzo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia The Godfather Family: A1990-07-12