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James Dalessandro was born on 1948 in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., is an American writer and filmmaker. Discover James Dalessandro's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 76 years old?

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Occupation Writer filmmaker
Age 76 years old
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Born 1948, 1948
Birthday 1948
Birthplace Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Nationality American

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1906

He is best known for his historical-fiction novel 1906 based on events surrounding the great San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906.

A film adaptation of 1906, based on both the novel and Dalessandro's screenplay, has been in development at Warner Bros. and Pixar Animation Studios, in association with Walt Disney Pictures.

Screenwriter and director Brad Bird has been developing a project based on the novel.

Dalessandro's documentary on the 1906 Earthquake "The Damnedest, Finest Ruins" won numerous film festival awards and was broadcast on San Francisco's KQED/PBS Station.

1948

James Dalessandro (born 1948) is an American writer and filmmaker.

James Dalessandro was born in Cleveland, Ohio on September 3, 1948, and attended Valley Forge High School.

He is of predominantly Italian descent, holds both U.S. and Italian/EU Citizenships, and is proficient in both written and spoken Italian.

He studied journalism at Ohio University, in Athens, Ohio, screenwriting and film making at UCLA.

For many years, Dalessandro worked as a writer in the trailer/marketing department at Columbia Pictures.

1973

From 1973 to 1977, he was co-founder of The Santa Cruz Poetry Festival, with Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and served as its director for four years.

As the nation's largest annual literary festival at the time, it brought Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Ken Kesey, Michael McClure, Gary Snyder, and musicians like Anthony Braxton and Charles Lloyd to the seaside town of Santa Cruz, CA, which set attendance records (over 2,000 people per night) at the Civic Auditorium.

It ushered in what Ferlinghetti called "A new birth of American Poetry. The credit belongs to James Dalessandro."

Dalessandro was also the writer of The House of Blues Radio Hour, which was hosted by Dan Aykroyd (as Elwood Blues) during the period in which it won the Platinum Award from the National Association of Broadcasters.

He was also the writer/creator of "Rock On" with The Doors' keyboardist Ray Manzarek.

Both projects were produced for Ben Manilla Productions of San Francisco, CA.

1985

He has been a member of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) since 1985 and has sold or been hired on more than 30 feature film and television projects for Motown Films, Century Park Pictures, Mark Wolper Productions, Organic Media, Televisa USA, Gross/Jacobson Productions, Roger Birnbaum, Barry Levinson, Starlings Entertainment, Warner Brothers Films, Warner Brothers and others.

1988

James Dalessandro is married to the former Kathleen "Katie" Callies (since 1988) and has a son.

1993

Dalessandro has published four books: Canary In A Coal Mine (poetry), Bohemian Heart, a work of detective fiction published in 1993, Citizen Jane (true crime), and 1906 (historical fiction).

1997

In 1997, his 38-page outline and six finished chapters for a new novel, "1906", a re-telling of the great San Francisco Earthquake and fire, became the subject of a Hollywood bidding war.

The rights went to Warner Brothers Films and their newly signed director Barry Levinson.

2005

In January 2005, San Francisco's Board of Supervisor's voted unanimously on Dalessandro's resolution to set aside the 1906 death count of 478, which had stood since a month after the disaster and recognized the figure of "3,000 plus" that was the result of four decades of research by San Francisco Historian Emeritus Gladys Hansen.

2009

In September 2009, Hallmark Channel broadcast the movie Citizen Jane, the story of Jane Alexander, a Marin County, California woman who had spent 13 years tracking down and helping to convict the man who murdered her 88-year-old aunt.

Dalessandro wrote the teleplay and served as one of the movie's producers.

He also wrote the pilot for a series based on Citizen Jane, which is under active development with producer Larry Jacobson and Entertainment One.

He is the writer, director and producer of the documentary film, The Damnedest, Finest Ruins, narrated by actor Peter Coyote, which looked at the San Francisco earthquake and fire.

Robert Ericksson of the History Channel called the documentary "astonishing."

2010

The January 2010 issue of Playboy ran his article Petrosino v. The Black Hand, the story of Joseph Petrosino, a New York shoeshine boy who was drafted into the NYPD to combat crime in Little Italy, launching his 26-year battle with the American Mafia.

2014

As of 2014, he was the writer and Executive Producer of an FX Channel, 10-Hour limited series based on the life of Det. Joseph Petrosino with his writing/producing partner, Bobby Moresco, Oscar winner for Crash and Million Dollar Baby.

Dalessandro has lectured at the Cinequest Film Festival and the Screenwriting Expo in Los Angeles, CA.

He formerly taught "Screenwriting as a Pro" at Fort Mason Art Center and 17 years as an adjunct professor in Advanced Film and Advanced Television Writing at the Academy of Art University - both in San Francisco.

Dalessandro is currently executive producer and co-writer of Stan Lee's "RESTLESS" television series with David Greenwalt.