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    series The Deuce and We Own This City. Pelecanos, a Greek American, was born in Washington, D.C., in 1957. Pelecanos acknowledged that Elmore Leonard was...
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  • is an American drama television series created by David Simon and George Pelecanos, set in New York City during the 1970s and 1980s. It is broadcast by...
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  • Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton. The miniseries was developed by George Pelecanos and David Simon and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. The six-episode...
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    Simon pitched Pelecanos the idea of The Wire as a novel for television about the American city as Pelecanos drove him home. Pelecanos became a regular...
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  • series The Wire. The episode was written by George Pelecanos from a story by David Simon & George Pelecanos and was directed by Ernest Dickerson. It originally...
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  • series The Wire. The episode was written by George Pelecanos from a story by David Simon & George Pelecanos and was directed by Joe Chappelle. It originally...
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  • series The Wire. The episode was written by George Pelecanos from a story by David Simon & George Pelecanos and was directed by Dan Attias. It originally...
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  • Story of Black New Orleans. Novelist George Pelecanos is also on board as part of the writing staff. Pelecanos was a writer on all five seasons of The...
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  • series The Wire. The episode was written by George Pelecanos from a story by David Simon & George Pelecanos and was directed by Ernest Dickerson. It originally...
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    even before he joined. In addition to writing, Pelecanos served as a producer for the third season. Pelecanos has commented that he was attracted to the project...
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  • episode was written by co-producer George Pelecanos and Michelle Ashford, and directed by Jeremy Podeswa. This was Pelecanos' first writing credit, Ashford's...
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  • The episode was written by David Simon from a story by David Simon & George Pelecanos and was directed by Alex Zakrzewski. It originally aired on November...
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  • Emmy Awards Nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (George Pelecanos & David Simon) (Episode: "Middle Ground") "Joe Chappelle biography"...
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  • "Duck and Cover" Dan Attias Story by : David Simon & George Pelecanos Teleplay by : George Pelecanos July 27, 2003 (2003-07-27) 3.64 22 9 "Stray Rounds"...
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  • of the series. The episode was written by George Pelecanos from a story by David Simon and George Pelecanos and was directed by Joe Chappelle. It aired...
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  • American period drama television series created by David Simon and George Pelecanos, set in New York in the 1970s (seasons 1 and 2) and in the 1980s (season...
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    Times-Picayune. Retrieved 24 May 2015. Pelecanos, George (28 July 2009). "Streams of Whiskey: The Pogues and Me at Boogaloo". George Pelecanos. Video on YouTube...
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  • Acclaimed crime fiction novelist Pelecanos returned as a writer and contributed his seventh episode to the series. Pelecanos's fellow crime novelists Richard...
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    he co-wrote with producer Ed Burns. Overmyer was hired to replace George Pelecanos as a full-time writer and producer. Simon has said that he was impressed...
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  • Steintorf". HBO. 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-15. Ed Burns, George Pelecanos (directors); George Pelecanos (writer) (2004-12-03). "That's Got His Own". The Wire...
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  • staff includes acclaimed crime fiction novelist George P. Pelecanos from Washington, D.C. Pelecanos has commented that he was attracted to the project...
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    series from The Wire's writers and executive producers David Simon and George Pelecanos, Corenswet co-starred as the veteran police investigator David McDougall...
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  • Homicide and was brought into the full-time production staff to replace George Pelecanos who scaled back his involvement in order to concentrate on his next...
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  • the HBO original series The Wire. Written by George Pelecanos from a story by Ed Burns & George Pelecanos, and directed by Joe Chappelle, it originally...
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  • he himself, despite having reformed, doesn't know how to get out. George Pelecanos is given credit with creating the character of Dennis Wise, based on...
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  • "Duck and Cover" Dan Attias Story by : David Simon & George Pelecanos Teleplay by : George Pelecanos July 27, 2003 (2003-07-27) 3.64 Epigraph: "How come...
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    Editing. His second novel, Northline, was also critically hailed. George Pelecanos chose it as his favorite book of the decade. The first edition of this...
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    Gyllenhaal Star in HBO Drama Series "The Deuce," Created by David Simon and George Pelecanos, Debuting Sept. 10" (Press release). HBO. July 26, 2017. Retrieved...
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  • miniseries We Own This City. The series was developed by Simon and George Pelecanos from the non-fiction book of the same name by former The Baltimore...
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  • released in 1985. It was the band's only album for Enigma Records. George Pelecanos references the album in his novel A Firing Offense. Recorded in five...
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