Angelo Pizzo
Angelo Pizzo. Writer: Freiwurf. After achieving fame by writing and producing the massively popular sports films Freiwurf (1986) and Touchdown - Sein Ziel ist der Sieg (1993), Angelo Pizzo fielded numerous requests to pen more inspirational sports stories. At first he feared becoming pigeonholed as the go-to sports-movie guy. But eventually he accepted this destiny as he continued writing screenplays, most of which concerned athletics. He was born in Wilmette, Illinois...
Angelo Pizzo. Writer: Freiwurf. After achieving fame by writing and producing the massively popular sports films Freiwurf (1986) and Touchdown - Sein Ziel ist der Sieg (1993), Angelo Pizzo fielded numerous requests to pen more inspirational sports stories. At first he feared becoming pigeonholed as the go-to sports-movie guy. But eventually he accepted this destiny as he continued writing screenplays, most of which concerned athletics. He was born in Wilmette, Illinois...
