Richard DiLello

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Richard DiLello (born 1945) is an American photographer, author, and screenwriter. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Career

Serving as the "house hippie" (formally termed Client Liaison Officer) at Apple Corps, DiLello's duties included promotional campaigns for The Beatles, Badfinger and other artists who were signed to Apple Records, he later published a memoir of his experiences working at Apple titled The Longest Cocktail Party . [5] [6]

DiLello also became a screenwriter, and went on to write the screenplay for the 1983 Sean Penn film Bad Boys ; the 1988 film Colors , as well as writing for television shows such as Midnight Caller , [7] DEA , [8] and Dellaventura . [9]

Works

As Photographer

Film

YearTitleWriterProducer
1983 Bad Boys YesNo
1988 Colors YesNo

Television

YearTitleWriterProducerDirectorNotes
1986 Popeye Doyle YesYesNoTelevision Film
1988-91 Midnight Caller YesYesNoCreator
1990The BrotherhoodYesCo-ExecutiveNoTelevision Film
1990-91 DEA YesExecutiveNoCreator
1997 Riot YesNoYesTelevision Film
1997-98 Dellaventura YesExecutiveNoCo-Creator

Unmade Film/Television projects

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