De Niro: A Biography

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Mixes intelligent analysis with lurid anecdote…a superior unauthorized job' Wil Cohu, DAILY TELEGRAPH

Robert De Niro is the greatest screen actor of our time: film portraits like the young Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather ll, Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver and Jake La Motta in Raging Bull are among the most vivid and intense ever committed to celluloid. He is famously perfectionist, and the lengths to which he will go to create his roles - to 'earn the right' to play them have become legendary. Yet in his personal life De Niro has always shunned the limelight, and he rarely gives interviews. Based on scrupulous research and conversations with friends and colleagues, this new biography provides the first full portrait of De Niro. As well as his film roles, John Baxter examines the actor's often controversial private life, his fruitful collaborations with directors like Martin Scorsese and performers like Harvey Keitel and Meryl Streep, and the ambitious off-screen activities which have increasingly preoccupied him in recent years.

De Niro: A Biography is a fascinating insight into the American film industry and a revealing portrait of a remarkable actor.

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About the Author

John Baxter was born on 14 December 1939 in Randwick, Australia. He is an Australian-born writer, journalist, and film-maker. He is married to the film-maker Marie-Dominique Montel. They have one daughter.

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