Willie Reale

Known for Writing

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Willie Reale grew up in Park Ridge, New Jersey with four brothers and a sister. Theater credits include Once Around the City (book and lyrics), which was produced off-broadway at the Second Stage Theatre. He was nominated for two Tony Awards for A Year With Frog and Toad, which he wrote with his brother, composer Robert Reale. With his brother (and Richard Dresser) he has written Johnny Baseball, which was produced at the American Repertory Theater. Mr. Reale has an Academy Award nomination in the best song category for his work as a lyricist on the movie Dreamgirls and has won 3 Emmy awards (in 2010, 2011) as one of the writer/producers behind the recent reinvention of 1970’s literacy classic, The Electric Company on PBS. Willie has worked written extensively for network television and has been nominated 3 times for Writer’s Guild Awards.Read more

Movies & web series

The Electric Company

Deadline

Gullah Gullah Island

Homicide: Life on the Street

Billions

Blue Bloods

The Sinner

Damages

Tales from the Darkside

Out There

The Hudsucker Proxy

Dreamgirls

The Laser Man

Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun

The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous

Haskett's Chance

Next Caller

Tony Awards