Gustave Reininger
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Gustave Reininger with Dr. Pietro Pietrini | |
| Born | Gustave V. Reininger December 15, 1950 |
| Died | April 19, 2012 (aged 61) |
| Education | St. Xavier High School |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago (BA) |
| Known for | Crime Story |
Gustave V. Reininger (December 15, 1950 – April 19, 2012) was an American screenwriter, who was the co-creator of the NBC TV drama Crime Story. Crime Story was based on the Mafia in Chicago, or "The Outfit," and how it got off the streets and into the boardrooms of Las Vegas casinos. The show premiered with a two-hour pilot movie, which had been exhibited theatrically, and was watched by over 30 million viewers.
Reininger was a former international investment banker on Wall Street, who had caught producer Michael Mann's attention with a screenplay he wrote about arson investigators, as well as a French-language thriller starring Dennis Hopper co-written and produced by him.