Playwright

John
Pielmeier

John Pielmeier began his career with the play and movie Agnes of God and the television film Choices of the Heart. Most recently he has written and acted in the extremely successful television miniseries The Pillars of the Earth and written a stage adaptation The Exorcist. In between he has won the Humanitas Award (plus two nominations), five Writers’ Guild Award nominations, a Gemini nomination, an Edgar Award, the Camie Award, a Christopher Award, and his projects have won a Gemini Award and have been nominated for the Emmy Award (three times) and the Golden Globe Award. He is married to writer Irene O’Garden. They live in Garrison, New York. If you want to know more, please visit his website at johnpielmeier.com.

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