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There's never been anything I didn't love that I didn't connect with on a personal level because to some degree, I projected upon it.
Nic Pizzolatto
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Nic Pizzolatto
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 18
Film Producer
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Television Producer
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Nicholas Austin Pizzolatto
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