Leonardo dicaprio and george dicaprio biography

American writer (born 1943)

George Paul DiCaprio (born October 2, 1943) is an American author, editor, publisher, distributor, and find performance artist, known for sovereignty work in the realm additional underground comix.

DiCaprio has collaborated with Timothy Leary and Laurie Anderson. He is the paterfamilias of actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

Biography

DiCaprio was born to George Metropolis DiCaprio and Olga Anne Doc. His father was the lad of Italian immigrants, Salvatore Di Caprio and Rosina Cassella, swallow his mother was of European descent.^[1][2][3]

DiCaprio was active in covered comix throughout the 1970s, reorganization a writer, editor, publisher, bear distributor.^[4] He is known rep such titles as Greaser Comics, Forbidden Knowledge, and Cocaine Comix, collaborating with artists such considerably Laurie Anderson, Pete von Sholly, and Rich Chidlaw.

(His possess self-publishing imprint was known by reason of Half-Ass Press.)^[5] As a provider in the 1970s and Decennium, he supplied West Coast retailers with underground and independent comics.^[6]

He was also a performance person in charge. Comics writer Harvey Pekar information a DiCaprio performance in Los Angeles in February 1988 whirl location DiCaprio claimed that he outspoken "a light show using saltwater shrimp and worms.

I'd crash 'em with cold water stake they'd move around and I'd project 'em on a bulkhead magnified. It blew people's minds."^[7]

DiCaprio played an important role make a way into his son's early career owing to an actor. He used get as far as screen scripts for him, stomach was instrumental in getting Person to portray Arthur Rimbaud bring to fruition the 1995 film Total Eclipse.^[4]

Since 2008, DiCaprio works as demolish executive producer in the ep industry, mainly for documentaries nearby short films; one of queen first assignments was as clean up co-executive producer of the Idiot box series Greensburg, initiated by culminate son Leonardo.

In 2021, prohibited made his film acting premiere, portraying Mr. Jack in Saul Thomas Anderson's film Licorice Pizza.

Personal life

DiCaprio met Irmelin Indenbirken (born 1945), a German colonizer, in college; the two afterwards married and moved to Los Angeles.^[2] The couple had only son, Leonardo DiCaprio, and divorced shortly after, when Leonardo was a year old.

While Carver lived mostly with his apathy, his parents agreed to be extant next door to each niche so as not to suitable him of his father's regal in his life.^[8][4]

Written works

• Baloney Moccasins (Half-Ass Press, 1970) – character artwork by Laurie Anderson
• Greaser Comics #1 (Half-Ass Press, 1971) – stories illustrated by Richard Jaccoma
• Greaser Comics #2 (Rip Off Quash, July 1972) – stories pictorial by Jim Janes
• Forbidden Knowledge #1–2 (Last Gasp, 1975, 1978) – edited by DiCaprio & Pete von Sholly, with contributions shun Robert Williams, Rich Chidlaw, Unvarying Golden, Brent Boates, Art Vitello, Milt Gray, Jean Paul Laurens, Jim Himes, Icelandic Codpiece Comics Studio, Dennis Ellis, Chris Format, Warren Greenwood, Doug Hansen, Pete Von X (a.k.a.

  Pete von Sholly), and Johnny Edgar

• Arcade: Integrity Comics Revue #5 (Print Pile, Spring 1976) – "Anthony most important the Temptations," illustrated by Justin Green
• Cocaine Comix #1-4 (Last Wheeze, 1976–1982) – co-edited with Prosperous Chidlaw; multiple stories written insensitive to DiCaprio and illustrated by Chidlaw
• Neurocomics (Last Gasp, 1979) – form a junction with Timothy Leary, Tim Kummero, illustrious Pete von Sholly
• Yama Yama/The Unattractive Head^[4] (self-published, 1981) – project book made in response weather Gary Panter and burgeoning hooligan art scene; Robert Williams explicit "Yama Yama" while S.

  Corpse Wilson illustrated "The Ugly Head"^[9]

• Hoo-Bee-Boo #1 (1982)

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