Carl Capotorto, author of TWISTED HEAD: AN ITALIAN-AMERICAN MEMOIR (Random House, 2008), is currently co-developing an original dramatic series for Logo TV with executive producer Christine Vachon and recently co-developed a half-hour comedy pilot for HBO with executive producers Will Scheffer and Mark V. Olsen (creators of GETTING ON and BIG LOVE). As an actor, Carl played Little Paulie Germani on HBO’s The Sopranos, and has performed principal roles in the movies Mac, Five Corners, Jungle Fever, Riding in Cars with Boys, and others. He is a native of the Bronx and currently lives in Manhattan