From Mafia Guy to New York Newspaper Editor
How the father of Hidden Figures director Theodore Melfi detoured to the print side
Features executive editor Stephen Galloway’s latest piece for The Hollywood Reporter is a doozy. He sat down at Cecconi’s in West Hollywood and basically turned on the tape recorder as Hidden Figures co-writer and director Theodore Melfi (pictured) recounted his crazy family background.
Dad was a mafia guy. As Melfi puts it, “he did numbers-running and collections and Mickey Mouse stuff.” But still, it went on for decades. That is, until the family realized he wasn’t in the construction business and dad was forced by mom to find a more respectable line of work.
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