Biography for
Miguel Pinero More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

19 December 1946, Gurabo, Puerto Rico

Date of Death

16 June 1988, New York City, New York, USA (Liver Disease)

Trivia

Brother of Dadi Pinero

He wrote the original play "Short Eyes", later made into a film, as part of an imates playwriting workshop while incarcerated for armed robbery in Sing Sing prison.

Was nominated for Broadway's 1975 Tony Award as author of Best Play nominee "Short Eyes."

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 700-701. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.