Salvatore Polisi spent over fifteen years with organized crime families in New York. In 1986, he entered the "Federal Witness Protection Program" and never looked back. In exchange, he testified in a number of Mafia-related prosecutions. Sal's story is retold in the book 'Sins of the Father', written by Nick Taylor. Articles have appeared in New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, The New York Times, Playboy, and London's YOU Magazine. Mr. Polisi has also been interviewed by Larry King, Connie Chung and Matt Lauer, just to name a few.

Sal has spoken at US Justice Department conferences, police departments, colleges, and FBI workshops and he was the keynote speaker in "Quantico" at the FBI Academy's graduation ceremony for the class of 1989. Salvatore Polisi has been certified by the "United States Federal Court" in New York as a "crime expert" in the area of gambling, drugs, and organized crime.

Salvatore Polisi has spent the last twenty years honing the art & craft of screen-writing. He has been blessed to have worked alongside Mardik Martin (Raging Bull), his mentor and friend. After a decade of hard work & tenacity, the vision of the completion of "Sinatra Club" the movie is a dream come true! Sal has written five other scripts to include two stage plays, and he is currently working on the Sinatra Club sequel. Salvatore Polisi's documentary is in development.

 

 

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Still Photography by David Lee Dailey