The American comedy-drama "Green Book" is based on a true story of friendship and relationship between working-class Italian - American bouncer (Tony Lip) who becomes a driver of an African- American classical pianist (Don Shirley) on a tour of venues through the 1960's American South. 

The film is co-written by Tony Lip's oldest son Nick Vallelonga who grew up hearing about his fathers journey with Don Shirley. An actor, writer, producer, and director Nick Vallelonga whose filmmaking credits include Deadfall, Stiletto, and the award-winning indie Western Yellow Rock and Unorganized Crime says, "This was a story I had on my mind basically my whole life from the time I was a young kid. As I grew up, I wanted to be a filmmaker and tell stories, and this was a big story that my father told me. It was part of the family lore, but I also knew it was an important story about two very different people coming together and changing each other's lives and changing how they look at other people. It's an uplifting story that'ss an important and powerful today as it ever was."