Born in Europe and raised in Evanston, Illinois, D.V. DeVincentis now makes his home in Los Angeles. He has written and produced screenplays in collaboration with others and alone, including American Crime Story: The People Vs. OJ Simpson (for which he received two Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe, and a WGA Award, among others), Grosse Pointe Blank, and High Fidelity (for which he was nominated for Writers Guild of America and BAFTA Awards).