John Nicolella in 1977

[airtommy]

This isn't "where are they now", it's "where was he then".

John Nicolella was the producer of the first two seasons of Vice and also directed 9 episodes.  He died in 1998.  Before Vice he was the production manager for the famous 1977 movie Saturday Night Fever, which leads to this funny anecdote I recently came across:

While filming on location in some of the rougher Brooklyn neighborhoods, some trouble briefly arose with some of the locals. According to Kevin McCormick, at one point someone threw a firebomb at the 2001 disco. Fortunately, no one was injured and there was no serious damage to the club. When McCormick asked the production manager, John Nicolella, why he thought it had happened, Nicolella said, "Well, you know, it's a neighborhood thing. They want us to hire some of the kids." The trouble didn't end there. "Then these two guys appeared on the set, pulled me off to the side," recounted McCormick. "'You know, you're being disruptive to the neighborhood. You might need some security. And if you want to put lights on the bowling alley across, Black Stan really wants seven grand.'" To McCormick's astonishment, the tough guys were paid what they wanted, and the trouble stopped.

http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/293249|0/Behind-the-Camera-Saturday-Night-Fever.html

[Vicefan7777]

I heard the same story in the video Making of Saturday Night Fever.