Tim Van Patten

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Tim Van Patten
Born (1959-06-10) June 10, 1959 (age 53)
Brooklyn, New York City, US
Occupation Television director, actor, screenwriter, television producer.
Years active 1978–present

Tim Van Patten (born 10 June 1959) is an American television director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. As a director, Van Patten has directed episodes of The Sopranos, The Wire, Deadwood, Boardwalk Empire, Rome, The Pacific, Game of Thrones, Ed, and Sex and the City. Van Patten is perhaps best known for portraying Salami on The White Shadow. He also played the villainous teenager Peter Stegman in Class of 1984 and Max Keller on The Master.

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Biography [edit]

Van Patten was born in Brooklyn, New York. He grew up in Massapequa, New York (where he attended the same high school as Jerry Seinfeld). Van Patten is the half brother of Dick Van Patten and Joyce Van Patten, and the uncle of Vincent Van Patten and Talia Balsam. Tim Graduated Massapequa High 1977 in the same class as Brian Setzer, lead guitar of the Stray Cats and Brian Baldinger, Professional Football Player and Executive with the NFL Network.

Career [edit]

Awards [edit]

In 2001, together with Terence Winter, Van Patten won both the Writers Guild Award and the Edgar Award for The Sopranos episode "Pine Barrens", directed by Steve Buscemi.[1] In 2004, Van Patten directed an episode called "Long Term Parking", which won an Emmy for "Best Writing in a Dramatic Series".

He has been nominated for Emmy Awards for directing The Sopranos 's "Amour Fou", "Whoever Did This", "Long Term Parking", "Members Only", Game of Thrones 's "Winter is Coming" and Boardwalk Empire 's "To the Lost".[2] He won the award for the second time in 2012 for "To the Lost".

Filmography [edit]

Television [edit]

Producer [edit]

Year Show Role Notes
2012 Boardwalk Empire Executive producer Season 3
2011 Season 2
2010 Season 1
2009 The Pacific Supervising producer Mini-series

Director [edit]

Year Show Season Episode title Episode Original airdate Notes
2012 Boardwalk Empire 3 "Margate Sands" 12 2 December 2012 Season finale
"The Pony" 8 4 November 2012
"You'd Be Surprised" 5 14 October 2012
"Resolution" 1 16 September 2012 Season premiere
2011 Boardwalk Empire 2 "To the Lost" 12 11 December 2011 Season finale
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
"Two Boats and a Lifeguard" 8 13 November 2011
"Gimcrack and Bunkum" 5 23 October 2011
"21"[3] 1 25 September 2011 Season premiere
Game of Thrones 1 "The Kingsroad" 2 24 April 2011
"Winter Is Coming" 1 17 April 2011 Series premiere
2010 Boardwalk Empire 1 "A Return to Normalcy"[4] 12 5 December 2010 Season finale
"Family Limitation"[5] 6 24 October 2010
"Broadway Limited"[6] 3 3 October 2010
"The Ivory Tower"[7] 2 26 September 2010
The Pacific Mini-series Part nine 9 May 2010
Part seven 25 April 2010
Part one 14 March 2010
2007 The Sopranos 6 Part II "The Second Coming" [8] 19 20 May 2007
"Chasing It"[9] 16 29 April 2007
"Soprano Home Movies"[10] 13 8 April 2007
Rome 2 "Passover" 1 14 January 2007
2006 The Sopranos 6 Part I "Cold Stones"[11] 11 21 May 2006
"Johnny Cakes"[12] 8 30 April 2006
"Live Free or Die"[13] 6 17 April 2006
"Members Only"[14] 1 12 March 2006
2005 Rome 1 "Pharsalus" 5 9 October 2005
Into the West Mini-series "Casualties of War 5 15 July 2005
Deadwood 2 "Childish Things"[15] 7 24 April 2005
2004 The Wire 3 "Back Burners"[16] 7 7 November 2004
The Sopranos 5 "Long Term Parking"[17] 12 23 May 2004
"Unidentified Black Males"[18] 9 2 May 2004
"Two Tonys"[19] 1 7 March 2004
Sex and the City 6 "An American Girl in Paris, Part Deux" 20 22 February 2004 Series finale
"An American Girl in Paris, Part Une" 19 15 February 2004
2003 "Boy, Uninterrupted" 10 24 August 2003
"A Woman's Right to Shoes" 9 17 August 2003
The Wire 2 "Stray Rounds"[20] 9 27 July 2003
Keen Eddie 1 "The Amazing Larry Dunn" 6 8 July 2003
Ed 3 "Second Chances" 20 28 March 2003
2002 3 "Neighbors" 10 18 December 2002
The Sopranos 4 "Calling All Cars"[21] 11 24 November 2002
"Whoever Did This"[22] 9 10 November 2002
"Christopher"[23] 3 29 September 2002
The Wire 1 "Sentencing"[24] 13 8 September 2002 Season finale
Pasadena 1 "Puppy Love" 5 22 May 2002
2001 Ed 2 "Changes" 2 17 October 2001
The Sopranos 3 "Amour Fou"[25] 11 13 May 2001
"Second Opinion"[26] 7 8 April 2001
Ed 1 "The Test" 18 4 April 2001
The Sopranos 3 "Proshai, Livushka[27] 2 4 March 2001
Ed 1 "Opposites Distract" 11 17 January 2001
2000 Touched by an Angel 6 "Pandora's Box" 26 21 May 2000 Season finale
"Monica's Bad Day" 23 30 April 2000
"Living the Rest of My Life" 21 9 April 2000
The Sopranos 2 "House Arrest"[28] 11 26 March 2000
"Big Girls Don't Cry"[29] 5 13 February 2000
"Commendatori"[30] 4 6 February 2000
1999 Now and Again 1 "Nothing to Fear, But Nothing to Fear" 6 5 November 1999
Touched by an Angel 6 "Til Death Do Us Part" 5 24 October 1999
5 "Godspeed" 27 23 May 1999 Season finale
"Fighting the Good Fight" 25 9 May 1999
"Black Like Monica" 24 2 May 1999
"Into the Fire" 20 4 April 1999
The Sopranos 1 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti"[31] 8 28 February 1999
Touched by an Angel 5 "Family Business" 17 28 February 1999
"On Edge" 15 14 February 1999
Homicide: Life on the Street 7 "A Case of Do or Die" 14 12 February 1999
1998 Touched by an Angel 5 "Only Connect" 4 11 October 1998
New York Undercover 4 "Sign o' the Times" 10 4 June 1998
Touched by an Angel 4 "The Spirit of Liberty Moon" 26 17 May 1998 2 hour season finale
Promised Land 2 "When Darkness Falls" 22 30 April 1998
"Undercover Granny" 18 26 March 1998
New York Undercover 4 "Rat Trap" 6 12 March 1998
The Visitor 1 "The Trial" 12 16 January 1998
1997 Touched by an Angel 4 "Great Expectations" 2 28 September 1997
"The Road Home: Part 1" 1 21 September 1997
3 "A Delicate Balance" 29 18 May 1997 Season finale
"Full Moon" 26 4 May 1997
"Missing in Action" 24 13 April 1997
New York Undercover 3 "Hubris" 19 27 March 1997
Touched by an Angel 3 "Angel of Death" 17 9 February 1997
1996 "The Journalist" 12 1 December 1996
Promised Land 1 "Homecoming" 9 26 November 1996
Touched by an Angel 3 "Sins of the Father" 4 29 September 1996
"Random Acts" 3 22 September 1996
2 "Dear God" 19 9 March 1996
"Rock n' Roll Dad" 14 20 January 1996
"'Til We Meet Again" 13 13 January 1996
1995 "In the Name of God" 6 28 October 1995
"The Driver" 4 14 October 1995
"Sympathy for the Devil" 3 7 October 1995
1 "In The Name Of God" 12 28 October 1995
Homicide: Life on the Street 3 "Nothing Personal" 18 21 April 1995
1994 Touched by an Angel 1 "The Hero" 9 25 December 1994
"Manny" 8 14 December 1994
"Fallen Angela" 3 12 October 1994
1992 Home Fires 1 "A Bench Too Far" 5 11 July 1992

Writer [edit]

Year Show Season Episode title Episode Original airdate Notes
2010 Boardwalk Empire 1 "Home" 7 31 October 2010 With Paul Simms
2001 The Sopranos 3 "Pine Barrens" 11 6 May 2001 Story; with Terence Winter

Actor [edit]

  • The White Shadow (1978–1981 TV series): played Mario "Salami" Pettrino in 21 episodes.
  • Class of 1984 (1982 film): played Peter Stegman, the villainous teenager.
  • The Master (1984): played Max Keller in 6 episodes.
  • Zone Troopers (1985 film): played Joey
  • Catacombs (1988 film): played Father John Durham
  • True Blue (1989–1990): played Sergeant Andy Wojeski in 12 episodes and the TV movie

References [edit]

  1. ^ http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/cast/crew/terence_winter.shtml
  2. ^ http://www.emmys.com/nominations/2012/Outstanding%20Directing%20For%20A%20Drama%20Series
  3. ^ HBO. "Boardwalk Empire episode "21" synopsis". Retrieved September 28, 2011. 
  4. ^ HBO. "Boardwalk Empire episode "A Return to Normalcy" synopsis". Retrieved December 19, 2010. 
  5. ^ HBO. "Boardwalk Empire episode "Family Limitation" synopsis". Retrieved November 2, 2010. 
  6. ^ HBO. "Boardwalk Empire episode "Broadway Limited" synopsis". Retrieved October 19, 2010. 
  7. ^ HBO. "Boardwalk Empire episode "The Ivory Tower" synopsis". Retrieved October 17, 2010. 
  8. ^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "The Second Coming" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010. 
  9. ^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Chasing It" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010. 
  10. ^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Soprano Home Movies" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010. 
  11. ^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Cold Stones" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010. 
  12. ^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Johnny Cakes" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010. 
  13. ^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Live Free or Die" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010. 
  14. ^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Members Only" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010. 
  15. ^ Tim Van Patten (4/24/2005). "Childish Things". Deadwood. Season 2. Episode 8. HBO.
  16. ^ HBO. "The Wire episode "Back Burners" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010. 
  17. ^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Long Term Parking" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010. 
  18. ^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Unidentified Black Males" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010. 
  19. ^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Two Tonys" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010. 
  20. ^ HBO. "The Wire episode "Stray Rounds" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010. 
  21. ^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Calling All Cars" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010. 
  22. ^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Whoever Did This" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010. 
  23. ^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Christopher" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010. 
  24. ^ HBO. "The Wire episode "Sentencing" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010. 
  25. ^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Amour Fou" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010. 
  26. ^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Second Opinion" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010. 
  27. ^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Proshai, Livushka" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010. 
  28. ^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "House Arrest" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010. 
  29. ^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Big Girls Don't Cry" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010. 
  30. ^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Commendatori" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010. 
  31. ^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010. 

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