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Paul Attanasio is an American screenwriter and producer. He was born in New York City and grew up in the Pelham Parkway section of the Bronx, and later in Tenafly, New Jersey, where he attended public high school. His father, Joe, was an industrial engineer, and his mother, Connie, was a real estate agent. In his twenty-five years in Hollywood, he has been nominated for every major award in film and television, including the Academy Award, the BAFTA, the Writers’ Guild of America award, the Emmy, the Peabody Award, and the Golden Globe. His screenwriting credits include “Quiz Show”, “Donnie Brasco,” “Disclosure”, and “The Good German”. In television, he created the long-running, critically acclaimed NBC series “Homicide: Life on the Street”, and served as executive producer of “House, MD”, the most watched show in the world (with 82 million viewers worldwide). His current projects include the upcoming Showtime series “The Vatican” (in partnership with Ridley Scott) and a reboot of the “Scarface” franchise. Attanasio is a graduate of Harvard College and the Harvard Law School. |
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'''Paul Albert Attanasio''' (born November 14, 1959) is an American [[screenwriter]] and film and television [[Television producer|producer]], who was an executive producer on the television series ''[[House (television series)|House]]''. |
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Paul Attanasio was born in [[The Bronx]], [[New York City]], the son of Connie, a real estate broker, and Joseph Attanasio, a commercial consultant.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/9/Paul-Attanasio.html Paul Attanasio], filmreference.com, retrieved September 4, 2013.</ref> He grew up in the [[Pelham Bay, Bronx|Pelham Bay]] section of the Bronx, and later in [[Tenafly, New Jersey]], where he attended public high school.<ref name=NYT1994>Bernard Weinraub, [http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/12/movies/flawed-characters-in-the-public-eye-past-and-present.html "Flawed Characters In the Public Eye, Past and Present"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 12, 1994, retrieved September 4, 2013: "Mr. Attanasio grew up in the Bronx, in Pelham Bay, and his family later moved to Tenafly, N.J. (His father, Joseph, a businessman, had speaking parts in "Quiz Show" and "Disclosure.") After graduating from Harvard in 1981, and then Harvard Law School in 1984, he was hired at the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore."</ref> He is a 1981 graduate of [[Harvard College]], where he lived in [[Currier House (Harvard College)|Currier House]], and earned his law degree at [[Harvard Law School]] in 1984.<ref name=NYT1994/> His wife [[Katie Jacobs]] is his producing partner; they have three children, Annabelle, John, and Grace. He is the brother of [[Mark Attanasio]], a Los Angeles investment manager who is the principal owner of the [[Milwaukee Brewers]].<ref>Tyler Kepner, [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/sports/baseball/mark-attanasio-goes-all-in-on-the-brewers.html "Owner Goes All In on the Brewers"], ''The New York Times'', September 30, 2011, retrieved September 4, 2013.</ref> |
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He was a film critic for ''[[The Washington Post]]'' from 1984 to 1987. He started writing for television with the [[CBS]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Doctor Doctor (1989 TV series)|Doctor Doctor]]'' and the [[NBC]] [[crime drama]] ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]'', which he created.{{cn|date=September 2013}} In 1994 he wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay adaptation for the drama ''[[Quiz Show (film)|Quiz Show]]''. He would later write the screenplays for the thriller ''[[Disclosure (film)|Disclosure]]'', the gangster movie ''[[Donnie Brasco (film)|Donnie Brasco]]'', the science fiction film ''[[Sphere (film)|Sphere]]'', and the political thriller ''[[The Sum of All Fears (film)|The Sum of All Fears]]''. In 2000 he returned to television and started executive producing, in addition to writing, the medical drama ''[[Gideon's Crossing]]'' and the pilot for ''R.U.S.H''. Along with [[David Shore]], he is one of the creators of the TV series ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', of which he was executive producer. In 2006 he wrote the screenplay for the dramatic film ''[[The Good German]]''. His current projects include the upcoming [[Showtime (TV channel)|Showtime]] series ''The Vatican'' (in partnership with [[Ridley Scott]]) and a reboot of the ''Scarface'' franchise. |
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In his twenty-five years in Hollywood, he has been nominated for every major award in film and television, including the [[Academy Award]], the [[BAFTA]], the [[Writers Guild of America Award]], the [[Emmy Award|Emmy]], the [[Peabody Award]], and the [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]]. |
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===TV appearances=== |
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Attanasio was featured in ''The Dialogue'' interview series. In a 90-minute interview with producer Mike DeLuca, he describes how he went from lambasting movies as a "snotty" ''Washington Post'' film critic to developing rewarding creative partnerships with Oscar-winning directors [[Robert Redford]], [[Barry Levinson]], and [[Steven Soderbergh]]. |
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Paul Attanasio is an American screenwriter and producer. He was born in New York City and grew up in the Pelham Parkway section of the Bronx, and later in Tenafly, New Jersey, where he attended public high school. His father, Joe, was an industrial engineer, and his mother, Connie, was a real estate agent. In his twenty-five years in Hollywood, he has been nominated for every major award in film and television, including the Academy Award, the BAFTA, the Writers’ Guild of America award, the Emmy, the Peabody Award, and the Golden Globe. His screenwriting credits include “Quiz Show”, “Donnie Brasco,” “Disclosure”, and “The Good German”. In television, he created the long-running, critically acclaimed NBC series “Homicide: Life on the Street”, and served as executive producer of “House, MD”, the most watched show in the world (with 82 million viewers worldwide). His current projects include the upcoming Showtime series “The Vatican” (in partnership with Ridley Scott) and a reboot of the “Scarface” franchise. Attanasio is a graduate of Harvard College and the Harvard Law School.