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Tom Fontana (born September 12, 1951) is an American screenwriter, writer, and television producer. Fontana worked on NBC's Homicide: Life on the Street and created HBO's Oz.
Emmy-awardwinner Tom Fontana,'73, is helping the next generation of film and television-makers with an annual scholarship for Buffalo State's television and film arts (TFA) program.
Tom Fontana is an Emmy Award winning writer and producer, known for Oz, Homicide: Life on the Street, St. Elsewhere and more. He was born in Buffalo, New York, and has a cousin, Patti LuPone, who is an actress and singer.
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Jul 15, 2022 · Tom Fontana, the creator and showrunner of Oz, shares his vision and challenges of making a groundbreaking prison drama for HBO in 1997. Read his oral history of the show's first season, featuring interviews with cast and crew members.
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Watch a three-hour interview with Tom Fontana, a show creator and producer of St. Elsewhere, Homicide, and Oz. Learn about his early life, career, influences, and experiences in the TV industry.
May 11, 2021 · The late actor Norman Lloyd, who died at 106, was a friend and colleague of Tom Fontana, the showrunner of the NBC drama 'St. Elsewhere'. Fontana praised Lloyd's stories, spunk, versatility and charm in a Variety interview.
Tom Fontana is an Emmy Award winning writer and producer, known for Copper, Borgia, Oz, Homicide: Life on the Street and St. Elsewhere. He was born in Buffalo, New York, and has a cousin, Patti LuPone, who is an actress and singer.
