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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.
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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- Writer, Producer, Additional Crew
- Buffalo, New York, USA
- Tom Fontana
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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- Ethan Alter
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.
- September 12, 1951
Watch a three-and-a-half-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.
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Dec 5, 2018 · Tom Fontana, creator of “Oz” and “Homicide: Life on the Street,” will be honored with the Writers Guild of America East’s Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement.