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Fontana was born on the west side of Buffalo, New York, and is the fourth of five children in an Italian-American family; [2] he is a cousin of actress Patti LuPone. He attended Cathedral School, Canisius High School, and Buffalo State College.
While Tom Fontana was playwright-in-residence at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Jake and Gwyneth Paltrow saw his play 'The Spectre Bridegroom' and insisted their father, producer Bruce Paltrow ...
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Tom Fontana. Writer: St. Elsewhere. Tom Fontana was born on September 12, 1951 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He is an Emmy Award winning writer and producer, known for Copper (2012), Borgia (2011), Oz (1997), Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) and St. Elsewhere (1982). He was twice married to Sagan Lewis, before her death in 2016.
In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Tom Fontana talks about his early life, being a theater major in college, and deciding he wanted to be a writer. He describes being "discovered" by Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner, which led to him writing for the critically acclaimed NBC series St. Elsewhere.
Feb 21, 2012 · Emily St. James. Of the many writers who helped change U.S. TV drama in the 1980s, allowing it to incorporate serialized story arcs and offer more complicated characters, Tom Fontana has led one ...
Dec 5, 2018 · Fontana joined the WGA East in 1982 as a writer on the series “St. Elsewhere,” for which he received three Emmy Awards, two Writers Guild Awards, and the Humanitas Prize.
28 Sep 23. Buffalo’s one-and-only Tom Fontana (Emmy Award winning writer/producer, and Buffalo State alumnus) will be participating in a community talk at Buff State on Thursday, 9/28. Fontana will be joined by TV network casting executive, Rosalie Joseph.
