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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.
- Screenwriter, playwright, producer
- September 12, 1951 (age 72), Buffalo, New York, United States
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
Emmy-award winner 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.
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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.
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.
May 11, 2021 · That’s how “St. Elsewhere” showrunner Tom Fontana remembered his dear friend Norman Lloyd, the legendary actor who died Tuesday at the age of 106. Lloyd, who died at his home in Los Angeles,...