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Early life and education. Career. Television. Articles. Plays. Personal life. Membership. Filmography. Television. References. External links. 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. [1] Early life and education.
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).
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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. The community talk will be moderated by Buffalo State associate professor of Television ...
Tom Fontana (1951-) biography on Film Reference. Full name, Thomas Michael Fontana; born September 12, 1951, in Buffalo, NY; son of Charles Louis (in sales) and Marie Angelica (a hospital unit coordinator; maiden name, Internicola) Fontana; married Sagan Lewis (an actress), December 18, 1982 (marriage ended).
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. He recounts his time on St. Elsewhere, recalling the cast, various classic episodes, the ...
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.
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 ...
