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Tom Fontana

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He got his first big break in television in 1982, from producer Bruce Paltrow who hired him to write for the series St. Elsewhere. See more trivia »

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in Buffalo, New York, USA
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Hide HideProducer (27 titles)
2012-2013 Copper (TV series) (executive producer - 11 episodes)
– Episode #2.1 (2013) (executive producer)
– A Vast and Fiendish Plot (2012) (executive producer)
– A Day to Give Thanks (2012) (executive producer)
– Better Times Are Coming (2012) (executive producer)
– The Hudson River School (2012) (executive producer)
See all 11 episodes »
 
2011-2013 Borgia (TV series) (executive producer - 24 episodes)
– The Time of Sweet Desires (2013) (executive producer)
– God's Monster (2011) (executive producer)
– The Serpent Rises (2011) (executive producer)
– Miracles (2011) (executive producer)
– The Invasion of Rome (2011) (executive producer)
See all 24 episodes »
 
2010 You Don't Know Jack (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2009 The Philanthropist (TV series) (executive producer - 7 episodes, 2009) (producer - 1 episode, 2009)
– Haiti (2009) (executive producer)
– Kashmir (2009) (executive producer)
– San Diego (2009) (executive producer)
– Kosovo (2009) (executive producer)
– Nigeria Part II (2009) (executive producer)
See all 8 episodes »
 
2007 M.O.N.Y. (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2006 The Bedford Diaries (TV series) (executive producer - 3 episodes)
– Abstinence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder (2006) (executive producer)
– Risky Business (2006) (executive producer)
– I'm Gonna Love College (2006) (executive producer)
 
2006 50/50 (video short) (executive producer)
 
2005 Anytown, USA (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2004 In Good Conscience: Sister Jeannine Gramick's Journey of Faith (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2004 The Jury (TV series) (executive producer)
 
2004 Strip Search (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2004 Judas (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1997-2003 Oz (TV series) (executive producer - 32 episodes)
– Exeunt Omnes (2003) (executive producer)
– Junkyard Dawgs (2003) (executive producer)
– A Day in the Death... (2003) (executive producer)
– 4giveness (2003) (executive producer)
– A Failure to Communicate (2003) (executive producer)
See all 32 episodes »
 
2002 Baseball Wives (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2001 Shot in the Heart (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2001 Hudson's Law (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2000 American Tragedy (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2000 The Beat (TV series) (executive producer)
 
2000 Homicide: The Movie (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1993-1999 Homicide: Life on the Street (TV series) (executive producer - 122 episodes)
– Forgive Us Our Trespasses (1999) (executive producer)
– The Why Chromosome (1999) (executive producer)
– Lines of Fire (1999) (executive producer)
– Identity Crisis (1999) (executive producer)
– Self Defense (1999) (executive producer)
See all 122 episodes »
 
1999 The 20th Century: Yesterday's Tomorrows (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1998 Family Brood (TV movie) (producer)
 
1997 Firehouse (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1996 The Prosecutors (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1994 Philly Heat (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1993 New Year (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1983-1988 St. Elsewhere (TV series) (producer - 115 episodes)
– The Last One (1988) (producer)
– The Abby Singer Show (1988) (producer)
– Split Decision (1988) (producer)
– Requiem for a Heavyweight (1988) (producer)
– The Naked Civil Surgeon (1988) (producer)
See all 115 episodes »
 
Show ShowWriter (23 titles)
2011-2013 Borgia (TV series)
– The Time of Sweet Desires (2013) (creator)
– God's Monster (2011) (story)
– The Serpent Rises (2011) (written by)
– Miracles (2011) (story)
– The Invasion of Rome (2011) (story)
See all 24 episodes »
 
2012 Copper (TV series)
– A Vast and Fiendish Plot (2012) (creator / story)
– A Day to Give Thanks (2012) (creator / story)
– Better Times Are Coming (2012) (creator / story)
– The Hudson River School (2012) (creator / story)
– Arsenic and Old Cake (2012) (creator / story)
See all 10 episodes »
 
2009 The Philanthropist (TV series)
– Haiti (2009) (creator)
– Kashmir (2009) (creator)
– San Diego (2009) (creator)
– Kosovo (2009) (creator)
– Nigeria Part II (2009) (creator / written by)
See all 8 episodes »
 
2007 M.O.N.Y. (TV movie)
 
2006 The Bedford Diaries (TV series)
– Abstinence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder (2006) (creator / story)
– The Passion of the Beaver (2006) (story)
– Love and the Tenth Planet (2006) (story)
– Tell Me No Secrets (2006) (story)
– I'm Gonna Love College (2006) (writer)
 
2004 The Jury (TV series)
– Too Jung to Die (2004) (story)
– Lamentation on the Reservation (2004) (story)
– Pilot (2004) (story / teleplay)
– The Boxer (2004) (story)
– Memories (2004) (story)
See all 10 episodes »
 
2004 Strip Search (TV movie) (written by)
 
2004 Judas (TV movie) (written by)
 
1997-2003 Oz (TV series)
– Exeunt Omnes (2003) (creator / written by)
– Junkyard Dawgs (2003) (creator / written by)
– A Day in the Death... (2003) (creator / written by)
– 4giveness (2003) (creator / written by)
– A Failure to Communicate (2003) (creator / written by)
See all 56 episodes »
 
2001 America: A Tribute to Heroes (TV special documentary)
 
2000 The Beat (TV series)
 
2000 Homicide: The Movie (TV movie)
 
1993-1999 Homicide: Life on the Street (TV series)
– Forgive Us Our Trespasses (1999) (writer)
– Lines of Fire (1999) (story)
– Identity Crisis (1999) (story)
– Zen and the Art of Murder (1999) (story)
– Kellerman, P.I.: Part 2 (1998) (story)
See all 67 episodes »
 
1997 Firehouse (TV movie)
 
1996 The Prosecutors (TV movie)
 
1995 Under Fire (TV series)
 
1994 Philly Heat (TV series)
 
1993 New Year (TV movie)
 
1992 Home Fires (TV series)
– Sibling Revelry (1992) (story)
– A Bench Too Far (1992) (story)
– Fathers and Sons (1992) (story)
– Marriage by the Book (1992) (story)
– Madonna and Child Reunion (1992) (story)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1988-1989 Tattingers (TV series)
– El Sid (1989) (creator)
– Half a Loaf (1989) (creator)
– Wall Street Blues (1989) (creator)
– Broken Windows (1989) (creator)
– Ex-Appeal (1989) (creator)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1982-1988 St. Elsewhere (TV series)
– The Last One (1988) (story)
– The Abby Singer Show (1988) (teleplay)
– Their Town (1988) (story)
– Weigh In, Way Out (1987) (written by)
– A Moon for the Misbegotten (1987) (story / teleplay)
See all 91 episodes »
 
1987 First Thing Monday (short)
 
1985 The Fourth Wise Man (TV movie)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
St. Elsewhere (TV series) (story editor - 20 episodes, 1982-1983) (creative consultant - 1 episode, 1988)
– The Last One (1988) (creative consultant)
– Addiction (1983) (story editor)
– Baron von Munchausen (1983) (story editor)
– Craig in Love (1983) (story editor)
– Working (1983) (story editor)
See all 21 episodes »
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2000 Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (documentary) (special thanks)
 
1998 Jaded (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (23 titles)
2012 Long Live TOY, Defending Children's Theatre in the Nickel City (documentary) (post-production)
 
2011 America in Primetime (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Crusader (2011) … Himself
– Man of the House (2011) … Himself
 
2010 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Mark Harmon (2010) … Himself
 
2009 PoliWood (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 The Evolution of Clint Eastwood (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 The Business End: Violence in Cinema (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 An Omar Broadway Film (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Who Is Norman Lloyd? (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.114 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 The White Shadow: The Shadow of Bruce Paltrow (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Brilliant But Cancelled: Pilot Season (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Homicide: Life at the Start (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 TV's Most Censored Moments (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Comedy Central Presents: The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner (TV special)
Himself
 
2000 The 70s: The Decade That Changed Television (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Great Books (TV series)
Himself
– Les Miserables (2000) … Himself
 
1998 Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 11 July 1997 (1997) … Himself - Guest
 
1993 The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Writing in a Drama Series
 
1986 The 38th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Writing in a Drama Series & Nominee: Best Drama Series
 
1984 The 36th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Writing in a Drama Series
 

Related Videos

St. Elsewhere: Season 1: Episode 12 -- Dr. White faces an ethical dilemma as he tries to convince a grieving family to sign an autopsy consent form, and Dr. Craig is stunned when his old college roommate checks in for a sex-change operation. Oz: : -- A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants. St. Elsewhere: Season 1: Episode 9 -- Dr. Morrison makes an unheard-of house call, but regrets it when he's pestered with demands for more of the same, and the rift between Dr. White and his wife widens when their daughter is admitted to the E.R. after swallowing moth balls.
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Trivia:

He got his first big break in television in 1982, from producer Bruce Paltrow who hired him to write for the series St. Elsewhere. See more »

Trademark:

His protagonists are often men caught in situations far out of their depth See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo