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Daniel Attias

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Daniel Attias won the DGA's 2009 best drama directing award for The Wire (2002) (episode: "Transitions"). He has also been nominated three other times in that category for episodes of The Sopranos (1999) ("46 Long"), Six Feet Under (2001) ("Back to the Garden"), and "Homeland" (2015)_ ("13 Hours in Islamabad:). In both 2006 and 2008, he was nominated for Emmy Awards for comedy directing for Entourage (2004) (episodes: "Oh Mandy," and "No Cannes Do").

After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from UC Berkeley, he studied acting in Los Angeles for three years before enrolling at UCLA where he received an MFA in film production. He is a graduate of the DGA's Assistant Directors Training Program and has worked as an assistant director for Steven Spielberg, Francis Coppola, Wim Wenders and Samuel Fuller.
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    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 1 win & 12 nominations total

    Known for

    Silver Bullet (1985)
    Silver Bullet
    6.4
    • Director(directed by)
    • 1985
    Jennifer Garner in Alias (2001)
    Alias
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    The Wire (2002)
    The Wire
    9.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, and Ginnifer Goodwin in Big Love (2006)
    Big Love
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director(as Dan Attias)

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    • Grace Van Patten and Jackson White in Tell Me Lies (2022)
      Tell Me Lies
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director (as Dan Attias)
      • 2024
    • Kiefer Sutherland in Rabbit Hole (2023)
      Rabbit Hole
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director (as Dan Attias)
      • 2023
    • Lucky Hank (2023)
      Lucky Hank
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director (as Dan Attias)
      • 2023
    • Christoph Waltz in The Consultant (2023)
      The Consultant
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • David Costabile, Jeffrey DeMunn, Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Corey Stoll, Kelly AuCoin, Maggie Siff, Asia Kate Dillon, and Dola Rashad in Billions (2016)
      Billions
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Director (as Dan Attias)
      • 2021–2022
    • Nathan Lane, Natalie Dormer, and Daniel Zovatto in Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020)
      Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
      6.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Director (as Dan Attias)
      • 2020
    • Matthew Lillard and Tallulah Haddon in Barkskins (2020)
      Barkskins
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director (as Dan Attias)
      • 2020
    • Claire Danes in Homeland (2011)
      Homeland
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Director (as Dan Attias)
      • 2011–2020
    • Rachel Brosnahan in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)
      The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Director (as Dan Attias)
      • 2019
    • Laz Alonso, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Karl Urban, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Jack Quaid, Tomer Capone, and Karen Fukuhara in The Boys (2019)
      The Boys
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Director (as Dan Attias)
      • 2019
    • Damson Idris in Snowfall (2017)
      Snowfall
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Director (as Dan Attias)
      • 2017–2019
    • Castle Rock (2018)
      Castle Rock
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director (as Dan Attias)
      • 2018
    • Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys in The Americans (2013)
      The Americans
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Director (as Dan Attias)
      • 2014–2018
    • Clare-Hope Ashitey in Seven Seconds (2018)
      Seven Seconds
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Director (as Dan Attias)
      • 2018
    • Gretchen Mol and Hugh Laurie in Chance (2016)
      Chance
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director (as Dan Attias)
      • 2016–2017

    Producer



    • Grace Van Patten and Jackson White in Tell Me Lies (2022)
      Tell Me Lies
      7.0
      TV Series
      • executive producer (as Dan Attias)
      • 2024
    • Omar Epps and Landon Gimenez in Resurrection (2013)
      Resurrection
      7.2
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2014
    • Danny DeVito, Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson, and Glenn Howerton in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
      It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
      8.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer (as Dan Attias)
      • 2006–2013
    • Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, and Ginnifer Goodwin in Big Love (2006)
      Big Love
      7.7
      TV Series
      • producer
      • consulting producer
      • 2009–2010
    • Party of Five (1994)
      Party of Five
      6.8
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • supervising producer
      • producer
      • 1998–2000

    Second Unit or Assistant Director



    • Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
      Twilight Zone: The Movie
      6.4
      • second assistant director (segment "2, 3 & 4", as Dan Attias)
      • 1983
    • White Dog (1982)
      White Dog
      7.0
      • second assistant director
      • 1982
    • Henry Thomas and Pat Welsh in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
      E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
      7.9
      • second assistant director
      • 1982
    • Marilu Henner, Peter Boyle, Frederic Forrest, David Patrick Kelly, and Lydia Lei in Hammett (1982)
      Hammett
      6.4
      • second assistant director
      • 1982
    • The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981)
      The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
      5.6
      • key second assistant director (as Dan Attias)
      • 1981
    • Teri Garr in One from the Heart (1981)
      One from the Heart
      6.5
      • second assistant director
      • 1981
    • Skyward (1980)
      Skyward
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • second assistant director (as Dan Attias)
      • 1980
    • Mac Davis in Cheaper to Keep Her (1980)
      Cheaper to Keep Her
      4.8
      • dga trainee
      • 1980
    • Ellen Burstyn in Resurrection (1980)
      Resurrection
      7.1
      • trainee assistant director (uncredited)
      • 1980
    • Airplane! (1980)
      Airplane!
      7.7
      • dga trainee (as Dan Attias)
      • 1980
    • The Boss' Son (1978)
      The Boss' Son
      5.7
      • second assistant director
      • 1978

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Daniel R. Attias
    • Spouse
      • Diana

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      In 2002, his son David, went on a vehicular rampage on the Streets of Isla Vista, a college town near the campus of the University California Santa Barbara, killing 4 people and injuring numerous others. The incident was captured on video tape. On June 12, 2002, he was found guilty of four counts of second-degree murder by a jury; however, he was ruled legally insane and sentenced to be placed in a mental institution instead of receiving a jail sentence.

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