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33: 593:, September 12, 1994, retrieved September 4, 2013: "Mr. Attanasio grew up in the Bronx, in Pelham Bay, and his family later moved to Tenafly, N.J. (His father, Joseph, a businessman, had speaking parts in "Quiz Show" and "Disclosure.") After graduating from Harvard in 1981, and then Harvard Law School in 1984, he was hired at the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore." 1272: 1265: 1258: 1281: 798: 629: 791: 1719: 1774: 129:, New York City, the son of Connie, a real estate broker, and Joseph Attanasio, a commercial consultant. He is the great-grandson of immigrants from 1729: 784: 1789: 1724: 1739: 584: 1769: 102: 734: 1784: 807: 555: 205: 1794: 1779: 565: 1734: 339:
interview series. In an interview with producer Mike DeLuca, he describes how he went from lambasting movies as a "snotty"
101:(born November 14, 1959) is an American screenwriter and film and television producer. He has twice been nominated for the 1250: 1759: 1744: 1529: 691: 1764: 1749: 154: 185: 665: 1633: 716: 606: 488: 197: 465: 402: 234: 1001: 938: 1457: 457: 244:. While he was making films, he started Heel & Toe Films, with a first-look production pact at 1605: 866: 315:, he is now married to Amanda Benefiel, an artist. With Katie Jacobs, he shares three children, 251:
In 2000, he returned to television as an executive producer of and writer for the medical drama
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film critic to developing rewarding creative partnerships with Oscar-winning directors
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In 2017, it was confirmed that he would be writing and executive producing a new
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London Film Critics' Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year
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from 1984 to 1987. He started writing for television with the
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Attanasio is the brother of 663: 557:Beyond DiMaggio: Italian Americans in Baseball 1266: 792: 768: 630:"'Homicide' defies odds, marks 100th episode" 201:, for which he holds a 'Created by' credit. 1720:Best Adapted Screenplay BAFTA Award winners 1775:Mass media people from Teaneck, New Jersey 1273: 1259: 799: 785: 553: 31: 601: 599: 579: 577: 311:Formerly married to his business partner 103:Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 1188:, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel and 692:"Heel & Toe marching to Studios USA" 1730:Television producers from New York City 808:BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 689: 206:BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 1707: 596: 574: 554:Baldassaro, Lawrence (March 1, 2011). 418: 1254: 780: 767: 690:Adalian, Josef (September 11, 2001). 1790:Television producers from New Jersey 1725:Film producers from New York (state) 654:Awards, retrieved December 22, 2014. 1740:American writers of Italian descent 145:section of the Bronx, and later in 13: 1022:Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman 735:"Owner Goes All In on the Brewers" 16:American screenwriter and producer 14: 1806: 748: 330: 1770:Screenwriters from New York City 1530:Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 306: 173:Attanasio was a film critic for 727: 226:, the science fiction thriller 1785:Film producers from New Jersey 709: 683: 657: 641: 616: 547: 535: 358: 232:, and the political thrillers 1: 1795:People from Pelham Bay, Bronx 1780:Screenwriters from New Jersey 528: 120: 666:"Attanasio duo ink Par pact" 489:Homicide: Life on the Street 274:, pitched what would become 198:Homicide: Life on the Street 7: 1735:American male screenwriters 125:Paul Attanasio was born in 10: 1811: 1760:The Washington Post people 481: 335:Attanasio was featured in 1745:Harvard Law School alumni 1288: 993: 814: 774: 769:Awards for Paul Attanasio 363: 258:as well as the pilot for 168: 84: 67: 42: 30: 23: 1590:Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 1474:Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 1430:Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 648:Film: Adapted Screenplay 220:, the gangster thriller 560:. 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Index


The Bronx
Disclosure
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Quiz Show
Donnie Brasco
The Bronx
Positano
Italy
Amalfi coast
Pelham Bay
Tenafly, New Jersey
Harvard College
Currier House
Juris Doctor
Harvard Law School
The Washington Post
CBS
Doctor Doctor
NBC
crime drama
Homicide: Life on the Street
BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Quiz Show
Disclosure
Donnie Brasco
Sphere
The Sum of All Fears
The Good German
Paramount Pictures

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