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| |name = Paul Attanasio | |||
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| |birth_date = {{bda|1959|11|14}} | |||
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| '''Paul Albert Attanasio''' (born November 14, 1959) is an American ] and film and television ], who was an executive producer on the television series '']''. | |||
| Paul Attanasio was born in Attanasio was born in ], ], the son of Connie, a real estate broker, and Joseph Attanasio, a commercial consultant.<ref>, filmreference.com, retrieved September 4, 2013.</ref> He grew up in the ] section of the Bronx, and later in ], where he attended public high school. In his twenty-five years in Hollywood, he has been nominated for every major award in film and television, including the Academy Award, the BAFTA, the Writers’ Guild of America award, the Emmy, the Peabody Award, and the Golden Globe. His screenwriting credits include “Quiz Show”, “Donnie Brasco,” “Disclosure”, and “The Good German”. In television, he created the long-running, critically acclaimed NBC series “Homicide: Life on the Street”, and served as executive producer of “House, MD”, the most watched show in the world (with 82 million viewers worldwide){{Citation needed|reason=Needs a source at least. Cant't find a source to confirm this|date=date=September 2013}}. | |||
| His current projects include the upcoming Showtime series “The Vatican” (in partnership with Ridley Scott) and a reboot of the “Scarface” franchise. Attanasio is a graduate of Harvard College and the Harvard Law School. | |||
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| {{BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 1983-1999}} | |||
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| | NAME = Attanasio, Paul | |||
| | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Paul Albert Attanasio (full name) | |||
| | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Television and film producer | |||
| | DATE OF BIRTH = November 14, 1959 | |||
| | PLACE OF BIRTH = ], ] | |||
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