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| Paul Attanasio is an American screenwriter and producer. 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). 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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| '''Paul Albert Attanasio''' (born November 14, 1959) is an American ] and ] of ] and ], who was most recently an executive producer on the television series '']''. | |||
| ==Life and career== | |||
| Attanasio was born in ], ], the son of Connie Attanasio, a real estate broker, and Joseph Attanasio, a commercial consultant.<ref>, Filmreference.com. Accessed October 22, 2011.</ref> Raised in the ] section of The Bronx, he moved with his family to ].<ref name=NYT1994>Weinraub, Bernard. , '']'', September 12, 1994. Accessed October 22, 2011. "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."</ref> He is a 1981 graduate of ] where he lived in ], and earned his law degree at ] in 1984.<ref name=NYT1994/> His wife ] is his producing partner; Attanasio and Jacobs have three children: Annabelle, John, and Grace. He is the brother of ], Los Angeles investment manager who is the principal owner of the ]. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/sports/baseball/mark-attanasio-goes-all-in-on-the-brewers.html |title=Owner Goes All In on the Brewers |date=September 30, 2011 |publisher=] |author=Tyler Kepner}}</ref> | |||
| He was a film critic for '']'' from 1984 to 1987. He started writing for television with the ] ] '']'' and the ] ] '']'', which he created. In 1994 he wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay adaptation for the drama '']''. He would later write the screenplays for the thriller '']'', the gangster movie '']'', the science fiction film '']'', and the political thriller '']''. In 2000 he returned to television and started executive producing, in addition to writing, the medical drama '']'' and the pilot for ''R.U.S.H''. Along with ], he is one of the creators of the TV series '']''. In 2006 he wrote the screenplay for the dramatic film ''].'' According to various reports, Attanasio is co-writing a new film based on ] novel, '']''. | |||
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| Attanasio was featured in The Dialogue interview series. In this 90 minute interview with producer Mike DeLuca, Attanasio describes how he went from lambasting movies as a “snotty” Washington Post film critic to developing rewarding creative partnerships with Oscar-winning directors ], ], and ]. | |||
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Paul Attanasio is an American screenwriter and producer. 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). 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.