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Paul Albert Attanasio (born November 14, 1959) is an American screenwriter and film and television producer, who was an executive producer on the television series House.
Paul Attanasio was born in The Bronx, New York City, the son of Connie, a real estate broker, and Joseph Attanasio, a commercial consultant. He grew up in the Pelham Bay section of the Bronx, and later in Tenafly, New Jersey, where he attended public high school. He is a 1981 graduate of Harvard College, where he lived in Currier House, and earned his law degree at Harvard Law School in 1984. Formerly married to Katie Jacobs, he is now married to Amanda Benefiel, an artist, and has three children, Annabelle, John, and Grace. He is the brother of Mark Attanasio, a Los Angeles investment manager who is the principal owner of the Milwaukee Brewers.
He was a film critic for The Washington Post from 1984 to 1987. He started writing for television with the CBS sitcom Doctor Doctor and the NBC crime drama Homicide: Life on the Street, for which he holds a 'Created by' credit. In 1995 he won the BAFTA for his screenplay adaptation for the drama Quiz Show. He later wrote the screenplays for the thriller Disclosure, the gangster movie Donnie Brasco, the science fiction film Sphere, and the political thriller The Sum of All Fears. In 2000 he returned to television and started executive producing, in addition to writing, the medical drama Gideon's Crossing and the pilot for R.U.S.H. Along with David Shore, he is one of the creators of the TV series House, of which he was executive producer. In 2006 he wrote the screenplay for the dramatic film The Good German.
www.thedialogueseries.com Paul Attanasio's nuanced screenplays for Quiz Show and Donnie Brasco earned him Oscar® nominations, and he recently wrote The Good German for Steven Soderbergh. In this intense dialogue, Attanasio describes how he transformed himself from "snotty" Washington Post film critic to master of adaptations for Oscar®-winning directors Robert Redford, Barry Levinson, and Soderbergh. Attanasio's Credits: Quiz Show (1994) Disclosure (1994) Donnie Brasco (1997) Sphere (1998) The Sum of All Fears (2002) The Good German (2006)
www.thedialogueseries.com Paul Attanasio's nuanced screenplays for Quiz Show and Donnie Brasco earned him Oscar® nominations, and he recently wrote The Good German for Steven Soderbergh. In this intense dialogue, Attanasio describes how he transformed himself from "snotty" Washington Post film critic to master of adaptations for Oscar®-winning directors Robert Redford, Barry Levinson, and Soderbergh. Attanasio's Credits: Quiz Show (1994) Disclosure (1994) Donnie Brasco (1997) Sphere (1998) The Sum of All Fears (2002) The Good German (2006)
www.thedialogueseries.com Paul Attanasio's nuanced screenplays for Quiz Show and Donnie Brasco earned him Oscar® nominations, and he recently wrote The Good German for Steven Soderbergh. In this intense dialogue, Attanasio describes how he transformed himself from "snotty" Washington Post film critic to master of adaptations for Oscar®-winning directors Robert Redford, Barry Levinson, and Soderbergh. Attanasio's Credits: Quiz Show (1994) Disclosure (1994) Donnie Brasco (1997) Sphere (1998) The Sum of All Fears (2002) The Good German (2006)
A self-described "poet of pain," Paul Attanasio has forged a highly respected career as a master of challenging film adaptations. His nuanced and gripping screenplays for "Quiz Show" and "Donnie Brasco" earned him Oscar nominations, and he brought sexy, character-driven life to the Michael Crichton page-turner, "Disclosure". The Bronx-born writer created the acclaimed Peabody Award-winning television show "Homicide: Life on the Street", and he serves as executive producer of the popular medical drama, "House, M.D." Also a frequently hired script doctor, Attanasio most recently adapted the post-World War II novel "The Good German" for director Steven Soderbergh. In this intense dialogue, Attanasio describes how he went fr...
Paul Attanasio's nuanced screenplays for Quiz Show and Donnie Brasco earned him Oscar nominations, and he recently wrote The Good German for Steven Soderbergh. In this intense dialogue, Attanasio describes how he transformed himself from "snotty" Washington Post film critic to master of adaptations for Oscar-winning directors Robert Redford, Barry Levinson, and Soderbergh. http://www.amazon.com/Dialogue-Interview-Screenwriter-Paul-Attanasio/dp/B000V28FQ8/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie;=UTF8&qid;=1393820308&sr;=1-2&keywords;=paul+attanasio&tag;=donations09-20
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Paul Attanasio is a self-described poet of pain. He has created an extremely appreciated profession as a master of difficult film adaptations. His gripping screenplays for Quiz Show and Donnie Brasco earned him Oscar nominations, and he brought attractive, character-driven life to the Michael Crichton page-turner, Disclosure. The Bronx-born author developed the acclaimed Peabody Award-winning television program Homicide: Life on the Street, and he acts as executive producer of the popular medical drama, House, M.D. https://plus.google.com/112733384159510175361/posts http://youtu.be/thbVJdo8vnA http://paulattanasio.co/
www.thedialogueseries.com Oscar®-winner Paul Haggis discusses a career that led from writing for TV to his scripts for Million Dollar Baby and Crash. His stories are an indelible primer for how to manage the screenwriting life, develop a strong story, pitch an idea, and surmount Hollywood's more frustrating obstacles. Paul Haggis's Credits: Million Dollar Baby (2004) Crash (2005) The Last Kiss (2006) Flags of Our Fathers (2006) Casino Royale (2006) In The Valley of Elah (2007) Quantum of Solace (2008) The Next Three Days (2010) Third Person (2013)
Donnie Brasco movie clips: http://j.mp/1uv7KwB BUY THE MOVIE: http://j.mp/OLIEof Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: Lefty's (Al Pacino) paranoia about Donnie (Johnny Depp) is a point of contention between the two men. FILM DESCRIPTION: This drama about an undercover cop who learns the hidden dangers of working his way inside the mob was based on a true story. Joe Pistone (Johnny Depp) is an FBI agent who is given an assignment to infiltrate the Mafia; calling himself Donnie Brasco, he befriends Lefty Ruggiero (Al Pacino), a low-level mob hit man whose personal life is in tatters. Lefty's marriage is falling apart, his son is a junkie, and his health is failing, which only adds to his growing disillusionment about having spent 30 years with the Ma...
Donnie Brasco movie clips: http://j.mp/1uv7KwB BUY THE MOVIE: http://j.mp/OLIEof Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: Suspecting a power play by Lefty, Sonny (Michael Madsen) threatens to kill Donnie (Johnny Depp) if he doesn't reveal what's really going on. FILM DESCRIPTION: This drama about an undercover cop who learns the hidden dangers of working his way inside the mob was based on a true story. Joe Pistone (Johnny Depp) is an FBI agent who is given an assignment to infiltrate the Mafia; calling himself Donnie Brasco, he befriends Lefty Ruggiero (Al Pacino), a low-level mob hit man whose personal life is in tatters. Lefty's marriage is falling apart, his son is a junkie, and his health is failing, which only adds to his growing disillusionment ...
In 2013, the Milwaukee Film Festival was happy to pay tribute to well-known writer/producer Paul Attanasio. On Saturday, October 5, Paul Attanasio sat with Milwaukee Film's Artistic & Executive Director Jonathan Jackson at the Oriental Theatre to discuss his profession, discover clips from his work, discuss his impacts, and discuss Attanasio's ideas on the development of writing for TV and movie today and how the types are more comparable than before. http://youtu.be/uuKkWVigO6M https://plus.google.com/112733384159510175361/posts http://paulattanasio.co/paul-attanasio-mff-2013-tribute/
PAUL ATTANASIO Screenwriter talks about Tricks of the Trade The Bronx-born author developed the acclaimed Peabody Award-winning television program Homicide: Life on the Street, and he acts as executive producer of the popular medical drama, House, M.D. https://plus.google.com/112733384159510175361/posts http://paulattanasio.co/paul-attanasio-videos/ http://paulattanasio.co/paul-attanasio-videos/
PAUL ATTANASIO Screenwriter talks about Tricks of the Trade He has created an extremely appreciated profession as a master of difficult film adaptations. His gripping screenplays for Quiz Show and Donnie Brasco earned him Oscar nominations, and he brought attractive, character-driven life to the Michael Crichton page-turner, Disclosure. http://youtu.be/e4kmo0xWLZI http://paulattanasio.co/paul-attanasio-mff-2013-tribute/ https://plus.google.com/112733384159510175361/posts
The team examines an ex-Marine suffering from mysterious symptoms since returning home from duty while House deals with an ailment of his own.
A severely broken arm reveals a bizarre case of bone loss and ends the comeback plans of major league pitcher Hank Wiggen. House suspects Hank - with a history of drug use - is lying about using steroids, as his stability worsens. When Hank's kidneys start to fail, his wife offers to donate hers, but she would have to abort her early pregnancy. Forced into an impossible solution, and admitting failure as an addict, Hank tries to take his own life. House must isolate and fix the problem soon if this pitcher's life, as well as his career, can be saved.
When an obese 10-year-old girl presents with a heart attack, House and his team investigate. At first thinking it's an adverse reaction to diet pills, they ultimately uncover a much more deadly source of her illness. Meanwhile, under pressure from hospital management, House tries to figure out which of his team to fire. But once he makes a decision, Vogler doesn't accept it and demands he pick someone else, leading House to suspect one of his team members is giving inside information to Vogler.
House diagnoses an injured young woman unable to feel pain, as he and the team search to find the source of her condition.
As House and his team work on the diagnosis of Vince, a man with a giant swollen tongue, disgruntled former patient Jack Moriarty (guest star Elias Koteas) walks into House's office and shoots him. House continues to treat Vince from his hospital bed in the ICU with Moriarty, shot by hospital security and handcuffed to his bed, as his roommate. Mysteriously since the shooting, House feels decreased pain in his leg.
In the season finale well-known performance artist Afsoun Hamidi (guest star Aghdashloo) is admitted to the hospital, but when the team learns that her symptoms may have been self-inflicted as part of a documentary for her latest performance piece, they begin to question whether treatments are necessary and if they are unwittingly participating in the creation of a piece of her art. Meanwhile, a situation prompts House to do something that could change his relationship with Cuddy and Wilson permanently.