Paul Attanasio
The Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
The Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Washington Post, Washington, D.C, United States
A Tenafly High School, New Jersey, United States
The Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
The Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Washington Post, Washington, D.C, United States
(Paul Attanasio wrote a screenplay.)
Paul Attanasio wrote a screenplay.
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1994
(Paul Attanasio wrote a screenplay.)
Paul Attanasio wrote a screenplay.
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1994
(Paul Attanasio wrote a screenplay.)
Paul Attanasio wrote a screenplay.
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1998
(Paul Attanasio wrote a screenplay.)
Paul Attanasio wrote a screenplay.
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2006
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1995
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1997
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Paul Attanasio wrote a screenplay.
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2005
Paul Attanasio was born in the Bronx, New York City, New York, United States. He is a son of Connie, a real estate broker, and Joseph Attanasio, a commercial consultant. He was raised in the Pelham Bay neighborhood of the Bronx, and later in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States.
Paul Attanasio attended public high school in Tenafly, New Jersey, United States. In 1981, he graduated from the Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Paul aslo attended the Harvard Law School where he received a Juris Doctor degree in 1984.
Once a journalist and film critic for the Washington Post from 1984 to 1987, Paul Attanasio wrote the screenplay for Quiz Show, a film depicting the real-life activities surrounding Twenty-One, a hit television game show of the 1950s. Attanasio also wrote for the National Broadcasting Corporation’s critically praised but low rated program Homicide: Life on the Streets, which portrays police investigations in Baltimore, Maryland.
Since Quiz Show, Attanasio has become one of Hollywood’s most sought after screenwriters. In 1994 he wrote Disclosure, the screenplay based on Michael Crichton’s novel of the same name. The following year, Attanasio wrote Donnie Brasco, a film based on Joseph D. Pistone and Richard Woodley’s book Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia. Later, he wrote a screenplay to the science fiction film Sphere, and the political thriller The Sum of All Fears. Attanasio also rewrites others’ scripts, such as the revisions he contributed to The Hot Zone, a movie about a deadly virus.
In 2000, Attanasio returned to television and became an executive producer of the medical drama Gideon's Crossing and the pilot for R.U.S.H. In 2006 he wrote the screenplay for the dramatic film The Good German.
In 2017, Attanasio was confirmed as the writer and executive producer of the new Amazon Video series Tong Wars.
(Paul Attanasio wrote a screenplay.)
1994(Paul Attanasio wrote a screenplay.)
2006(Paul Attanasio wrote a screenplay.)
1998(Paul Attanasio wrote a screenplay.)
1994(Paul Attanasio wrote a screenplay.)
2005Paul Attanasio is a member of Writers Guild of America, East, a labor union representing film and television writers as well as employees of television and radio news situated in New York City, United States.
Quotes from others about the person
“The protective cynicism and sarcastic repartee of these Baltimore cops are brilliantly on target.” John J. O’Connor, discussing the program Homicide: Life on the Streets in the New York Times.
“Attanasio has a natural sense of dramatic rhythm.” Robert Redford
Formerly, Paul Attanasio was married to Katie Jacobs. Now, he is married to Amanda Benefiel and they have three children. Their names are Annabelle, John and Grace.
