Tim Van Patten

Timothy Van Patten
Born	Timothy Van Patten (1959-06-10) June 10, 1959 Brooklyn, New York, United States
Occupation	Director, actor, screenwriter, producer
Years active	1978–present

Timothy "Tim" Van Patten (born June 10, 1959) is an American television director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. He has directed episodes of Boardwalk Empire, Deadwood, Ed, Game of Thrones, The Pacific, Rome, Sex and the City, The Sopranos, and The Wire.

As an actor, he is perhaps best known for portraying Salami on The White Shadow. He also played the villainous teenager Peter Stegman in Class of 1984 and Max Keller on The Master.

Biography

Van Patten was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Massapequa, New York. He is the half-brother of Dick Van Patten and Joyce Van Patten, and the uncle of Vincent Van Patten and Talia Balsam. He graduated from Massapequa High School in 1977, in the same class as musician Brian Setzer and football player Brian Baldinger.

Career

Awards

In 2001, together with Terence Winter, Van Patten won both the Edgar Award and Writers Guild of America Award for Episodic Drama for The Sopranos episode "Pine Barrens", directed by Steve Buscemi.^[1] In 2004, Van Patten directed an episode called "Long Term Parking", which won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.

He has been nominated at the Primetime Emmy Awards on ten different occasions for directing: The Sopranos episodes "Amour Fou", "Whoever Did This", "Long Term Parking" and "Members Only", The Pacific episode "Okinawa", the Game of Thrones pilot "Winter Is Coming", and Boardwalk Empire episodes "To the Lost", "Margate Sands", "Farewell Daddy Blues" and the series finale "Eldorado", winning the award for "To the Lost" in 2012.^[2]

Filmography

Television

Producer

Year	Show	Role	Notes
2014	Boardwalk Empire	Executive producer	Season 5
2013			Season 4
2012			Season 3
2011			Season 2
2010			Season 1
2010	The Pacific	Supervising producer	Miniseries

Director

Year	Show	Season	Episode title	Episode number	Original airdate	Notes
2014	Boardwalk Empire	5	"Eldorado"	8	October 26, 2014	Series Finale Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
2014		5	"Golden Days for Boys and Girls"	1	September 7, 2014	Season Premiere
2013		4	"Farewell Daddy Blues"	12	November 24, 2013	Season Finale Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
			"The Old Ship of Zion"	8	October 27, 2013
			"Erlkönig"^[3]	5	October 6, 2013
			"New York Sour"^[4]	1	September 8, 2013	Season Premiere
2012		3	"Margate Sands"	12	December 2, 2012	Season Finale Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
			"The Pony"	8	November 4, 2012
			"You'd Be Surprised"	5	October 14, 2012
			"Resolution"	1	September 16, 2012	Season Premiere
2011		2	"To the Lost"	12	December 11, 2011	Season Finale Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
			"Two Boats and a Lifeguard"	8	November 13, 2011
			"Gimcrack & Bunkum"	5	October 23, 2011
			"21"^[5]	1	September 25, 2011	Season Premiere
	Game of Thrones	1	"The Kingsroad"	2	April 24, 2011
	Game of Thrones	1	"Winter Is Coming"	1	April 17, 2011	Series Premiere Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
2010	Boardwalk Empire	1	"A Return to Normalcy"^[6]	12	December 5, 2010	Season Finale
			"Family Limitation"^[7]	6	October 24, 2010
			"Broadway Limited"^[8]	3	October 3, 2010
			"The Ivory Tower"^[9]	2	September 26, 2010
	The Pacific	Miniseries	"Okinawa"		May 9, 2010	Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special
			"Peleliu Hills"		April 25, 2010
			"Guadalcanal/Leckie"		March 14, 2010
2007	The Sopranos	6 Part II	"The Second Coming" ^[10]	19	May 20, 2007
			"Chasing It"^[11]	16	April 29, 2007
			"Soprano Home Movies"^[12]	13	April 8, 2007
	Rome	2	"Passover"	1	January 14, 2007
2006	The Sopranos	6 Part I	"Cold Stones"^[13]	11	May 21, 2006
			"Johnny Cakes"^[14]	8	April 30, 2006
			"Live Free or Die"^[15]	6	April 17, 2006
			"Members Only"^[16]	1	March 12, 2006	Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
2005	Rome	1	"Pharsalus"	5	October 9, 2005
	Into the West	Miniseries	"Casualties of War	5	July 15, 2005
	Deadwood	2	"Childish Things"^[17]	7	April 24, 2005
2004	The Wire	3	"Back Burners"^[18]	7	November 7, 2004
	The Sopranos	5	"Long Term Parking"^[19]	12	May 23, 2004	Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
			"Unidentified Black Males"^[20]	9	May 2, 2004
			"Two Tonys"^[21]	1	March 7, 2004
	Sex and the City	6	"An American Girl in Paris, Part Deux"	20	February 22, 2004	Series Finale
			"An American Girl in Paris, Part Une"	19	February 15, 2004
2003			"Boy, Uninterrupted"	10	August 24, 2003
			"A Woman's Right to Shoes"	9	August 17, 2003
	The Wire	2	"Stray Rounds"^[22]	9	July 27, 2003
	Keen Eddie	1	"The Amazing Larry Dunn"	6	July 8, 2003
	Ed	3	"Second Chances"	20	March 28, 2003
2002	Ed	3	"Neighbors"	10	December 18, 2002
	The Sopranos	4	"Calling All Cars"^[23]	11	November 24, 2002
			"Whoever Did This"^[24]	9	November 10, 2002	Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
			"Christopher"^[25]	3	September 29, 2002
	The Wire	1	"Sentencing"^[26]	13	September 8, 2002	Season Finale
	Pasadena	1	"Puppy Love"	5	May 22, 2002
2001	Ed	2	"Changes"	2	October 17, 2001
	The Sopranos	3	"Amour Fou"^[27]	11	May 13, 2001	Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
	The Sopranos	3	"Second Opinion"^[28]	7	April 8, 2001
	Ed	1	"The Test"	18	April 4, 2001
	The Sopranos	3	"Proshai, Livushka"^[29]	2	March 4, 2001
	Ed	1	"Opposites Distract"	11	January 17, 2001
2000	Touched by an Angel	6	"Pandora's Box"	26	May 21, 2000	Season Finale
			"Monica's Bad Day"	23	April 30, 2000
			"Living the Rest of My Life"	21	April 9, 2000
	The Sopranos	2	"House Arrest"^[30]	11	March 26, 2000
			"Big Girls Don't Cry"^[31]	5	February 13, 2000
			"Commendatori"^[32]	4	February 6, 2000
1999	Now and Again	1	"Nothing to Fear, But Nothing to Fear"	6	November 5, 1999
	Touched by an Angel	6	"Til Death Do Us Part"	5	October 24, 1999
		5	"Godspeed"	27	May 23, 1999	Season Finale
			"Fighting the Good Fight"	25	May 9, 1999
			"Black Like Monica"	24	May 2, 1999
			"Into the Fire"	20	April 4, 1999
	The Sopranos	1	"The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti"^[33]	8	February 28, 1999
	Touched by an Angel	5	"Family Business"	17	February 28, 1999
	Touched by an Angel	5	"On Edge"	15	February 14, 1999
	Homicide: Life on the Street	7	"A Case of Do or Die"	14	February 12, 1999
1998	Touched by an Angel	5	"Only Connect"	4	October 11, 1998
	New York Undercover	4	"Sign o' the Times"	10	June 4, 1998
	Touched by an Angel	4	"The Spirit of Liberty Moon"	26	May 17, 1998	2 hour Season Finale
	Promised Land	2	"When Darkness Falls"	22	April 30, 1998
	Promised Land	2	"Undercover Granny"	18	March 26, 1998
	New York Undercover	4	"Rat Trap"	6	March 12, 1998
	The Visitor	1	"The Trial"	12	January 16, 1998
1997	Touched by an Angel	4	"Great Expectations"	2	September 28, 1997
		4	"The Road Home: Part 1"	1	September 21, 1997
		3	"A Delicate Balance"	29	May 18, 1997	Season Finale
			"Full Moon"	26	May 4, 1997
			"Missing in Action"	24	April 13, 1997
	New York Undercover	3	"Hubris"	19	March 27, 1997
	Touched by an Angel	3	"Angel of Death"	17	February 9, 1997
1996	Touched by an Angel	3	"The Journalist"	12	December 1, 1996
	Promised Land	1	"Homecoming"	9	November 26, 1996
	Touched by an Angel	3	"Sins of the Father"	4	September 29, 1996
		3	"Random Acts"	3	September 22, 1996
		2	"Dear God"	19	March 9, 1996
			"Rock n' Roll Dad"	14	January 20, 1996
			"'Til We Meet Again"	13	January 13, 1996
1995			"In the Name of God"	6	October 28, 1995
			"The Driver"	4	October 14, 1995
			"Sympathy for the Devil"	3	October 7, 1995
		1	"In The Name Of God"	12	October 28, 1995
	Homicide: Life on the Street	3	"Nothing Personal"	18	April 21, 1995
1994	Touched by an Angel	1	"The Hero"	9	December 25, 1994
			"Manny"	8	December 14, 1994
			"Fallen Angela"	3	October 12, 1994
1992	Home Fires	1	"A Bench Too Far"	5	July 11, 1992

Writer

Year	Show	Season	Episode title	Episode number	Original airdate	Notes
2010	Boardwalk Empire	1	"Home"	7	October 31, 2010	with Paul Simms
2001	The Sopranos	3	"Pine Barrens"	11	May 6, 2001	story; with Terence Winter

Actor

The White Shadow (1978–1981; TV series): played Mario "Salami" Pettrino in 21 episodes
Class of 1984 (1982 film): played Peter Stegman, the villainous teenager
The Master (1984; TV series): played Max Keller in 13 episodes
Escape from El Diablo (1984 film): played Pauli
Zone Troopers (1985 film): played Joey
The Wrong Guys (1988 film): played J.T.
Catacombs (1988 film): played Father John Durham
True Blue (1989–1990; TV series): played Sergeant Andy Wojeski in 12 episodes and the TV movie

References

↑ "The Sopranos: Cast & Crew". HBO. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
↑ "Tim Van Patten". Television Academy.
↑ HBO. "Boardwalk Empire episode "Erlkönig" synopsis". Retrieved October 9, 2013.
↑ HBO. "Boardwalk Empire episode "New York Sour" synopsis". Retrieved October 9, 2013.
↑ HBO. "Boardwalk Empire episode "21" synopsis". Retrieved September 28, 2011.
↑ HBO. "Boardwalk Empire episode "A Return to Normalcy" synopsis". Retrieved December 19, 2010.
↑ HBO. "Boardwalk Empire episode "Family Limitation" synopsis". Retrieved November 2, 2010.
↑ HBO. "Boardwalk Empire episode "Broadway Limited" synopsis". Retrieved October 19, 2010.
↑ HBO. "Boardwalk Empire episode "The Ivory Tower" synopsis". Retrieved October 17, 2010.
↑ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "The Second Coming" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010.
↑ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Chasing It" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010.
↑ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Soprano Home Movies" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010.
↑ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Cold Stones" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010.
↑ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Johnny Cakes" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010.
↑ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Live Free or Die" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010.
↑ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Members Only" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010.
↑ Tim Van Patten (director), Regina Corrado (writer) (April 24, 2005). "Childish Things". Deadwood. Season 2. Episode 8. HBO.
↑ HBO. "The Wire episode "Back Burners" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010.
↑ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Long Term Parking" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010.
↑ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Unidentified Black Males" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010.
↑ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Two Tonys" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010.
↑ HBO. "The Wire episode "Stray Rounds" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010.
↑ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Calling All Cars" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010.
↑ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Whoever Did This" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010.
↑ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Christopher" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010.
↑ HBO. "The Wire episode "Sentencing" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010.
↑ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Amour Fou" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010.
↑ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Second Opinion" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010.
↑ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Proshai, Livushka" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010.
↑ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "House Arrest" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010.
↑ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Big Girls Don't Cry" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010.
↑ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Commendatori" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010.
↑ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" synopsis". Retrieved February 21, 2010.

External links

Tim Van Patten at the Internet Movie Database
Timothy Van Patten interview video at the Archive of American Television

Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama (2000–2009)

Rick Cleveland and Aaron Sorkin for "In Excelsis Deo" (2000) Tim Van Patten and Terence Winter for "Pine Barrens" (2001) Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin for "Pilot" (The Education of Max Bickford) (2002) Evan Katz for "Day 2: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m." (2003) Debora Cahn for "The Supremes" (2004) Lawrence Kaplow for "Autopsy" (2005) Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer for "Pilot" (Big Love) (2006) Terence Winter for "The Second Coming" (2007) Vince Gilligan for "Pilot" (Breaking Bad) (2008) David Foster, Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, and David Shore for "Broken" (2009)

Complete list 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s

Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series

1971–1989	John Rich for "All in the Family" (1971) Gene Reynolds for "Pilot" (MASH) (1972) Gene Reynolds for "Deal Me Out" (1973) Hy Averback for "Alcoholics Unanimous" (1974) Hy Averback for "Bombed" (1975) Alan Alda for "Dear Sigmund" (1976) Paul Bogart for "Edith's 50th Birthday" (1977) Paul Bogart for "California, Here We Are" (1978) Paul Bogart for "Too Good Edith" (1979) Noam Pitlik for "Fog" (1980) Alan Alda for "The Life You Save" (1981) Alan Alda for "Where There's a Will, There's a War" (1982) James Burrows for "Showdown: Part II" (1983) Jay Sandrich for "Pilot" (The Cosby Show) (1984) Jay Sandrich for "Pilot" (The Golden Girls) (1985) Terry Hughes for "Isn't It Romantic?" (1986) Will Mackenzie for "'A,' My Name is Alex" (1987) Steve Miner for "Pilot" (The Wonder Years*) (1988) Barnet Kellman for "Brown Like Me" (1989)

1990–2009	James Burrows for "Woody Interruptus" (1990) Peter Bonerz for "Uh Oh: Part II" (1991) Tom Cherones for "The Contest" (1992) James Burrows for "The Good Son" (1993) David Lee for "The Matchmaker" (1994) Gordon Hunt for "The Alan Brady Show" (1995) Andy Ackerman for "The Rye" (1996) Andy Ackerman for "The Betrayal" (1997) Thomas Schlamme for "Pilot" (Sports Night) (1998) Thomas Schlamme for "Small Town" (1999) James Burrows for "Lows in the Mid-Eighties" (2000) Todd Holland for "Bowling" (2001) Bryan Gordon for "Special Section" (2002) Tim Van Patten for "Boy Interrupted" (2003) Tim Van Patten for "An American Girl in Paris: Part Deux" (2004) Marc Buckland for "Pilot" (My Name Is Earl) (2005) Richard Shepard for "Pilot" (Ugly Betty) (2006) Barry Sonnenfeld for "Pie-lette" (2007) Paul Feig for "Dinner Party" (2008) Jason Winer for "Pilot" (Modern Family) (2009)

2010-2016	Michael Spiller for "Halloween" (2010) Robert B. Weide for "Palestinian Chicken" (2011) Lena Dunham for "Pilot" (Girls) (2012) Beth McCarthy-Miller for "Hogcock!" / "Last Lunch" (2013) Jill Soloway for "Best New Girl" (2014) Chris Addison for "Election Night" (2015)

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

Jack Smight for "Eddie" (1959)
Robert Mulligan for The Moon and Sixpence (1960)
George Schaefer for "Macbeth (II)" (1961)
Franklin J. Schaffner (1962)
Stuart Rosenberg for "The Madman" (1963)
Tom Gries for "Who Do You Kill?" (1964)
Paul Bogart for "The 700 Year Old Gang" (1965)
Sydney Pollack for "The Game" (1966)
Alex Segal for Death of a Salesman (1967)
Lee H. Katzin (1968)
David Greene for "The People Next Door" (1969)
Paul Bogart for "Shadow Game" (1970)
Daryl Duke for "The Day the Lion Died" / Fielder Cook for "The Price" (1971)
Alexander Singer for "The Invasion of Kevin Ireland" / Tom Gries (1972)
Jerry Thorpe for "An Eye for an Eye" / Joseph Sargent for "The Marcus-Nelson Murders" (1973)
John Korty for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman / Robert Butler for "Part III" (1974)
Bill Bain for "A Sudden Storm" (1975)
David Greene for Episode 8 (Rich Man, Poor Man) (1976)
David Greene for Part 1 (Roots) (1977)
Marvin J. Chomsky for Holocaust (1978)
Jackie Cooper for "Pilot" (The White Shadow) (1979)
Roger Young for "Cop" (1980)
Robert Butler for "Hill Street Station"(1981)
Harry Harris for "To Soar and Never Falter" (1982)
Jeff Bleckner for "Life in the Minors" (1983)
Corey Allen for "Goodbye, Mr. Scripps" (1984)
Karen Arthur for "Heat" (1985)
Georg Stanford Brown for "Parting Shots" (1986)
Gregory Hoblit for "Pilot" (L.A. Law) (1987)
Mark Tinker for "Weigh In, Way Out" (1988)
Robert Altman for "The Boiler Room" (1989)
Thomas Carter for "Promises to Keep" / Scott Winant for "The Go-Between" (1990)
Thomas Carter for "In Confidence" (1991)
Eric Laneuville for "All God's Children" (1992)
Barry Levinson for "Gone for Goode" (1993)
Daniel Sackheim for "Tempest in a C-Cup" (1994)
Mimi Leder for "Love's Labor Lost" (1995)
Jeremy Kagan for "Leave of Absence" (1996)
Mark Tinker for "Where's Swaldo?" (1997)
Mark Tinker for "Pilot" (Brooklyn South) / Paris Barclay for "Brain Salad Surgery" (1998)
Paris Barclay for "Hearts and Souls" (1999)
Thomas Schlamme for "Pilot" (The West Wing) (2000)
Thomas Schlamme for "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part I" & "Part II" (2001)
Alan Ball for "Pilot" (Six Feet Under) (2002)
Christopher Misiano for "Twenty Five" (2003)
Walter Hill for "Deadwood" (2004)
J. J. Abrams for "Pilot" (Lost) (2005)
Jon Cassar for "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." (2006)
Alan Taylor for "Kennedy and Heidi" (2007)
Greg Yaitanes for "House's Head" (2008)
Rod Holcomb for "And in the End..." (2009)
Steve Shill for "The Getaway" (2010)
Martin Scorsese for "Boardwalk Empire" (2011)
Tim Van Patten for "To the Lost" (2012)
David Fincher for "Chapter 1" (2013)
Cary Joji Fukunaga for "Who Goes There" (2014)
David Nutter for "Mother's Mercy" (2015)
Miguel Sapochnik for "Battle of the Bastards" (2016)

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