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Fontana wrote the HBO film Strip Search, directed by Sidney Lumet, as well as contributing two pieces to the September 11 special, America: A Tribute to Heroes. Elsewhere (Fontana) and Hill Street Blues (Wolf). Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. Now It Can Be Yours. Access contact info, org charts, active projects and more for Tom Fontana and 80,000+ other executives and producers. He worked at the Studio Arena Theater in Buffalo in various capacities before moving to New York City in 1973. In 2003, Fontana was the recipient of the Austin Film Festival's Outstanding Television Writer Award. Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Dean Winters is a True TV Vulture, ‘City on a Hill’ Creator Chuck MacLean Demoted Ahead of Season 2 Following Complaint, ‘City On A Hill’ Creator Chuck MacLean Had Reduced Role On Showtime Series After Misconduct Inquiry, My Favorite Directors and other contributors to Movies TV and productions, Fall 2016 Returning TV Premieres: Sept. 11-22, In Good Conscience: Sister Jeannine Gramick's Journey of Faith, Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport, The Art of Television: les réalisateurs de séries, Long Live TOY, Defending Children's Theatre in the Nickel City, A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry, A Conversation with Director Sidney Lumet and Writer Tom Fontana, The White Shadow: The Shadow of Bruce Paltrow, The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner, The 70s: The Decade That Changed Television, Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street', What to Watch if You Miss the "Game of Thrones" Cast. Fontana was married to actress Sagan Lewis for twelve years until their divorce in 1993.

Fontana served as vice-president of the Writers Guild of America, East from 2005–2007. For even more, visit our Family Entertainment Guide. | Fontana was born on the west side of Buffalo, New York, and is the fourth of five children in an Italian-American family; he is a cousin of actress Patti LuPone. ", Tom invited William Daniels and friends for a get together to Beoordeel films op VPRO Cinema en laat je waarschuwen wanneer je favoriete films op televisie zijn. The series recounts the Borgia family's rise to power and subsequent domination of the Vatican during the Renaissance. He was twice married to Sagan Lewis, before her death in 2016. Fontana grew up in an Italian-American family in Buffalo, New York, and was raised in the Catholic faith. He describes being "discovered" by Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner, which led to him writing for the critically acclaimed NBC series St.