Dan Attias

Dan Attias
Dan Attias in 2011
Born	Daniel Attias December 4, 1951 Los Angeles, CA
Occupation	Television director, television producer.
Years active	1978–present
Spouse	Diane Attias

Daniel Attias (born December 4, 1951)^[1] is an American television director and producer. Attias' career has spanned three decades and during this time he has directed a significant number of popular primetime television programs, including Miami Vice and Beverly Hills, 90210. He frequently works on series for HBO and has directed episodes of The Sopranos, The Wire, Six Feet Under, Entourage and Deadwood. Attias has received two Emmy Award nominations for his directing of Entourage.

He was a regular director for the espionage drama Alias. He has also directed two episodes of Lost.

In 2001, his son David Attias killed four people with his vehicle in the Isla Vista massacre. A civil case was brought against Dan and his wife, Diane for recklessly permitting David to drive their 1991 Saab 9000.^[2]

Television director credits

• Miami Vice (1984) TV Series
• Silver Bullet (1985)
• Sledge Hammer! (1986) TV Series
• 21 Jump Street (1987) TV Series
• Beauty and the Beast (1987) TV Series
• Jake and the Fatman (1987) TV Series
• The Young Riders (1989) TV Series
• Northern Exposure (1990) TV Series
  • episode "First Snow"
  • episode "Mi Casa, Su Casa"
  • episode "Revelations"
• Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) TV Series (19 episodes 1990–1994)
• Melrose Place (1992) TV Series
• Picket Fences (1992) TV Series
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993) TV Series
  • episode "Sanctuary"
  • episode "What Is Love?"
• The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993) TV Series (one episode)
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993) TV Series
  • episode 3.03 "Contact"
• Party of Five (1994) TV Series (15 episodes, 1994–1999)
• The Client (1995) TV Series
• New York News (1995) TV Series
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1996) TV Series
  • episode "The Grape Escape"
• Early Edition (1996) TV Series
• The Practice (1997) TV Series
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) TV Series
  • episode 5.08 "Shadow"
  • episode 5.14 "Crush"
• Ally McBeal (1997) TV Series
• The Sopranos (1999) TV Series
  • episode 1.02 "46 Long"^[3]
  • episode 3.09 "The Telltale Moozadell"^[4]
  • episode 4.08 "Mergers and Acquisitions"^[5]
• Ally (1999) TV Series
• Time of Your Life (1999) TV Series
• Six Feet Under (2001)
  • 2.07 "Back to the Garden"^[6]
  • 3.08 "Tears, Bones and Desire"^[7]
  • 3.11 "Death Works Overtime"^[8]
  • 4.02 "In Case of Rapture"^[9]
  • 4.08 "Coming and Going"^[10]
  • 5.02 "Dancing for Me"^[11]
• Alias (2001) TV Series
  • episode 1.06 "Reckoning"
  • episode 1.20 "Solution, The"
  • episode 2.03 "Cipher"
  • episode 2.07 "Counteragent, The"
  • episode 3.02 "Succession"
  • episode 3.08 "Breaking Point"
  • episode 4.08 "Echoes"
• The Wire (2002) TV Series
  • episode 2.08 "Duck and Cover"^[12]
  • episode 3.05 "Straight and True"^[13]
  • episode 4.06 "Margin of Error"^[14]
  • episode 5.04 "Transitions"^[15]
• CSI: Miami (2002) TV Series
  • episode 1.10 "Kill Zone"
• American Dreams (2002) TV Series
• The O.C. (2003) TV Series
  • episode 1.04 "Debut, The"
• Line of Fire (2003) TV Series
  • episode 1.07 "I'm Your Boogie Man"
• Entourage (2004) TV Series
  • episode 1.04 "Date Night"
  • episode 2.05 "Neighbors"
  • episode 2.08 "Oh, Mandy"
  • episode 2.11 "Blue Balls Lagoon"
  • episode 2.12 "Good Morning, Saigon"
  • episode 3.16 "Gotcha!"
  • episode 3.17 "Return of the King"
  • episode 4.11 "No Cannes Do" (nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series)
• Lost (2004) TV Series
  • episode 1.18 "Numbers"
  • episode 6.12 "Everybody Loves Hugo"
• Boston Legal (2004) TV Series
  • episode 1.03 "Catch and Release"
• Huff (2004) TV Series
  • episode 1.04
• House (2004) TV Series
  • episode 1.10 "Histories"
  • episode 2.01 "Acceptance"
  • episode 2.03 "Humpty Dumpty"
  • episode 2.12 "Distractions"
• Deadwood (2004) TV Series
  • episode 3.02 "I Am Not the Fine Man You Take Me For"^[16]
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005) TV Series
  • episode "Underage Drinking: A National Concern"
  • episode "Gun Fever"
  • episode "The Gang Finds a Dead Guy"
• Commander in Chief (2005) TV Series
  • episode 1.07 "First Scandal"
• Big Love (2006) TV Series
  • episode 2.08 "Kingdom Come"^[17]
  • episode 3.01 "Block Party"^[18]
• Damages (2007) TV Series
  • episode 1.07 "We Are Not Animals"
• Heroes (2007) TV Series
  • episode 2.07 "Out of Time"
• Friday Night Lights (2008) TV Series
  • episode 2.11 "Jumping the Gun"
• Treme (2010) TV Series
  • episode 1.09 "Wish Someone Would Care"
• Homeland (2011) TV Series
  • episode 1.03 "Clean Skin"

External links

• Dan Attias at the Internet Movie Database

References

1. ^ Family Tree Legends
2. ^ Victims’ Families Sue Attias for Wrongful Death
3. ^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "46 Long" synopsis". http://www.hbo.com/the-sopranos/episodes/1/02-46-long/synopsis.html. Retrieved May 11, 2010. 
4. ^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "The Telltale Moozadell" synopsis". http://www.hbo.com/the-sopranos/episodes/3/35-the-telltale-moozadell/synopsis.html. Retrieved May 11, 2010. 
5. ^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Mergers and Acquisitions" synopsis". http://www.hbo.com/the-sopranos/episodes/4/47-mergers-and-acquisitions/synopsis.html. Retrieved May 11, 2010. 
6. ^ HBO. "Six Feet Under episode "Back to the Garden" synopsis". http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/2/20-back-to-the-garden/synopsis.html. Retrieved May 11, 2010. 
7. ^ HBO. "Six Feet Under episode "Tears, Bones and Desire" synopsis". http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/3/34-tears-bones-and-desire/synopsis.html. Retrieved May 11, 2010. 
8. ^ HBO. "Six Feet Under episode "Death Works Overtime" synopsis". http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/3/37-death-works-overtime/synopsis.html. Retrieved May 11, 2010. 
9. ^ HBO. "Six Feet Under episode "In Case of Rapture" synopsis". http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/4/41-in-case-of-rapture/synopsis.html. Retrieved May 11, 2010. 
10. ^ HBO. "Six Feet Under episode "Coming and Going" synopsis". http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/4/47-coming-and-going/synopsis.html. Retrieved May 11, 2010. 
11. ^ HBO. "Six Feet Under episode "Dancing for Me" synopsis". http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/5/53-dancing-for-me/synopsis.html. Retrieved May 11, 2010. 
12. ^ HBO. "The Wire episode "Duck and Cover" synopsis". http://www.hbo.com/the-wire/episodes/2/21-duck-and-cover/synopsis.html. Retrieved May 11, 2010. 
13. ^ HBO. "The Wire episode "Straight and True" synopsis". http://www.hbo.com/the-wire/episodes/3/30-straight-and-true/synopsis.html. Retrieved May 11, 2010. 
14. ^ HBO. "The Wire episode "Margin of Error" synopsis". http://www.hbo.com/the-wire/episodes/4/43-margin-of-error/synopsis.html. Retrieved May 11, 2010. 
15. ^ HBO. "The Wire episode "Transitions" synopsis". http://www.hbo.com/the-wire/episodes/5/54-transitions/synopsis.html. Retrieved May 11, 2010. 
16. ^ "I Am Not the Fine Man You Take Me For". Dan Attias, Writ. David Milch & Regina Corrado. Deadwood. HBO. 2006-06-18. No. 2, season 3.
17. ^ HBO. "Big Love episode "Kingdom Come" synopsis". http://www.hbo.com/big-love/episodes/2/20-kingdom-come/synopsis.html. Retrieved May 11, 2010. 
18. ^ HBO. "Big Love episode "Block Party" synopsis". http://www.hbo.com/big-love/episodes/3/25-block-party/synopsis.html. Retrieved May 11, 2010. 

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