Biography
Paul Albert Attanasio (born November 14, 1959) is an American screenwriter. 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. Paul is known for Homicide: Life on The Street (1993-1999), Quiz Show (1994), Donnie Brasco (1997) and House M.D. (2004). He is married to Amanda Attanasio.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Paul Attanasio
2007
as Himself
Paul Attanasio's nuanced screenplays for Quiz Show and Donnie Brasco earned him Oscar nominations, and he recently wrote The Good German for Steven So...
The Good German
2006
Screenplay
An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes...
The Sum of All Fears
2002
Screenplay
When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia a...
Sphere
1998
Screenplay
A spacecraft is discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, presumed to be at least 300 years old and of alien origin. A crack team of scientists an...
Donnie Brasco
1997
Screenplay
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
Disclosure
1994
Screenplay
A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career an...
Quiz Show
1994
Screenplay
Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-...
Scarface
N/A
Writer
A Mexican immigrant rises to the top of the criminal underworld in Los Angeles.