Paul Attanasio

Paul Attanasio

1959-11-14 New York City, New York, USA 8 Credits

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.

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The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Paul Attanasio

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Paul Attanasio

2007

as Himself

Acting

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

The Good German

2006

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

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

The Sum of All Fears

2002

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

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

Sphere

1998

Screenplay

6.1
Writing

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

Donnie Brasco

1997

Screenplay

7.5
Writing

An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.

Disclosure

Disclosure

1994

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

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

Quiz Show

1994

Screenplay

7.3
Writing

Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-...

Scarface

Scarface

N/A

Writer

Writing

A Mexican immigrant rises to the top of the criminal underworld in Los Angeles.