Dan Attias
Daniel Attias (born December 4, 1951)[1] is an American television director and producer. He is also director of his only feature film Silver Bullet from 1985, based on the novella by Stephen King. Attias' career spanned three decades, during which he 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, True Blood, Entourage and Deadwood. Attias has received two Emmy Award nominations for his directing of Entourage.
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Occupation | Television director, television producer |
Years active | 1978–present |
Spouse(s) | Diane Attias |
Children | David Attias Rachel Attias |
He was a regular director for the espionage drama Alias. He has also directed two episodes of Lost.
Being of Jewish descent, in August 2015 he signed – as one of 98 members of Los Angeles' Jewish community – an open letter supporting the proposed nuclear agreement between Iran and six world powers led by the United States "as being in the best interest of the United States and Israel."[2]
Isla Vista Murders
In 2001, his son David murdered five people with his vehicle in the 2001 Isla Vista killings and walked free in 2012 (after serving only around 10 years in a mental institution for killing five individuals).[3] Several eyewitnesses said they heard Attias shout "I am the Angel of Death" and other satanic phrases moments after the collision.[4]
A civil case was brought against Dan and his wife, Diana, for recklessly permitting David to drive their 1991 Saab 9000.[5] That suit was settled confidentially in September 2003.[6][7]
Director credits
- Miami Vice (1984) TV Series
- Silver Bullet (1985) Film
- 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"[8]
- episode 3.09 "The Telltale Moozadell"[9]
- episode 4.08 "Mergers and Acquisitions"[10]
- Ally (1999) TV Series
- Time of Your Life (1999) TV Series
- Six Feet Under (2001)
- 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"[17]
- episode 3.05 "Straight and True"[18]
- episode 4.06 "Margin of Error"[19]
- episode 5.04 "Transitions"[20]
- 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"
- episode 8.02 "Transplant"
- Deadwood (2004) TV Series
- episode 3.02 "I Am Not the Fine Man You Take Me For"[21]
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005) TV Series
- 1.03 "Underage Drinking: A National Concern"
- 1.05 "Gun Fever"
- 1.06 "The Gang Finds a Dead Guy"
- 2.02 "The Gang Goes Jihad"
- 2.03 "Dennis and Dee Go on Welfare"
- 2.04 "Mac Bangs Dennis' Mom"
- 2.05 "Hundred Dollar Baby"
- 2.06 "The Gang Gives Back"
- 2.07 "The Gang Exploits a Miracle"
- 2.08 "The Gang Runs for Office"
- 2.09 "Charlie Goes America All Over Everybody's Ass"
- 2.10 "Dennis and Dee Get a New Dad"
- 9.04 "Mac and Dennis Buy a Timeshare"
- 9.06 "The Gang Saves the Day"
- 9.08 "Flowers for Charlie"
- 9.09 "The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 6"
- Commander in Chief (2005) TV Series
- episode 1.07 "First Scandal"
- Big Love (2006) TV Series
- 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"
- episode 2.09 "Two Hats"
- episode 4.10 "13 Hours in Islamabad"
- True Blood (2008) TV Series
- episode 5.06 "Hopeless"
- episode 5.09 "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
- episode 6.02 "The Sun"
- The Killing (2011) TV Series
- episode 1.08 "Stonewalled"
- episode 2.02 "My Lucky Day"
- The Walking Dead (2012) TV Series
- episode 3.06 "Hounded"
- The Americans (2013) TV Series
- episode 2.05 "The Deal"
- episode 6.03 "Urban Transport Planning"
- Resurrection (2014) TV Series
- episode 1.02 "Unearth"
- episode 1.07 "Schemes of the Devil"
- episode 1.08 "Torn Apart"
- episode 2.13 "Loved in Return"
- Get Shorty (2017) TV Series
- episode 1.07 "Grace Under Pressure"
- episode 1.08 "Shot on Location"
- Snowfall (2017) TV Series
- episode 1.03 "Slow Hand"
- episode 2.01 "Sightlines"
- episode 3.01 "Protect and Swerve"
- Seven Seconds (2018) TV Series
- episode 1.08 "Bailed Out"
- The Boys (2019) TV Series
- episode 1.07 "The Self-Perservation Society"
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2019) TV Series
- episode 3.02 "It's the Sixties, Man!"[24]
- Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020) (TV series)
- episode 1.09 "Sing, Sing, Sing"
- Barkskins (2020) (TV series)
- episode 1.06 "The Wobble"
External links
- Dan Attias at IMDb
References
- Family Tree Legends
- Abramovitch, Seth (August 12, 2015). "98 Prominent Hollywood Jews Back Iran Nuclear Deal in Open Letter (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
- McKay, Hollie (March 20, 2015). "'01 Santa Barbara killer walks free as families relive carnage 13 years later". Fox News. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- "NEWS". www.surfsantamonica.com. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- Victims’ Families Sue Attias for Wrongful Death Archived May 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- McKay, Hollie (May 30, 2014). "'01 Santa Barbara killer walks free as families relive carnage 13 years later". foxnews.com. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- McNerney, Georgina (March 11, 2011). "The Isla Vista Car Massacre: Ten Years Later". independent.com. Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- HBO. "The Sopranos episode "46 Long" synopsis". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- HBO. "The Sopranos episode "The Telltale Moozadell" synopsis". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Mergers and Acquisitions" synopsis". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- HBO. "Six Feet Under episode "Back to the Garden" synopsis". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- HBO. "Six Feet Under episode "Tears, Bones and Desire" synopsis". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- HBO. "Six Feet Under episode "Death Works Overtime" synopsis". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- HBO. "Six Feet Under episode "In Case of Rapture" synopsis". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- HBO. "Six Feet Under episode "Coming and Going" synopsis". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- HBO. "Six Feet Under episode "Dancing for Me" synopsis". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- HBO. "The Wire episode "Duck and Cover" synopsis". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- HBO. "The Wire episode "Straight and True" synopsis". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- HBO. "The Wire episode "Margin of Error" synopsis". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- HBO. "The Wire episode "Transitions" synopsis". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- Dan Attias (director); David Milch & Regina Corrado (writers) (June 18, 2006). "I Am Not the Fine Man You Take Me For". Deadwood. Season 3. Episode 2. HBO.
- HBO. "Big Love episode "Kingdom Come" synopsis". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- HBO. "Big Love episode "Block Party" synopsis". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel#Season 3 (2019)