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'''Tom was born on the west side of Buffalo and is the fourth of five children in an Italian-American family. He attended Cathedral School, Canisius High Scjhool, and Buffalo State College. He worked at the Studio Arena Theater in Buffalo in various capacities before moving to New York in 1973. Tom began writing plays when he was about 9 years old. The early efforts were recorded into a reel-to-reel tape recorder with the neighbor kids as performers. At least one of his plays was produced when he was a student at Buff State. His college stage debut as an actor was in a production of Shaw's Saint Joan, directed by his frequent mentor, Warren Enters. Tom's efforts as a playwright never proved financially successful. It was while working at the Williamstown Theater Festival in the early '80's that he was offered the opportunity to write for television -- the offer coming from Bruce Paltrow who was launching a series called Saint Elsewhere on NBC. ''' |
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Tom Fontana is an American Writer, Producer born on 12 September 1951 at Buffalo, New York, USA
He is the producer for Oz (TV series), The Jury, and Homicide: Life on the Street.
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Tom was born on the west side of Buffalo and is the fourth of five children in an Italian-American family. He attended Cathedral School, Canisius High Scjhool, and Buffalo State College. He worked at the Studio Arena Theater in Buffalo in various capacities before moving to New York in 1973. Tom began writing plays when he was about 9 years old. The early efforts were recorded into a reel-to-reel tape recorder with the neighbor kids as performers. At least one of his plays was produced when he was a student at Buff State. His college stage debut as an actor was in a production of Shaw's Saint Joan, directed by his frequent mentor, Warren Enters. Tom's efforts as a playwright never proved financially successful. It was while working at the Williamstown Theater Festival in the early '80's that he was offered the opportunity to write for television -- the offer coming from Bruce Paltrow who was launching a series called Saint Elsewhere on NBC.