Tim Van Patten

Tim Van Patten

CountryUnited States United States
GenderMale
BirthdayJun 10, 1959
BiographyTimothy Van Patten (born June 10, 1959) is an American television director, screenwriter, producer, and former actor. He has received numerous accolades including two Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, and two Directors Guild of America Awards, as well as nominations for two BAFTA Awards.

Van Patten started his career as an actor portraying Mario "Salami" Pettrino on The White Shadow from 1978 to 1981. He also played the villainous teenager Peter Stegman in Class of 1984 (1982), Max Keller on The Master (1984), and Sergeant Andy Wojeski in True Blue (1989–1990). Beginning in the early 1990s, he left acting to pursue a directing career full time.

Van Patten received two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Limited Series for the HBO limited series The Pacific (2010), and Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for the HBO drama series Boardwalk Empire episode "To the Lost" (2012). He also received Emmy nominations for his work on Sex and the City, The Sopranos, and Game of Thrones. Van Patten also directed episodes for Deadwood, Rome, and The Wire. He directed the Netflix series Black Mirror episode "Hang the DJ" (2018), and several episodes of the HBO legal drama series Perry Mason (2020).

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