Age: 65
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Timothy "Tim" Van Patten (born June 10, 1959) is an American television director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. He has directed episodes of The Sopranos, The Wire, Deadwood, Boardwalk Empire, Rome, The Pacific, Game of Thrones, Ed, and Sex and the City.
As an actor, he is perhaps best known for portraying Salami on The White Shadow. He also played the villainous teenager Peter Stegman in Class of 1984 and Max Keller on The Master.
Van Patten was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Massapequa, New York. He is the half-brother of Dick Van Patten and Joyce Van Patten, and the uncle of Vincent Van Patten and Talia Balsam. He graduated from Massapequa High School in 1977, in the same class as musician Brian Setzer and football player Brian Baldinger.
In 2001, together with Terence Winter, Van Patten won both the Writers Guild Award and the Edgar Award for The Sopranos episode "Pine Barrens", directed by Steve Buscemi. In 2004, Van Patten directed an episode called "Long Term Parking", which won an Emmy for "Best Writing in a Dramatic Series".
He has been nominated for Emmy Awards for directing The Sopranos episodes "Amour Fou", "Whoever Did This", "Long Term Parking", and "Members Only", the Game of Thrones episode "Winter is Coming", and the Boardwalk Empire episode "To the Lost", "Margate Sands", and "Farewell Daddy Blues." He won the award in 2012 for "To the Lost".
Year | Show | Role | Notes |
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2014 | Boardwalk Empire | Executive producer | Season 5 |
2013 | Season 4 | ||
2012 | Season 3 | ||
2011 | Season 2 | ||
2010 | Season 1 | ||
2009 | The Pacific | Supervising producer | Mini-series |
Year | Show | Season | Episode title | Episode | Original airdate | Notes |
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2014 | Boardwalk Empire | 5 | "Eldorado" | 8 | October 26, 2014 | Series Finale Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series |
"Golden Days for Boys and Girls" | 1 | September 7, 2014 | Season Premiere | |||
2013 | 4 | "Farewell Daddy Blues" | 12 | November 24, 2013 | Season Finale Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series |
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"The Old Ship of Zion" | 8 | October 27, 2013 | ||||
"Erlkönig" | 5 | October 6, 2013 | ||||
"New York Sour" | 1 | September 8, 2013 | Season Premiere | |||
2012 | 3 | "Margate Sands" | 12 | December 2, 2012 | Season Finale Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series |
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"The Pony" | 8 | November 4, 2012 | ||||
"You'd Be Surprised" | 5 | October 14, 2012 | ||||
"Resolution" | 1 | September 16, 2012 | Season Premiere | |||
2011 | 2 | "To the Lost" | 12 | December 11, 2011 | Season Finale Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series |
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"Two Boats and a Lifeguard" | 8 | November 13, 2011 | ||||
"Gimcrack and Bunkum" | 5 | October 23, 2011 | ||||
"21" | 1 | September 25, 2011 | Season Premiere | |||
Game of Thrones | 1 | "The Kingsroad" | 2 | April 24, 2011 | ||
"Winter Is Coming" | 1 | April 17, 2011 | Series Premiere Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series |
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2010 | Boardwalk Empire | 1 | "A Return to Normalcy" | 12 | December 5, 2010 | Season Finale |
"Family Limitation" | 6 | October 24, 2010 | ||||
"Broadway Limited" | 3 | October 3, 2010 | ||||
"The Ivory Tower" | 2 | September 26, 2010 | ||||
The Pacific | Mini-series | Part nine | May 9, 2010 | |||
Part seven | April 25, 2010 | |||||
Part one | March 14, 2010 | |||||
2007 | The Sopranos | 6 Part II | "The Second Coming" | 19 | May 20, 2007 | |
"Chasing It" | 16 | April 29, 2007 | ||||
"Soprano Home Movies" | 13 | April 8, 2007 | ||||
Rome | 2 | "Passover" | 1 | January 14, 2007 | ||
2006 | The Sopranos | 6 Part I | "Cold Stones" | 11 | May 21, 2006 | |
"Johnny Cakes" | 8 | April 30, 2006 | ||||
"Live Free or Die" | 6 | April 17, 2006 | ||||
"Members Only" | 1 | March 12, 2006 | Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | |||
2005 | Rome | 1 | "Pharsalus" | 5 | October 9, 2005 | |
Into the West | Mini-series | "Casualties of War | 5 | July 15, 2005 | ||
Deadwood | 2 | "Childish Things" | 7 | April 24, 2005 | ||
2004 | The Wire | 3 | "Back Burners" | 7 | November 7, 2004 | |
The Sopranos | 5 | "Long Term Parking" | 12 | May 23, 2004 | Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | |
"Unidentified Black Males" | 9 | May 2, 2004 | ||||
"Two Tonys" | 1 | March 7, 2004 | ||||
Sex and the City | 6 | "An American Girl in Paris, Part Deux" | 20 | February 22, 2004 | Series Finale | |
"An American Girl in Paris, Part Une" | 19 | February 15, 2004 | ||||
2003 | "Boy, Uninterrupted" | 10 | August 24, 2003 | |||
"A Woman's Right to Shoes" | 9 | August 17, 2003 | ||||
The Wire | 2 | "Stray Rounds" | 9 | July 27, 2003 | ||
Keen Eddie | 1 | "The Amazing Larry Dunn" | 6 | July 8, 2003 | ||
Ed | 3 | "Second Chances" | 20 | March 28, 2003 | ||
2002 | 3 | "Neighbors" | 10 | December 18, 2002 | ||
The Sopranos | 4 | "Calling All Cars" | 11 | November 24, 2002 | ||
"Whoever Did This" | 9 | November 10, 2002 | Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | |||
"Christopher" | 3 | September 29, 2002 | ||||
The Wire | 1 | "Sentencing" | 13 | September 8, 2002 | Season Finale | |
Pasadena | 1 | "Puppy Love" | 5 | May 22, 2002 | ||
2001 | Ed | 2 | "Changes" | 2 | October 17, 2001 | |
The Sopranos | 3 | "Amour Fou" | 11 | May 13, 2001 | Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | |
"Second Opinion" | 7 | April 8, 2001 | ||||
Ed | 1 | "The Test" | 18 | April 4, 2001 | ||
The Sopranos | 3 | "Proshai, Livushka | 2 | March 4, 2001 | ||
Ed | 1 | "Opposites Distract" | 11 | January 17, 2001 | ||
2000 | Touched by an Angel | 6 | "Pandora's Box" | 26 | May 21, 2000 | Season Finale |
"Monica's Bad Day" | 23 | April 30, 2000 | ||||
"Living the Rest of My Life" | 21 | April 9, 2000 | ||||
The Sopranos | 2 | "House Arrest" | 11 | March 26, 2000 | ||
"Big Girls Don't Cry" | 5 | February 13, 2000 | ||||
"Commendatori" | 4 | February 6, 2000 | ||||
1999 | Now and Again | 1 | "Nothing to Fear, But Nothing to Fear" | 6 | November 5, 1999 | |
Touched by an Angel | 6 | "Til Death Do Us Part" | 5 | October 24, 1999 | ||
5 | "Godspeed" | 27 | May 23, 1999 | Season Finale | ||
"Fighting the Good Fight" | 25 | May 9, 1999 | ||||
"Black Like Monica" | 24 | May 2, 1999 | ||||
"Into the Fire" | 20 | April 4, 1999 | ||||
The Sopranos | 1 | "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" | 8 | February 28, 1999 | ||
Touched by an Angel | 5 | "Family Business" | 17 | February 28, 1999 | ||
"On Edge" | 15 | February 14, 1999 | ||||
Homicide: Life on the Street | 7 | "A Case of Do or Die" | 14 | February 12, 1999 | ||
1998 | Touched by an Angel | 5 | "Only Connect" | 4 | October 11, 1998 | |
New York Undercover | 4 | "Sign o' the Times" | 10 | June 4, 1998 | ||
Touched by an Angel | 4 | "The Spirit of Liberty Moon" | 26 | May 17, 1998 | 2 hour Season Finale | |
Promised Land | 2 | "When Darkness Falls" | 22 | April 30, 1998 | ||
"Undercover Granny" | 18 | March 26, 1998 | ||||
New York Undercover | 4 | "Rat Trap" | 6 | March 12, 1998 | ||
The Visitor | 1 | "The Trial" | 12 | January 16, 1998 | ||
1997 | Touched by an Angel | 4 | "Great Expectations" | 2 | September 28, 1997 | |
"The Road Home: Part 1" | 1 | September 21, 1997 | ||||
3 | "A Delicate Balance" | 29 | May 18, 1997 | Season Finale | ||
"Full Moon" | 26 | May 4, 1997 | ||||
"Missing in Action" | 24 | April 13, 1997 | ||||
New York Undercover | 3 | "Hubris" | 19 | March 27, 1997 | ||
Touched by an Angel | 3 | "Angel of Death" | 17 | February 9, 1997 | ||
1996 | "The Journalist" | 12 | December 1, 1996 | |||
Promised Land | 1 | "Homecoming" | 9 | November 26, 1996 | ||
Touched by an Angel | 3 | "Sins of the Father" | 4 | September 29, 1996 | ||
"Random Acts" | 3 | September 22, 1996 | ||||
2 | "Dear God" | 19 | March 9, 1996 | |||
"Rock n' Roll Dad" | 14 | January 20, 1996 | ||||
"'Til We Meet Again" | 13 | January 13, 1996 | ||||
1995 | "In the Name of God" | 6 | October 28, 1995 | |||
"The Driver" | 4 | October 14, 1995 | ||||
"Sympathy for the Devil" | 3 | October 7, 1995 | ||||
1 | "In The Name Of God" | 12 | October 28, 1995 | |||
Homicide: Life on the Street | 3 | "Nothing Personal" | 18 | April 21, 1995 | ||
1994 | Touched by an Angel | 1 | "The Hero" | 9 | December 25, 1994 | |
"Manny" | 8 | December 14, 1994 | ||||
"Fallen Angela" | 3 | October 12, 1994 | ||||
1992 | Home Fires | 1 | "A Bench Too Far" | 5 | July 11, 1992 |
Year | Show | Season | Episode title | Episode | Original airdate | Notes |
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2010 | Boardwalk Empire | 1 | "Home" | 7 | October 31, 2010 | With Paul Simms |
2001 | The Sopranos | 3 | "Pine Barrens" | 11 | May 6, 2001 | Story; with Terence Winter |