Tom Fontana

Producing

7 titles

Monsieur Spade

TV2024

Detective Sam Spade is pulled out of his tranquil retirement in France to investigate a series of brutal murders.

Paterno

Movie2018

After becoming the winningest coach in college football history, Joe Paterno is embroiled in Penn State's Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal, challenging his legacy and forcing him to face questions of institutional failure regarding the victims.

You Don't Know Jack

Movie2010

Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.

The Beat

TV2000

The Beat delves into the personal and professional lives of two young police recruits who patrol New York's streets. The city's daily machinations are seen through the often bloodshot eyes of Officers Mike Dorigan and Zane Marinelli, two youthful, irreverent partners who are truly products of their generation and unique urban environment. Issues of race, excessive police force – and the unpredictable quirkiness of New York's outspoken locals – compel both men to rely on their sense of humor just to make it to the end of their shift.

Oz

TV1997

The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.

Homicide: Life on the Street

TV1993

An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.

St. Elsewhere

TV1982

St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.

Show Creator

3 titles

Monsieur Spade

TV2024

Detective Sam Spade is pulled out of his tranquil retirement in France to investigate a series of brutal murders.

The Beat

TV2000

The Beat delves into the personal and professional lives of two young police recruits who patrol New York's streets. The city's daily machinations are seen through the often bloodshot eyes of Officers Mike Dorigan and Zane Marinelli, two youthful, irreverent partners who are truly products of their generation and unique urban environment. Issues of race, excessive police force – and the unpredictable quirkiness of New York's outspoken locals – compel both men to rely on their sense of humor just to make it to the end of their shift.

Oz

TV1997

The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.

Miscellaneous Crew

7 titles

Monsieur Spade

TV2024

Detective Sam Spade is pulled out of his tranquil retirement in France to investigate a series of brutal murders.

Paterno

Movie2018

After becoming the winningest coach in college football history, Joe Paterno is embroiled in Penn State's Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal, challenging his legacy and forcing him to face questions of institutional failure regarding the victims.

You Don't Know Jack

Movie2010

Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.

The Beat

TV2000

The Beat delves into the personal and professional lives of two young police recruits who patrol New York's streets. The city's daily machinations are seen through the often bloodshot eyes of Officers Mike Dorigan and Zane Marinelli, two youthful, irreverent partners who are truly products of their generation and unique urban environment. Issues of race, excessive police force – and the unpredictable quirkiness of New York's outspoken locals – compel both men to rely on their sense of humor just to make it to the end of their shift.

Oz

TV1997

The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.

Homicide: Life on the Street

TV1993

An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.

St. Elsewhere

TV1982

St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.

Tom Fontana

Ratings

Filmography

Producing

Monsieur Spade

Paterno

You Don't Know Jack

The Beat

Oz

Homicide: Life on the Street

St. Elsewhere

Show Creator

Monsieur Spade

The Beat

Oz

Miscellaneous Crew

Monsieur Spade

Paterno

You Don't Know Jack

The Beat

Oz

Homicide: Life on the Street

St. Elsewhere

Tom Fontana

Biography

Ratings

Filmography

Producing

Monsieur Spade

Paterno

You Don't Know Jack

The Beat

Oz

Homicide: Life on the Street

St. Elsewhere

Show Creator

Monsieur Spade

The Beat

Oz

Miscellaneous Crew

Monsieur Spade

Paterno

You Don't Know Jack

The Beat

Oz

Homicide: Life on the Street

St. Elsewhere