John Patterson (director)

John Patterson
John Patterson
Born	John Tiffin Patterson; April 4, 1940; Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Died	February 7, 2005 (aged 64); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Television director
Years active	1974–2005
Children	Charles Falk Patterson, Mary Denise Patterson

John Tiffin Patterson (April 4, 1940 – February 7, 2005) was a

drama series, who also made television films. He directed thirteen episodes of The Sopranos, including the first five season finales. Patterson was born in Buffalo, New York

.

Biography

Aged 19, Patterson joined the

University at Buffalo. He earned a master's degree at Stanford University in 1970, where he was a classmate of The Sopranos creator David Chase

.

He was nominated for the

Seduced By Madness

(1996).

He was married to Casey Kelley, but they later divorced; they had two children named Mary and Charlie Patterson. Patterson died in

Los Angeles, California of prostate cancer at the age of 64.^[1]^[2]

Season 6 episode 12 of The Sopranos, titled "

Kaisha

", was dedicated to him.

Selected filmography

The Sopranos, 13 episodes directed by John Tiffin Patterson
- Episode 1.04 "
  Meadowlands"^[3]
- Episode 1.13 "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"^[4]
- Episode 2.06 "
  The Happy Wanderer"^[5]
- Episode 2.10 "Bust Out"^[6]
- Episode 2.13 "
  Funhouse"^[7]
- Episode 3.04 "Employee of the Month"^[8]
- Episode 3.13 "Army of One"^[9]
- Episode 4.02 "No Show"^[10]
- Episode 4.07 "
  Watching Too Much Television"^[11]
- Episode 4.13 "
  Whitecaps"^[12]
- Episode 5.03 "
  Where's Johnny?"^[13]
- Episode 5.08 "
  Marco Polo"^[14]
- Episode 5.13 "All Due Respect"^[15]
Six Feet Under:
- Episode 1.03 "The Foot"^[16]
Providence episodes:
- "The Birthday Party"
- "The Honeymoon's Over"
- "Runaway Sydney"
- "Saint Syd"
Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive (1992)
Sins of the Mother (1991 TV movie) starring Elizabeth Montgomery, Dale Midkiff and Heather Fairfield
She Said No (1990 TV Movie) concerning acquaintance rape and starring Veronica Hamel, Lee Grant, Ray Baker, and Judd Hirsch^[17]^[18]
Law & Order "Everybody's Favorite Bagman" (series pilot) Episode 01.06 - written by Dick Wolf (produced 1988, aired 1990) ^[19]
Hill Street Blues "A Wasted Weekend" Episode 7.12 - written by David Mamet (1987) ^[20]

References

^ "John Patterson, 64; Director Noted for Work on 'Sopranos'". Retrieved 18 February 2015.
^ "John Patterson, Director on 'Sopranos,' Dies at 64". The New York Times. 11 February 2005. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Meadowlands" synopsis". Archived from the original on July 25, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "The Happy Wanderer" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Bust Out" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Funhouse" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Employee of the Month" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Army of One" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "No Show" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Watching Too Much Television" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Whitecaps" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Where's Johnny?" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Marco Polo" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
^ HBO. "The Sopranos episode "All Due Respect" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
^ HBO. "Six Feet Under episode "The Foot" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
Time Warner
). Retrieved July 16, 2017.

ISBN 978-1412999267
.

^ "Everybody's Favorite Bagman". IMDb.

^ "A Wasted Weekend". IMDb.

External links

John Patterson at
IMDb

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Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series
1971–2000

Daniel Petrie for "Hands of Love" (1971)

Robert Butler for "Dust Bowl Cousins" (1972)

Charles S. Dubin for "Knockover" (1973)

David Friedkin for "Cross Your Heart, Hope to Die" (1974)

James Cellan Jones for Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1975)

Glenn Jordan for "Rites of Friendship" (1976)

John Erman for "Second Hour" (1977)

Gene Reynolds for "Prisoner" (1978)

Roger Young for "Cop" (1979)

Roger Young for "Lou" (1980)

Robert Butler for "Hill Street Station" (1981)

David Anspaugh for "Personal Foul" (1982)

Jeff Bleckner for "Life in the Minors" (1983)

Thomas Carter for "The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall" (1984)

Will Mackenzie for "My Fair David" (1985)

Will Mackenzie for "Atomic Shakespeare" (1986)

Marshall Herskovitz for "Pilot" (thirtysomething) (1987)

Marshall Herskovitz for "Therapy" (1988)

Eric Laneuville for "I'm in the Nude" (1989)

Michael Zinberg for "Vietnam" (1990)

Eric Laneuville for "All God's Children" (1991)

Rob Thompson for "Cicely" (1992)

Gregory Hoblit for "Pilot" (NYPD Blue) (1993)

Charles Haid for "Into That Good Night" (1994)

Christopher Chulack for "Hell and High Water" (1995)

Christopher Chulack for "Fear of Flying" (1996)

Barbara Kopple for "The Documentary" (1997)

Paris Barclay for "Hearts and Souls" (1998)

David Chase for "The Sopranos" (1999)

Thomas Schlamme for "Noël" (2000)

2001–present

Alan Ball for "Pilot" (Six Feet Under) (2001)

John Patterson for "Whitecaps" (2002)

Chris Misiano for "Twenty Five" (2003)

Walter Hill for "Deadwood
" (2004)

Michael Apted for "The Stolen Eagle" (2005)

Jon Cassar for "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." (2006)

Alan Taylor for "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (2007)

Daniel Attias for "Transitions" (2008)

Lesli Linka Glatter for "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" (2009)

Martin Scorsese for "Boardwalk Empire" (2010)

Patty Jenkins for "Pilot" (The Killing) (2011)

Rian Johnson for "Fifty-One" (2012)

Vince Gilligan for "Felina" (2013)

Lesli Linka Glatter for "From A to B and Back Again" (2014)

David Nutter for "Mother's Mercy" (2015)

Miguel Sapochnik for "Battle of the Bastards" (2016)

Reed Morano for "Offred" (2017)

Adam McKay for "Celebration" (2018)

Nicole Kassell for "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" (2019)

Lesli Linka Glatter for "Prisoners of War" (2020)

Mark Mylod for "All the Bells Say" (2021)

Sam Levinson for "Stand Still Like the Hummingbird" (2022)

Peter Hoar for "Long, Long Time" (2023)

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[1] "John Patterson, 64; Director Noted for Work on 'Sopranos'". Retrieved 18 February 2015.

[2] "John Patterson, Director on 'Sopranos,' Dies at 64". The New York Times. 11 February 2005. Retrieved 18 February 2015.

[3] HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Meadowlands" synopsis". Archived from the original on July 25, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2010.

[4] HBO. "The Sopranos episode "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.

[5] HBO. "The Sopranos episode "The Happy Wanderer" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.

[6] HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Bust Out" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.

[7] HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Funhouse" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.

[8] HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Employee of the Month" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.

[9] HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Army of One" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.

[10] HBO. "The Sopranos episode "No Show" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.

[11] HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Watching Too Much Television" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.

[12] HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Whitecaps" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.

[13] HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Where's Johnny?" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.

[14] HBO. "The Sopranos episode "Marco Polo" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.

[15] HBO. "The Sopranos episode "All Due Respect" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.

[16] HBO. "Six Feet Under episode "The Foot" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2010.

[She_Said_No-17] Time Warner
). Retrieved July 16, 2017.

[18] ISBN 978-1412999267
.

[19] "Everybody's Favorite Bagman". IMDb.

[20] "A Wasted Weekend". IMDb.

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