Biography
Well-written and perfectly acted by a cast that also included Michael Imperioli, Lorraine Bracco, Nancy Marchand and Edie Falco, "The Sopranos" became an immediate critical darling and audience favorite, sparking a resurgence in the mafia subgenre and making it suddenly hip to say "fuggedaboutit!"
Born on Aug. 22, 1945 in Mount Vernon, NY and raised as an only child in New Jersey, the Italian-American Chase (the family name was changed from …
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Career Milestones
| At age five, moved with family from New York to New Jersey | ||
| Was supervising producer of a series of TV-movies based on "The Rockford Files" (all aired on CBS) | ||
| Worked in father's hardware store on weekends as a teenager | ||
1971 | Settled in California | |
1974 | Screenwriting debut, adapting novel "Still Life" as the horror film "Grave of the Vampires" | |
1974 | Wrote for the ABC suspense series "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" | |
1976 | TV debut as supervising producer (also wrote) of "The Rockford Files" (NBC); show won 1978 Emmy as Outstanding Drama Series and was nominated in 1979 and 1980 | |
1980 | Scripted and produced the ABC TV-movie "Off the Minnesota Strip" about a teen runaway readjusting to her home life; won Emmy for teleplay | |
1982 | Executive produced and wrote the busted NBC pilot "Palms Precinct" | |
1985 | TV directorial debut, an episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (USA Network); also scripted | |
1988 | Co-created and executive produced the CBS series "Almost Grown"; also wrote and directed episodes | |
1991 | Executive produced the critically lauded but low-rated NBC drama "I'll Fly Away"; received Emmy nomination in 1992 for episode entitled "Master Magician"; show nominated as Outstanding Drama Series in 1992 and 1993; first collaboration with John Falsey and Joshua Brand | |
1993 | Succeeded Brand and Falsey as executive producer of "Northern Exposure" (CBS); show earned Emmy nomination as Outstanding Drama Series in 1994 | |
1997 | Wrote the lackluster feature "Kounterfiet" | |
1999 | Created the acclaimed HBO mob series "The Sopranos"; wrote and directed several episodes; earned several Emmy nominations for producing and writing, including one for the controversial final episode, titled "Made In America"; also earned a DGA nomination for the episode "Made in America" | |
Awards
1978 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in The Rockford Files |
1979 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in The Rockford Files |
1980 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in The Rockford Files |
1980 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In a Limited Series or a Special in Off the Minnesota Strip |
1992 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in I'll Fly Away |
1992 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement In Writing In a Drama Series in I'll Fly Away |
1993 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in I'll Fly Away |
1993 | Producers Guild of America Award for Television in I'll Fly Away |
1994 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in Northern Exposure |
1999 | Directors Guild of America Award for Dramatic Series Night in The Sopranos |
1999 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series in The Sopranos |
1999 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in The Sopranos |
1999 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series in The Sopranos |
1999 | Producers Guild of America Award for Television Series in The Sopranos |
2000 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in The Sopranos |
2000 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series in The Sopranos |
2001 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in The Sopranos |
2001 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series in The Sopranos |
2003 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in The Sopranos |
2003 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series in The Sopranos |
2004 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in The Sopranos |
2005 | Producers Guild of America Award for Television Series - Drama in The Sopranos |
2006 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in The Sopranos |
2007 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in The Sopranos |
2007 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series in The Sopranos |
2008 | Producers Guild of America Award for Television Series - Drama in The Sopranos |