[Archive] Tom Fontana
Originally posted 6.17.05 as Tom Fontana Answers My Question
Recently I was surfing online and I came across a link to something related to Tom Fontana, the writer and creator of Oz and writer of other shows like St. Elsewhere and Homicide:Life on the Street. It triggered something in my mind.
I remember seeing some profile on Fontana and his headquarters somewhere in the West Village, I think. He went into his writing process and how he creates characters. I couldn’t remember the content of the questions so I e-mailed him. I thought it was an amusing and helpful approach;
William -
Head, heart, balls: “How does he/she think? What does he/she believe? Feel? Who does he/she want to fuck?”
Hope that helps!
Tom Fontana
Human nature, gotta love it.
You can find his personal website here.
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Great stuff – should print and paste above the desk.
If it works for him…
[...] Found television writer/producer Tom Fontana’s website after reading this short reply he’d given a fellow blogger William Speruzzi. The site’s okay, but the script archive is great, complete with notes on his favorite scenes/episodes from “OZ”, HOMICIDE, ST. ELSEWHRE etc. [...]