[Archive] Tom Fontana

by William Speruzzi on 10/15/2006

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.

There are 3 comments in this article:

  1. 10/15/2006wcdixon says:

    Great stuff – should print and paste above the desk.

  2. 10/15/2006william says:

    If it works for him…

  3. 10/18/2006Tom Fontana « EMONOME says:

    [...] 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. [...]

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