Dan Attias

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Daniel Attias is an American television director. Attias has directed several present-day programs on the networks and a majority of programs on HBO.

[edit] Attias's Son

In February 2001, his son, David Attias, went on a vehicular rampage through the streets of Isla Vista, a college town near the campus of the University of California at Santa Barbara. After driving through the crowded streets, killing four people (Nicholas Bourdakis, Christopher Divas, Elie Israel, and Ruth Levy)and injuring one (Albert Levy), he got out of the car and proclaimed himself "the angel of death". Dan Attias' influence, along with a high priced legal team, was able to convince a jury that his son was legally insane at the time, even though his son had the capacity to be enrolled at the University.[1] The issue still angers many residents of the area.

[edit] Television director credits

Miami Vice (1984) TV Series
Silver Bullet (1985)
Sledge Hammer! (1986) TV Series
21 Jump Street (1987) TV Series
Beauty and the Beast (1987) TV Series
Jake and the Fatman (1987) TV Series
The Young Riders (1989) TV Series
Northern Exposure (1990) TV Series
- episode "First Snow"
- episode "Mi Casa, Su Casa"
- episode "Revelations"
Beverly Hills 90210 (1990) TV Series (19 episodes 1990-1994)
Melrose Place (1992) TV Series
Picket Fences (1992) TV Series
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993) TV Series
- episode "Sanctuary"
- episode "What Is Love?"
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993) TV Series (one episode)
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993) TV Series
- episode 3.03 "Contact"
Party of Five (1994) TV Series (15 episodes, 1994-1999)
The Client (1995) TV Series
New York News (1995) TV Series
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1996) TV Series
- episode "The Grape Escape"
Early Edition (1996) TV Series
The Practice (1997) TV Series
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) TV Series
- episode 5.08 "Shadow"
- episode 5.14 "Crush"
Ally McBeal (1997) TV Series
The Sopranos (1999) TV Series
- episode "46 Long"
- episode "Mergers and Acquisitions"
- episode "The Telltale Moozadell"
Ally (1999) TV Series
Time of Your Life (1999) TV Series
Six Feet Under (2001) 6 episodes:
- 2.07 "Back to the Garden"
- 3.08 "Tears, Bones and Desire"
- 3.11 "Death Works Overtime"
- 4.02 "In Case of Rapture"
- 4.08 "Coming and Going"
- 5.02 "Dancing for Me"
Alias (2001) TV Series
- episode 1.06 "Reckoning"
- episode 1.20 "Solution, The"
- episode 2.03 "Cipher"
- episode 2.07 "Counteragent, The"
- episode 3.02 "Succession"
- episode 3.08 "Breaking Point"
- episode 4.08 "Echoes"
The Wire (2002) TV Series
- episode "Duck and Cover"
- episode "Straight and True"
CSI: Miami (2002) TV Series
- episode 1.10 "Kill Zone"
American Dreams (2002) TV Series
The O.C. (2003) TV Series
- episode 1.04 "Debut, The"
Line of Fire (2003) TV Series
- episode 1.07 "I'm Your Boogie Man"
Entourage (2004) TV Series
- episode 1.04 "Date Night"
- episode 2.05 "Neighbors"
- episode 2.08 "Oh, Mandy"
- episode 2.11 "Blue Balls Lagoon"
- episode 2.12 "Good Morning, Saigon"
Lost (2004) TV Series
- episode 1.18 "Numbers"
Boston Legal (2004) TV Series
- episode 1.03 "Catch and Release"
Huff (2004) TV Series
- episode 1.04
House (2004) TV Series
- episode 1.10 "Histories"
- episode 2.01 "Acceptance"
- episode 2.03 "Humpty Dumpty"
- episode 2.12 "Distractions"
Deadwood (2004) TV Series
- episode 3.02 "I Am Not the Fine Man You Take Me For"
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005) TV Series
- episode "Underage Drinking: A National Concern"
- episode "Gun Fever"
- episode "The Gang Finds a Dead Guy"
Commander in Chief (2005) TV Series
- episode 1.07 "First Scandal"