{{Short description|American television director and producer (born 1951)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Dan Attias | image = Dan Attias 2011 (3x4 cropped).jpg | caption = Attias in 2011 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|12|04}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Television director, television producer | children = David Attias<br />Rachel Attias | years_active = 1978–present | spouse = Diana Attias | website = }} '''Daniel Attias''' (born December 4, 1951)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/calbirths?c=search&first=Daniel&last=Attias&spelling=Exact&4_year=&4_month=0&4_day=0&5=&7=&SubmitSearch.x=43&SubmitSearch.y=16&SubmitSearch=Submit |title=Family Tree Legends |access-date=September 15, 2009 |archive-date=June 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610025810/http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/calbirths?c=search&first=Daniel&last=Attias&spelling=Exact&4_year=&4_month=0&4_day=0&5=&7=&SubmitSearch.x=43&SubmitSearch.y=16&SubmitSearch=Submit |url-status=dead }}</ref> is an American television director and producer. He is also director of his only feature film ''Silver Bullet'' from 1985, based on the novella by Stephen King. Attias' career has spanned five decades, during which he has directed a significant number of popular primetime television programs, including ''Miami Vice'' and ''Beverly Hills, 90210''. He frequently works on series for HBO and has directed episodes of ''The Sopranos'', ''The Wire'', ''Six Feet Under'', ''True Blood'', ''Entourage'' and ''Deadwood''. Attias has received two Emmy Award nominations for his directing of ''Entourage''.
He was a regular director for the espionage drama ''Alias''. He has also directed two episodes of ''Lost'' and several episodes of ''Homeland'' and ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia''.
==Isla Vista cases== In February 2001, his son David killed five people with his vehicle and was ruled legally insane and sentenced to 60 years in a mental institution. He was released in 2012 after serving 10 years.<ref>{{Cite web|last=McKay|first=Hollie|date=2015-03-20|title='01 Santa Barbara killer walks free as families relive carnage 13 years later|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/01-santa-barbara-killer-walks-free-as-families-relive-carnage-13-years-later|access-date=2021-01-12|website=Fox News|language=en-US}}</ref> Several eyewitnesses said they heard his son shout "I am the Angel of Death" and other satanic phrases moments after the collision.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NEWS|url=https://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2001/Feb-2001/02_26_2001_Santa_Monica_Teen_Kills_Four.htm|access-date=2021-01-12|website=www.surfsantamonica.com}}</ref>
A civil case was brought against Dan and his wife Diana, for recklessly permitting their son David to drive their 1991 Saab 9000.<ref>[http://www.dailynexus.com/article.php?a=2553 Victims’ Families Sue Attias for Wrongful Death] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511122414/http://www.dailynexus.com/article.php?a=2553 |date=May 11, 2008 }}</ref> That suit was settled confidentially in September 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/01-santa-barbara-killer-walks-free-as-families-relive-carnage-13-years-later |title='01 Santa Barbara killer walks free as families relive carnage 13 years later |last=McKay |first=Hollie |date=May 30, 2014 |website=Fox News |access-date=30 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.independent.com/news/2011/mar/07/isla-vista-car-massacre-ten-years-later/ |title=The Isla Vista Car Massacre: Ten Years Later |last=McNerney |first=Georgina |date=March 11, 2011 |website=independent.com |publisher=Santa Barbara Independent |access-date=30 June 2017}}</ref>
==Director credits== {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| *''Miami Vice'' (1984) TV Series *''Silver Bullet'' (1985) Film *''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 1.02 "46 Long"<ref>{{Cite web |author = HBO |author-link = HBO |title = ''The Sopranos'' episode "46 Long" synopsis |url = http://www.hbo.com/the-sopranos/episodes/1/02-46-long/synopsis.html |access-date = May 11, 2010 |archive-date = August 10, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140810134324/http://www.hbo.com/the-sopranos/episodes/1/02-46-long/synopsis.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> **episode 3.09 "The Telltale Moozadell"<ref>{{Cite web |author = HBO |author-link = HBO |title = ''The Sopranos'' episode "The Telltale Moozadell" synopsis |url = http://www.hbo.com/the-sopranos/episodes/3/35-the-telltale-moozadell/synopsis.html |access-date = May 11, 2010 |archive-date = August 10, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140810140121/http://www.hbo.com/the-sopranos/episodes/3/35-the-telltale-moozadell/synopsis.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> **episode 4.08 "Mergers and Acquisitions"<ref>{{Cite web |author = HBO |author-link = HBO |title = ''The Sopranos'' episode "Mergers and Acquisitions" synopsis |url = http://www.hbo.com/the-sopranos/episodes/4/47-mergers-and-acquisitions/synopsis.html |access-date = May 11, 2010 |archive-date = August 10, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140810062848/http://www.hbo.com/the-sopranos/episodes/4/47-mergers-and-acquisitions/synopsis.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> *''Ally'' (1999) TV Series *''Time of Your Life'' (1999) TV Series *''Six Feet Under'' (2001) **2.07 "Back to the Garden"<ref>{{Cite web |author = HBO |author-link = HBO |title = ''Six Feet Under'' episode "Back to the Garden" synopsis |url = http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/2/20-back-to-the-garden/synopsis.html |access-date = May 11, 2010 |archive-date = May 22, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110522040151/http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/2/20-back-to-the-garden/synopsis.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> **3.08 "Tears, Bones and Desire"<ref>{{Cite web |author = HBO |author-link = HBO |title = ''Six Feet Under'' episode "Tears, Bones and Desire" synopsis |url = http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/3/34-tears-bones-and-desire/synopsis.html |access-date = May 11, 2010 |archive-date = May 24, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100524124527/http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/3/34-tears-bones-and-desire/synopsis.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> **3.11 "Death Works Overtime"<ref>{{Cite web |author = HBO |author-link = HBO |title = ''Six Feet Under'' episode "Death Works Overtime" synopsis |url = http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/3/37-death-works-overtime/synopsis.html |access-date = May 11, 2010 |archive-date = June 6, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110606033712/http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/3/37-death-works-overtime/synopsis.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> **4.02 "In Case of Rapture"<ref>{{Cite web |author = HBO |author-link = HBO |title = ''Six Feet Under'' episode "In Case of Rapture" synopsis |url = http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/4/41-in-case-of-rapture/synopsis.html |access-date = May 11, 2010 |archive-date = June 6, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110606033720/http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/4/41-in-case-of-rapture/synopsis.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> **4.08 "Coming and Going"<ref>{{Cite web |author = HBO |author-link = HBO |title = ''Six Feet Under'' episode "Coming and Going" synopsis |url = http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/4/47-coming-and-going/synopsis.html |access-date = May 11, 2010 |archive-date = June 6, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110606033750/http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/4/47-coming-and-going/synopsis.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> **5.02 "Dancing for Me"<ref>{{Cite web |author = HBO |author-link = HBO |title = ''Six Feet Under'' episode "Dancing for Me" synopsis |url = http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/5/53-dancing-for-me/synopsis.html |access-date = May 11, 2010 |archive-date = June 6, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110606033808/http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/5/53-dancing-for-me/synopsis.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> *''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 2.08 "Duck and Cover"<ref>{{Cite web |author = HBO |author-link = HBO |title = ''The Wire'' episode "Duck and Cover" synopsis |url = http://www.hbo.com/the-wire/episodes/2/21-duck-and-cover/synopsis.html |access-date = May 11, 2010 |archive-date = August 10, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140810133022/http://www.hbo.com/the-wire/episodes/2/21-duck-and-cover/synopsis.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> **episode 3.05 "Straight and True"<ref>{{Cite web |author = HBO |author-link = HBO |title = ''The Wire'' episode "Straight and True" synopsis |url = http://www.hbo.com/the-wire/episodes/3/30-straight-and-true/synopsis.html |access-date = May 11, 2010 |archive-date = October 29, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184921/http://www.hbo.com/the-wire/episodes/3/30-straight-and-true/synopsis.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> **episode 4.06 "Margin of Error"<ref>{{Cite web |author = HBO |author-link = HBO |title = ''The Wire'' episode "Margin of Error" synopsis |url = http://www.hbo.com/the-wire/episodes/4/43-margin-of-error/synopsis.html |access-date = May 11, 2010 |archive-date = August 10, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140810133306/http://www.hbo.com/the-wire/episodes/4/43-margin-of-error/synopsis.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> **episode 5.04 "Transitions"<ref>{{Cite web |author = HBO |author-link = HBO |title = ''The Wire'' episode "Transitions" synopsis |url = http://www.hbo.com/the-wire/episodes/5/54-transitions/synopsis.html |access-date = May 11, 2010 |archive-date = August 10, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140810075357/http://www.hbo.com/the-wire/episodes/5/54-transitions/synopsis.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> *''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" **episode 3.16 "Gotcha!" **episode 3.17 "Return of the King" **episode 4.11 "No Cannes Do" (nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series) *''Lost'' (2004) TV Series **episode 1.18 "Numbers" **episode 6.12 "Everybody Loves Hugo" *''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" **episode 8.02 "Transplant" *''Deadwood'' (2004) TV Series **episode 3.02 "I Am Not the Fine Man You Take Me For"<ref name = "I Am Not the Fine Man You Take Me For">{{cite episode|title = I Am Not the Fine Man You Take Me For|series = Deadwood|series-link = Deadwood (TV series)|credits = Dan Attias (director); David Milch & Regina Corrado (writers)|network = HBO|airdate = June 18, 2006|season = 3|number = 2}}</ref> *''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'' (2005) TV Series **1.03 "Underage Drinking: A National Concern" **1.05 "Gun Fever" **1.06 "The Gang Finds a Dead Guy" **2.02 "The Gang Goes Jihad" **2.03 "Dennis and Dee Go on Welfare" **2.04 "Mac Bangs Dennis' Mom" **2.05 "Hundred Dollar Baby" **2.06 "The Gang Gives Back" **2.07 "The Gang Exploits a Miracle" **2.08 "The Gang Runs for Office" **2.09 "Charlie Goes America All Over Everybody's Ass" **2.10 "Dennis and Dee Get a New Dad" **9.04 "Mac and Dennis Buy a Timeshare" **9.06 "The Gang Saves the Day" **9.08 "Flowers for Charlie" **9.09 "The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 6" *''Commander in Chief'' (2005) TV Series **episode 1.07 "First Scandal" *''Big Love'' (2006) TV Series **episode 2.08 "Kingdom Come"<ref>{{Cite web |author = HBO |author-link = HBO |title = ''Big Love'' episode "Kingdom Come" synopsis |url = http://www.hbo.com/big-love/episodes/2/20-kingdom-come/synopsis.html |access-date = May 11, 2010 |archive-date = August 10, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140810213730/http://www.hbo.com/big-love/episodes/2/20-kingdom-come/synopsis.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> **episode 3.01 "Block Party"<ref>{{Cite web |author = HBO |author-link = HBO |title = ''Big Love'' episode "Block Party" synopsis |url = http://www.hbo.com/big-love/episodes/3/25-block-party/synopsis.html |access-date = May 11, 2010 |archive-date = August 10, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140810204924/http://www.hbo.com/big-love/episodes/3/25-block-party/synopsis.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> *''Damages'' (2007) TV Series **episode 1.07 "We Are Not Animals" *''Heroes'' (2007) TV Series **episode 2.07 "Out of Time" *''Friday Night Lights'' (2008) TV Series **episode 2.11 "Jumping the Gun" *''Treme'' (2010) TV Series **episode 1.09 "Wish Someone Would Care" *''Homeland'' (2011) TV Series **episode 1.03 "Clean Skin" **episode 2.09 "Two Hats" **episode 4.10 "13 Hours in Islamabad" **episode 5.08 "All About Allison" **episode 5.09 "New Normal" **episode 6.09 "Sock Puppets" **episode 7.10 "Clarity" **episode 8.09 "In Full Flight" *''True Blood'' (2008) TV Series **episode 5.06 "Hopeless" **episode 5.09 "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" **episode 6.02 "The Sun" *''The Killing'' (2011) TV Series **episode 1.08 "Stonewalled" **episode 2.02 "My Lucky Day" *''The Walking Dead'' (2012) TV Series **episode 3.06 "Hounded" *''The Americans'' (2013) TV Series **episode 2.05 "The Deal" **episode 6.03 "Urban Transport Planning" *''Resurrection'' (2014) TV Series **episode 1.02 "Unearth" **episode 1.07 "Schemes of the Devil" **episode 1.08 "Torn Apart" **episode 2.13 "Loved in Return" *''Get Shorty'' (2017) TV Series **episode 1.07 "Grace Under Pressure" **episode 1.08 "Shot on Location" *''Snowfall'' (2017) TV Series **episode 1.03 "Slow Hand" **episode 2.01 "Sightlines" **episode 3.01 "Protect and Swerve" *''Seven Seconds'' (2018) TV Series **episode 1.08 "Bailed Out" *''The Boys'' (2019) TV Series **episode 1.07 "The Self-Preservation Society" *''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'' (2019) TV Series **episode 3.02 "It's the Sixties, Man!" *''Penny Dreadful: City of Angels'' (2020) (TV series) **episode 1.09 "Sing, Sing, Sing" *''Barkskins'' (2020) (TV series) **episode 1.06 "The Wobble" *''Billions'' (2021) TV series **episode 5.11 "Victory Smoke" **episode 5.12 "No Direction Home" **episode 6.01 "Hindenburg" *''The Consultant'' (2023) TV series **episode 1.02 "Mama" **episode 1.03 "Friday" *''Lucky Hank'' (2023) TV series **episode 1.03 "Escape" **episode 1.04 "The Goose Boxer" *''Rabbit Hole'' (2023) TV series **episode 1.05 "Tom" }}
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