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{{short description|American writer, director and producer (born 1945)}}
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{{Infobox person
| image              = David Chase 2015.jpg
| caption            = Chase at the U.S. embassy in Dublin, 2015
| name               = David Chase
| birth_name         = David Henry Chase
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1945|8|22}}
| birth_place        = [[Mount Vernon, New York]], U.S.
| occupation         = {{hlist|Screenwriter|showrunner|director|producer}}
| education          = [[New York University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br/>[[Stanford University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
| years_active       = 1969–present
| spouse             = Denise Kelly Chase
| children           = 1
| known_for          = Creator of ''[[The Sopranos]]''
}}

'''David Henry Chase'''<ref>Chase says his name was not David DeCesare at birth in this interview: https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/david-chase# {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331030349/https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/david-chase |date=March 31, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last= Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=September 7, 2021|title=David Chase On Reviving 'Sopranos' Spirit With 'The Many Saints Of Newark' And High Interest In Another Prequel Film|url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/david-chase-sopranos-revival-the-many-saints-of-newark-disdain-day-date-bow-interested-in-another-prequel-film-1234828184/|access-date=September 8, 2021|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref> (born August 22, 1945) is an American writer, producer, and director. A recipient of seven [[Primetime Emmy Awards]], he is best known for being the creator, head writer, and executive producer of the [[HBO]] drama ''[[The Sopranos]]'', which aired for six seasons between 1999 and 2007. Chase has also produced and written for shows such as ''[[The Rockford Files]]'', ''[[I'll Fly Away (TV series)|I'll Fly Away]]'', and ''[[Northern Exposure]]''. He created the original series ''[[Almost Grown (television show)|Almost Grown]]'' which aired for 10 episodes in 1988 and 1989. Chase's film debut came in 1972 with ''[[Grave of the Vampire]]'', and his later filmography includes ''[[Not Fade Away (film)|Not Fade Away]]'' (2012) and ''[[The Many Saints of Newark]]'' (2021), a prequel film to the TV series ''The Sopranos''.

==Early life==

=== Family ===
Chase was born as an only child to Norma (née Bucco) and Enrico "Henry" Chase, both born in 1908 and hailing from Italian-American working-class families.

Norma was born in [[Essex County, New Jersey]], as one of twelve children to Marian D'Agostino and Vito Bucco, who immigrated from [[Ariano Irpino|Ariano]], [[Campania]] and [[Fossacesia]], [[Abruzzo]] respectively.<ref name=":0">''[[Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos]]''</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-09-05 |title=David Chase: "I Soprano? Una famiglia 'disfunzionale'…" |url=https://ilmanifesto.it/david-chase-i-soprano-una-famiglia-disfunzionale |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=il manifesto |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=June 6, 1999 |title=TELEVISION / RADIO; The Son Who Created A Hit, 'The Sopranos' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/06/arts/television-radio-the-son-who-created-a-hit-the-sopranos.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108125554/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/06/arts/television-radio-the-son-who-created-a-hit-the-sopranos.html |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |access-date=January 29, 2021 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Laurino |first=Maria |title=The Italian Americans: A History |date=December 2014 |isbn=978-0393241969}}</ref>

Henry was born in [[Providence, Rhode Island]], as one of seven children, the son of Teresa Melfi, who was married to Giovanni DeCesare, 17 years her senior. Henry and his sister Evelina (Evelyn), however, were the biological children of Giuseppe "Joseph" Fusco, a 21-year-old Italian immigrant who had been lodging with the DeCesares since 1904. Following Evelyn's birth in 1910, Melfi and Fusco eloped to [[Newark, New Jersey]], with their two biological children, whose surnames Melfi subsequently changed from DeCesare to Chase; the couple kept their own surnames and raised another five children under Fusco's name (although the 1940 census lists both their surnames as "Fusca").<ref>{{cite news |title=Boss of Bosses |url=http://www.nj.com/sopranos/ledger/index.ssf?/sopranos/stories/030401chase.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070426225659/http://www.nj.com/sopranos/ledger/index.ssf?%2Fsopranos%2Fstories%2F030401chase.html |archive-date=April 26, 2007 |newspaper=[[The Star-Ledger]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zoller Seitz |first=Matt |date=2021-09-27 |title=How Do You Follow The Sopranos? |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/david-chase-sopranos-many-saints-of-newark.html |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Feinberg |first=Scott |date=2021-11-02 |title='Awards Chatter' Podcast: 'Sopranos' Creator David Chase Finally Reveals What Happened to Tony (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/feature/the-sopranos-david-chase-tony-ending-the-many-saints-of-newark-1235040185/ |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> The DeCesare family originates from [[Caserta]] while Chase's biological grandfather Joseph Fusco was from [[Roccamonfina]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-06-29 |title=Campagna: al regista David Chase premio "Milizia San Michele" |url=https://www.dentrosalerno.it/2014/06/29/campagna-david-chase-premio-milizia-san-michele/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Dentro Salerno |language=it-IT}}</ref>

=== Childhood ===
Chase grew up in a small garden apartment in [[Clifton, New Jersey]],<ref name="Vanity2">{{Cite magazine |last=Biskind |first=Peter |date=April 4, 2007 |title=How David Chase and The Sopranos Changed Television Forever |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/04/sopranos200704 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824043748/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/04/sopranos200704 |archive-date=August 24, 2020 |access-date=May 1, 2020 |magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]}}</ref> and in [[North Caldwell, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite news |last=DeCaro |first=Frank |date=April 4, 1999 |title=No Longer the Punch-Line State; Lauryn Hill, the Sopranos and others are unapologetic New Jerseyans |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/04/style/no-longer-punch-line-state-lauryn-hill-sopranos-others-are-unapologetic-new.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729083349/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/04/style/no-longer-punch-line-state-lauryn-hill-sopranos-others-are-unapologetic-new.html |archive-date=July 29, 2018 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |quote=Growing up in Clifton and North Caldwell, Mr. Chase said, New Jersey seemed "very exciting and very mysterious, not dull and predictable as many New Yorkers like to believe.}}</ref> His father owned Wright's Hardware in [[Verona, New Jersey]].<ref name="Vanity2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Citrano |first=Virginia |date=January 10, 2019 |title='The Sopranos' And Verona |url=https://myveronanj.com/2019/01/10/the-sopranos-and-verona/ |website=MyVeronaNJ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Maurer |first=Mark |date=2012-12-11 |title=David Chase looks to the past for his first film |url=https://www.nj.com/inside-jersey/2012/12/david_chase_looks_to_the_past_for_his_first_film.html |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=NJTrueJersey |language=en}}</ref> He grew up watching [[Matinée idol|matinée]] crime films and was well known as a creative storyteller.<ref name="HBO2">[http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/cast/crew/david_chase.shtml David Chase: Creator] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219201622/http://www.hbo.com/the-sopranos/cast-and-crew|date=February 19, 2012}}, HBO.com, accessed May 6, 2007.</ref>

He has stated that he had many problems with his parents when he was a child.<ref name="Vanity2"/> He says that his father was an angry man who belittled him constantly, and his mother was a "passive-aggressive drama queen" and a "nervous woman who dominated any situation she was in by being so needy and always on the verge of hysteria." He based ''The Sopranos'' character [[Livia Soprano]] on his mother, naming her after a maternal aunt.<ref name="Book">{{cite book |first=Brett|last=Martin |title=The Sopranos: The Complete Book |date=October 30, 2007  |location=[[New York City]] |isbn=978-1-933821-18-4 |chapter="Once You're in this Family, There's No Getting Out:" Meet the Sopranos |pages=54–55}}</ref><ref name="Salon" />

=== Mental health and education ===
Chase struggled with [[panic attacks]] and [[clinical depression]] as a teenager, something that he dealt with into adulthood. He graduated from high school in 1964 and attended [[Wake Forest University]] in [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]], where his depression worsened. "I slept 18 hours a day," he stated. He described his problems as "normal, nagging, clinical depression."<ref name="Vanity2"/> He also worked as a drummer during this period and aspired to be a professional musician.<ref name="HBO2"/> After two years, he transferred to [[New York University]] where he chose to pursue a career in film—a decision that was not well received by his parents. He went on to attend [[Stanford University]]'s School of Film, earning a Master of Arts degree in 1971.<ref name="familyman" />

==Career==
Chase started in Hollywood as a [[story editor]] for ''[[Kolchak: The Night Stalker]]'' and then produced episodes of ''[[The Rockford Files]]'' and ''[[Northern Exposure]]'', among other series. He also worked as a writer of 19 [[List of The Rockford Files writers#David Chase|episodes]] while on ''The Rockford Files''—a show which he worked on in various capacities for more than four years.<ref name="Vanity2"/> He won several Emmy awards, including one for a television movie, ''Off the Minnesota Strip'', the story of a [[runaway youth|runaway]] he scripted in 1980.<ref name="Vanity2"/> His first original created series was ''[[Almost Grown (television show)|Almost Grown]]'' in 1988, with [[Eve Gordon]] and [[Timothy Daly]].<ref>Baker, Kathryn. (November 23, 1988) [[Wichita Eagle]]. ''"Almost Grown: tells story of growing up.'' Section:Lifestyle; Page 9A.</ref> Although the one-hour series was well received by critics,<ref>Bark, Ed. (October 2, 1988) [[Dallas Morning News]] ''A critic picks the season's top ten.'' Section: Arts & Entertainment; page 1C.</ref> only 10 episodes aired from November 1988 to February 1989.<ref>[[Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers|Vero Beach Press Journal]] (November 12, 2000) ''Pipline.'' Section: TV Journal; Page 32.</ref>

===''The Sopranos''===
[[File:David Chase and Lorraine Bracco, May 2000.jpg|right|thumb|Chase with [[Lorraine Bracco]], who played Jennifer Melfi, receiving the [[Peabody Award]] for ''[[The Sopranos]]'' in 2000]]
Chase worked in relative anonymity before ''[[The Sopranos]]'' debuted.<ref name="Vanity2"/> The story of ''The Sopranos'' was initially conceived as a feature film about "a mobster in therapy having problems with his mother".<ref name="wgafontana">{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/writtenby/writtenbysub.aspx?id=2354 |title=Wiseguys: A conversation between David Chase and Tom Fontana. |last=Lee |first=Mark |date=May 2007 |access-date=November 14, 2007 |publisher=Writers Guild of America, west |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116222056/http://www.wga.org/writtenby/writtenbysub.aspx?id=2354 |archive-date=November 16, 2007}}</ref> Chase got some input from his manager [[Lloyd Braun (media executive)|Lloyd Braun]] and decided to adapt it into a television series.<ref name="wgafontana"/> He signed a development deal in 1995 with production company Brillstein-Grey and wrote the original pilot script.<ref name="Vanity2"/><ref name="familyman">{{cite magazine |url=http://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=37319 |title=Family Man |last=Oxfeld |first=Jesse |date=September 2002 |access-date=September 22, 2007 |magazine=Stanford Magazine |archive-date=January 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127093946/http://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=37319 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="pilotinterview">{{cite video |people=Chase, David; [[Peter Bogdanovich|Bogdanovich, Peter]] |title=The Sopranos – The Complete First Season: David Chase interview |medium=DVD |publisher=HBO |date=1999}}</ref> He drew heavily from his personal life and his experiences growing up in New Jersey, and has stated that he tried to apply his own "family dynamic to mobsters".<ref name="Salon">{{cite news |url=http://www.salon.com/ent/int/1999/01/20int.html/ |title=Chasing TV |date=January 20, 1999 |last=Dougherty |first=Robin |work=[[Salon.com]] |access-date=December 6, 2013 |archive-date=September 22, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922181315/http://www.salon.com/ent/int/1999/01/20int.html |url-status=live }}</ref> For instance, the tumultuous relationship between series protagonist [[Tony Soprano]] and his mother [[Livia Soprano|Livia]] is partially based on Chase's relationship with his own mother.<ref name="Salon"/> He was also in psychotherapy at the time and modeled the character of [[Jennifer Melfi]] after his own psychiatrist.<ref name="chaseRS">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9448169/sopranos_creator_shoots_straight |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081108023127/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9448169/sopranos_creator_shoots_straight |archive-date=November 8, 2008 |title="Sopranos" Creator Shoots Straight |last=Dana |first=Will |date=March 10, 2006 |magazine=Rolling Stone |url-status=dead |access-date=December 6, 2013}}</ref>

Chase had been fascinated by organized crime and the [[American Mafia|mafia]] from an early age, witnessing such people growing up. He also was raised on classic gangster films such as ''[[The Public Enemy]]'' and the crime series ''[[The Untouchables (1959 TV series)|The Untouchables]]''. The series is partly inspired by the [[Richard Boiardo]] family, a prominent New Jersey organized crime family when Chase was growing up, and partly on New Jersey's [[DeCavalcante crime family|DeCavalcante family]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/383832,CST-CONT-sopranos13.article |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516045310/http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/383832%2CCST-CONT-sopranos13.article |archive-date=May 16, 2007 |title=Da Jersey boys who inspired The Sopranos |date=May 13, 2007 |first=Steven |last=Malanga |work=Chicago Sun-Times |url-status=dead}}</ref> He has mentioned American playwrights [[Arthur Miller]] and [[Tennessee Williams]] as influences on the show's writing, and Italian director [[Federico Fellini]] as an important influence on the show's cinematic style.<ref name="baldwininterview">{{cite video |title=The Sopranos – The Complete Series: Alec Baldwin interviews David Chase |medium=DVD |publisher=HBO |date=2008}}</ref><ref name="littleton">{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2008/tv/news/the-sopranos-da-20855/ |title="The Sopranos": David Chase fesses up |last=Levine |first=Stuart |work=Variety |date=April 23, 2008 |access-date=November 23, 2008 |archive-date=December 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216131851/http://variety.com/2008/tv/news/the-sopranos-da-20855/ |url-status=live }}</ref>{{sfn|Martin|2007|p=160}} The series was named after high school friends of his.<ref name="chaseHBO">{{cite web |url=http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/cast/crew/david_chase.shtml |title=David Chase profile at HBO.com |access-date=November 14, 2007 |publisher=[[HBO]] |archive-date=February 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219201622/http://www.hbo.com/the-sopranos/cast-and-crew |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="chaseRS"/>

Chase and producer [[Brad Grey]] pitched ''The Sopranos'' to several networks; [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] showed interest but passed on it after Chase presented them the pilot script.<ref name="pilotinterview"/> They eventually pitched the show to [[Chris Albrecht]], president of HBO Original Programming, who decided to finance a pilot episode<ref name="Vanity2"/><ref name="familyman"/> which was shot in 1997.<ref>It was originally referred to as "Pilot" but was renamed "[[The Sopranos (episode)|The Sopranos]]" on the DVD release.</ref><ref name="hollywoodreporter">
{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/features/e3i5caaebc3b67867e5395b97e39aa8026d |title=Sopranos signoff marks end of era |last=Flaherty |first=Michael |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=June 8, 2007 |access-date=November 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921183451/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/features/e3i5caaebc3b67867e5395b97e39aa8026d |archive-date=September 21, 2007}}</ref> Chase directed it himself. They finished the pilot and showed it to HBO executives, but the show was put on hold for several months. During this time, Chase, who had long experienced frustration at being unable to break out of TV and into film,<ref name="Vanity2"/> considered asking HBO for additional funding to shoot 45 more minutes of footage and release ''The Sopranos'' as a feature film. In December 1997, HBO decided to produce the series and ordered 12 more episodes for a 13-episode season.<ref name="Vanity2"/><ref name="familyman"/>{{sfn|Martin|2007|p=16}} The show premiered on HBO on January 10, 1999, with the pilot "[[The Sopranos (The Sopranos episode)|The Sopranos]]".

Thirty episodes of ''The Sopranos'' are [[WGA screenwriting credit system|explicitly credited]] to Chase; however, as the show's creator, [[showrunner]], and [[head writer]], he had a major role in all the scripts, including producing and touching up each script's final draft.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2007/04/06/set-sopranos-finale/ |title=Burying the Sopranos |access-date=July 19, 2007 |first=Josh |last=Wolk |date=April 6, 2007 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |quote=[Chase] oversees everything, from writing the final polish on all scripts to supervising the editing of each episode. |archive-date=October 9, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009041307/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20033896,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He also directed the pilot episode and the [[Made in America (The Sopranos)|series finale]] (both of which he also wrote).

Of the intentionally ambiguous final scene of the series finale that aired on June 10, 2007, Chase said, "I have no interest in explaining, defending, reinterpreting, or adding to what is there."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blog.nj.com/alltv/2007/06/david_chase_speaks.html |title=David Chase speaks |author=Alan Sepinwall |date=June 11, 2007 |newspaper=[[The Star-Ledger]] |access-date=May 14, 2009 |archive-date=August 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810220656/http://blog.nj.com/alltv/2007/06/david_chase_speaks.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2022, Chase and [[Phil Abraham]] created a 2022 Super Bowl spot for Commonwealth / McCann with two characters from the show who appear in a 2021 New York City/New Jersey setting.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/sopranos-super-bowl-ad-commercial-1299610/|title=A 'Sopranos' Expert Analyzes Chevy's Meadow and AJ Super Bowl Commercial|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date = February 13, 2022}}</ref>

In September 2024, HBO released a two-part documentary called ''[[Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/wise-guy-david-chase-and-the-sopranos-review-alex-gibney-1236037610/|title='Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos' Review: Alex Gibney's Sensationally Artful Documentary Explores Every Angle of TV's Greatest Show|publisher=Variety|date=June 14, 2024}}</ref>

{{hidden|''The Sopranos'' credits|
;Writer
*"[[The Sopranos (pilot episode)|The Sopranos]]" ''(episode 1.01)''
*"[[46 Long]]" ''(episode 1.02)''
*"[[College (The Sopranos episode)|College]]" ''(episode 1.05)'' (with [[Jim Manos, Jr.]])
*"[[The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti]]" ''(episode 1.08)'' (with [[Frank Renzulli]])
*"[[I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano]]" ''(episode 1.13)''
*"[[Commendatori]]" ''(episode 2.04)''
*"[[Funhouse (The Sopranos episode)|Funhouse]]" ''(episode 2.13)'' (with [[Todd A. Kessler]])
*"[[Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood]]" ''(episode 3.01)''
*"[[Proshai, Livushka]]" ''(episode 3.02)''
*"[[University (The Sopranos)|University]]" '' (episode 3.06) '' (story credit)
*"[[Amour Fou (The Sopranos)|Amour Fou]]" '' (episode 3.12) '' (story credit)
*"[[Army of One (The Sopranos episode)|Army of One]]" ''(episode 3.13)'' (with [[Lawrence Konner]])
*"[[For All Debts Public and Private]]" ''(episode 4.01)''
*"[[No Show]]" ''(episode 4.02)'' (with [[Terence Winter]])
*"[[Watching Too Much Television]]" '' (episode 4.07) '' (story credit)
*"[[Mergers and Acquisitions (The Sopranos)|Mergers and Acquisitions]]" '' (episode 4.08) '' (story credit)
*"[[The Strong, Silent Type]]" '' (episode 4.10) '' (story credit)
*"[[Calling All Cars (The Sopranos episode)|Calling All Cars]]" ''(episode 4.11)'' (with [[Robin Green]] & [[Mitchell Burgess]] and [[David Flebotte]])
*"[[Whitecaps (The Sopranos episode)|Whitecaps]]" ''(episode 4.13)'' (with Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess)
*"[[Two Tonys]]" ''(episode 5.01)'' (with Terence Winter)
*"[[The Test Dream]]" ''(episode 5.11)'' (with [[Matthew Weiner]])
*"[[All Due Respect (The Sopranos)|All Due Respect]]" ''(episode 5.13)'' (with Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess)
*"[[Join the Club]]" ''(episode 6.02)''
*"[[Live Free or Die (The Sopranos episode)|Live Free or Die]]" ''(episode 6.06)'' (with Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess and Terence Winter)
*"[[Cold Stones]]" ''(episode 6.11)'' (with [[Diane Frolov]] & [[Andrew Schneider]])
*"[[Kaisha (The Sopranos)|Kaisha]]" ''(episode 6.12)'' (with Matthew Weiner and Terence Winter)
*"[[Soprano Home Movies]]" ''(episode 6.13)'' (with Diane Frolov & Andrew Schneider and Matthew Weiner)
*"[[Kennedy and Heidi]]" ''(episode 6.18)'' (with Matthew Weiner)
*"[[The Blue Comet]]" ''(episode 6.20)'' (with Matthew Weiner)
*"[[Made in America (The Sopranos)|Made in America]]" ''(episode 6.21)''

;Director
*"[[The Sopranos (pilot episode)|The Sopranos]]" ''(episode 1.01)''
*"[[Made in America (The Sopranos)|Made in America]]" ''(episode 6.21)''

;Actor
Chase appeared as a man sitting at an outdoor cafe in [[Naples]], Italy smoking a cigarette in the season two episode "[[Commendatori]]". He also appeared as an airline passenger en route to Italy in season six's "[[Luxury Lounge]]". His voice was also used over the phone in the episode "The Test Dream".}}

===''Not Fade Away''===
''[[Not Fade Away (film)|Not Fade Away]]'' (2012), Chase's feature film debut, was released on December 21, 2012. It centers on the lead singer of a teenage [[Rock and roll|rock 'n' roll]] band (played by [[John Magaro]]) in 1960s New Jersey.<ref name="Not Fade Away">{{cite web|author=McNary, Dave|date=January 24, 2011|title=Gandolfini, Chase reconnect at 'Twylight'|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/gandolfini-chase-reconnect-at-twylight-1118030784/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=February 1, 2011|quote=[[James Gandolfini|Gandolfini]]'s on board to portray the father of a teen in a rock band, set in 1960s suburbia.  John Magaro will play his son.  ... Chase, creator of 'The Sopranos,' signed on in 2008 to write, direct and produce the feature.|archive-date=January 31, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131073401/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118030784?refCatId=13|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web|author=Andreeva, Nellie|date=January 24, 2011|title='Sopranos' Big-Screen Reunion: James Gandolfini Joins David Chase's New Movie|url=https://deadline.com/2011/01/its-a-sopranos-big-screen-reunion-james-gandolfini-joins-david-chases-new-movie-99778/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Mail.com Media|Mail.com Media Corporation]]|access-date=February 1, 2011|quote=The Paramount-produced ''Twylight Zones'' is described as a drama about a New Jersey Rock'n'Roll band and the musical renaissance of the 1960s.  It centers on Douglas (John Magaro), a socially awkward teen who begins to shine as lead singer in his band, The Twylight Zones.  Gandolfini will play his father...|archive-date=January 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105192413/https://deadline.com/2011/01/its-a-sopranos-big-screen-reunion-james-gandolfini-joins-david-chases-new-movie-99778/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ib047da6a5b38efff82fce8ce8a24d26b |title='Sopranos' creator to direct coming-of-age film |author=Jay A. Fernandez |date=March 8, 2010 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=April 13, 2010 |archive-date=March 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312140440/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ib047da6a5b38efff82fce8ce8a24d26b |url-status=live }}</ref> Described as "a music-driven coming-of-age story," the film reunites Chase with James Gandolfini (former star of ''Sopranos''), who co-stars as Magaro's father.<ref name="Not Fade Away" /> Other cast members include [[Bella Heathcote]], [[Christopher McDonald]], [[Molly Price]], [[Lisa Lampanelli]], [[Jack Huston]] and [[Brad Garrett]]. Chase himself has described the film as about "a post-war, post-Depression-era parent who has given his kid every advantage that he didn't have growing up, but now can't help feeling jealous of the liberated, more adventurous destiny his son is able to enjoy." Another former ''Sopranos'' cast member, [[Steven Van Zandt]], served as music supervisor and executive producer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nextmovie.com/blog/brad-garrett-david-chase-musical-movie/ |title=Brad Garrett Moves To David Chase's Musical Movie |work=NextMovie |date=February 3, 2011 |access-date=February 13, 2012 |archive-date=March 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315235427/http://www.nextmovie.com/blog/brad-garrett-david-chase-musical-movie/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===''The Many Saints of Newark''===
Although Chase was "against [the movie] for a long time",<ref name=details>{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/the-sopranos-david-chase-20th-anniversary-prequel-film-tony-soprano-the-many-saints-of-newark-1202530544/ |title='The Sopranos' Creator David Chase Offers Glimpses Of Prequel Movie As Groundbreaking HBO Series Turns 20 |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=January 7, 2019 |website=Deadline |language=en |access-date=January 23, 2019 |archive-date=January 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122135017/https://deadline.com/2019/01/the-sopranos-david-chase-20th-anniversary-prequel-film-tony-soprano-the-many-saints-of-newark-1202530544/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Deadline Hollywood]]'' reported in March 2018 that [[New Line Cinema]] had purchased the script for ''[[The Many Saints of Newark]]'', a prequel to ''The Sopranos'' written by Chase and fellow screenwriter [[Lawrence Konner]]. Chase said of the storyline, which centers on the [[1967 Newark riots]] and racial tensions between the Italian-American and African-American communities, "I was interested in Newark and life in Newark at that time... I used to go down there every Saturday night for dinner with my grandparents. But the thing that interested me most was Tony's boyhood. I was interested in exploring that."<ref name=details/> Chase served as producer, and in July 2018, [[Alan Taylor (director)|Alan Taylor]], who previously directed episodes of the series, was hired to direct the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sopranos-prequel-movie-taps-director-alan-taylor-1124896 |title='Sopranos' Prequel Movie Taps Former Series Director Alan Taylor |work=The Hollywood Reporter |first=Mia |last=Galuppo |date=July 3, 2018 |access-date=April 3, 2019 |archive-date=April 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403133734/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sopranos-prequel-movie-taps-director-alan-taylor-1124896 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was initially scheduled to be released on September 25, 2020,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/03/sopranos-prequel-movie-opens-september-2020-1202575803/ |title=Warner Bros Dates 'Sopranos' Prequel 'The Many Saints Of Newark' For Fall 2020 – Update |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=March 15, 2019 |website=Deadline |language=en |access-date=March 25, 2019 |archive-date=March 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315091053/https://deadline.com/2019/03/sopranos-prequel-movie-opens-september-2020-1202575803/ |url-status=live }}</ref> however, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States]], its release date was rescheduled to March 12, 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/the-batman-sopranos-prequel-tom-elvis-presley-movie-warner-bros-release-dates-changes-coronavirus-1202912605/ |title='The Batman' Flies To Fall 2021, 'Sopranos' Prequel Moves To March & More As Warner Bros. Makes Release Date Changes Due To COVID-19 Climate |website=Deadline Hollywood |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |date=April 20, 2020 |access-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420202338/https://deadline.com/2020/04/the-batman-sopranos-prequel-tom-elvis-presley-movie-warner-bros-release-dates-changes-coronavirus-1202912605/ |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> and later September 24, 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/sopranos-many-saints-of-newark-release-date-delay-1234878777/|title='Many Saints of Newark' Delayed to Fall 2021 (EXCLUSIVE)|website=Variety|first=Rebecca|last=Rubin|date=January 13, 2021|access-date=January 13, 2021|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114000151/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/sopranos-many-saints-of-newark-release-date-delay-1234878777/|url-status=live}}</ref> before ultimately being released on October 1, 2021.

In October 2021, he and his Chase Films production company struck a deal with WarnerMedia.<ref>{{Cite web|last=White|first=Peter|date=October 1, 2021|title=David Chase Strikes Five-Year First-Look TV & Film Deal With WarnerMedia|url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/david-chase-five-year-first-look-deal-warnermedia-sopranos-1234847954/|access-date=October 2, 2021|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref> In March 2024, it was revealed that he will be directing an untitled horror movie for New Line Cinema.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=2024-03-19 |title='The Sopranos' Creator David Chase & EP Terence Winter Set Up Untitled Horror Film At New Line; Chase To Direct |url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/the-sopranos-david-chase-terence-winter-set-untitled-horror-film-new-line-chase-to-direct-1235862423/ |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> The screenplay will be written with Terrence Winter.

==Unrealized projects==
===''A Ribbon of Dreams''===
Chase has previously developed ''A Ribbon of Dreams'', a [[miniseries]] for HBO. According to an HBO [[press release]], the series' pilot would "begin in 1913 and follow two men, one a college-educated mechanical engineer, the other a cowboy with a violent past, who form an unlikely producing partnership and together become pioneers and then powers for a time in motion pictures." Specifically, the two men would "begin as employees of [[D.W. Griffith]], and then cross career paths with [[John Ford]], [[John Wayne]], [[Raoul Walsh]], [[Bette Davis]], [[Billy Wilder]] and others who gave shape to Hollywood as it grew from the age of rough-hewn [[silent film|silent]] [[Western (genre)|Western]]s, to the golden era of talkies and the studio system, to the auteur movement, to television, and finally to the present day." In 2021, Chase revealed that HBO agreed to proceed with the production of the miniseries but with "a cheesy budget", to which Chase refused to agree. Therefore, Chase and HBO parted ways on the project and ''A Ribbon of Dreams'' fell through.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jky6-yNb-as| title=David Chase on 'The Sopranos' Legacy & 'The Many Saints of Newark' | website=[[YouTube]] | date=August 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211107/Jky6-yNb-as| archive-date=November 7, 2021 | url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Personal life==
After graduating from NYU in 1968, Chase moved to California and married his high school sweetheart Denise Kelly.<ref name="Vanity2"/> He is the father of actress Michele DeCesare, who appeared in six of ''The Sopranos'' episodes as [[Hunter Scangarelo]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Oxfeld |first=Jesse |url=http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2002/sepoct/features/chase.html |title=Family Man
 |work=Stanford Magazine|date=September–October 2002 |access-date=February 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220140905/http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2002/sepoct/features/chase.html |archive-date=February 20, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Chase once stated that he "loathed and despised" television shows, watching only ''The Sopranos'' and movies.<ref name="pearson2011">{{cite book | title=Television as Digital Media | publisher=Duke University Press | author=Pearson, Roberta | year=2011 |editor1=Bennett, James |editor2=Strange, Niki | chapter = Cult Television as Digital Television's Cutting Edge | chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3cYJndq9K1IC&pg=PA113 | pages=113 | isbn=978-0-8223-4910-5}}</ref> However, he said in later interviews that he watched ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'' and ''[[Mad Men]]'', the work of former ''Sopranos'' writers and producers Terence Winter and Matthew Weiner, respectively. He said that he previously made those negative comments in part because he had been frustrated working within the confines of 1990s network television.<ref>{{cite news | last=Marlow | first=Stern | url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/04/david-chase-on-tony-soprano-s-fate-the-state-of-tv-and-why-he-couldn-t-finish-true-detective.html | title=thedailybeast > September 2014> Feature Entertainment> | newspaper=The Daily Beast | date=September 4, 2014 | publisher=thedailybeast.com | access-date=September 17, 2014 | archive-date=September 17, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917052012/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/04/david-chase-on-tony-soprano-s-fate-the-state-of-tv-and-why-he-couldn-t-finish-true-detective.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="collins20130521">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/video/2013/may/21/week-in-tv-game-of-thrones-mad-men-the-fall-video | title=The Week in TV: Game of Thrones, Mad Men and The Fall – video | work=The Guardian | date=May 21, 2013 | access-date=May 21, 2013 | author=Collins, Andrew | archive-date=November 4, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104193930/http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/video/2013/may/21/week-in-tv-game-of-thrones-mad-men-the-fall-video | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2023, Chase was inducted into the [[New Jersey Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://njhalloffame.org/2023-inductees/ |title=New Jersey Hall of Fame Announces Its Incoming 2023 Class of Inductees |publisher=New Jersey Hall of Fame |access-date=2024-07-24}}</ref>

==Select filmography==

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Director !! Writer !! Producer !! Creator !!Notes
|-
|| 1971
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Bold Ones: The Lawyers]]''
| {{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
| Episode: "In Defense of Ellen McKay"
|-
|| 1974
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Magician (U.S. TV series)|The Magician]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
| 7 episodes
|-
|| 1974–1975
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Kolchak: The Night Stalker]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
| 8 episodes<br/>Also story consultant
|-
|| 1975–1976
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Switch (American TV series)|Switch]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
| 6 episodes<br/>Also story consultant
|-
|| 1976–1979
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Rockford Files]]''
| {{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|20 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2| 1980
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo]]''
|{{no}}
|{{partial|Story}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
| Episode: "Perkins Bombs Out"
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''Off the Minnesota Strip''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
| Television film
|-
|rowspan=2| 1982
| style="text-align:left"| ''Palms Precinct''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes|Executive}}
|{{yes}}
| Pilot episode
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''Moonlight''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes|Executive}}
|{{no}}
| Television film
|-
|| 1986
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985 TV series)|Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
| Episode: "Enough Rope for Two"
|-
|| 1988–1989
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Almost Grown (TV series)|Almost Grown]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes|Executive}}
|{{yes}}
| 
|-
|| 1991–1993
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[I'll Fly Away (TV series)|I'll Fly Away]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes|Executive}}
| {{no}}
|4 episodes
|-
|| 1993–1995
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Northern Exposure]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes|Executive}}
| {{no}}
| Wrote 1 episode
|-
| rowspan=4| 1996
| style="text-align:left"| ''The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{partial|Supervising}}
|{{no}}
|rowspan=4| Television film
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{partial|Supervising}}
|{{no}}
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{partial|Supervising}}
|{{no}}
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{partial|Supervising}}
|{{no}}
|-
|| 1999–2007
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Sopranos]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes|Executive}}
|{{yes}}
| Directed 2 episodes, wrote the script for 24 episodes and the story for 5 episodes<br/>Also uncredited appearances in three episodes
|-
|| Undated
| style="text-align:left"| ''MKUltra''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes|Executive}}
|{{yes}}
| Based around the illegal human experimentation program with the [[MKUltra|same name]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/22/david-chase-sopranos-return-to-television |title=Sopranos creator David Chase to write HBO limited series on CIA drug program |website=theguardian.com |access-date=October 24, 2025 }}</ref>
|}

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:33px;"| Year !! Title !! style="width:65px;"| Director !! width=65 | Writer !! width=65 | Producer !! Notes
|-
|| 1972
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Grave of the Vampire]]''
| {{no}}
|{{yes}}
| {{no}}
| Based on his novel ''The Still Life''
|-
|| 2012
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Not Fade Away (film)|Not Fade Away]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
| 
|-
|| 2021
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Many Saints of Newark]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
| Also cameo appearance as Ercole "Eckley" DiMeo a.k.a. "Old Man"
|-
|TBD
|style="text-align:left"| Untitled Horror Movie
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|}

===Other credits===

{| class="wikitable sortable''
|-
!  Year 
! Title 
! Role 
|-
| 1969
| ''The Cut Thorats''
| Production manager
|-
| 1972
| ''Winter Love''
| Unit manager
|-
| 2017
| ''[[BoJack Horseman]]''
| Voice role: Himself<br/>Episode: "See Mr. Peanutbutter Run"
|}

==Awards and recognition==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!colspan=5|[[Primetime Emmy Awards]] 
|-
! Year
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
! class=unsortable|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|[[30th Primetime Emmy Awards|1978]] || rowspan="3" | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]] || ''[[The Rockford Files]]'' <small> ([[The Rockford Files season 4|season 4]]) </small> || {{won}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1978|title= Nominees / Winners 1978|website= Television Academy|access-date= May 28, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|[[31st Primetime Emmy Awards|1979]] || ''[[The Rockford Files]]'' <small> ([[The Rockford Files season 5|season 5]]) </small> || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1979|title= Nominees / Winners 1979|website= Television Academy|access-date= May 28, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|[[32nd Primetime Emmy Awards|1980]] || ''[[The Rockford Files]]'' <small> ([[The Rockford Files season 6|season 6]]) </small> || {{nom}} || rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1980|title= Nominees / Winners 1980|website= Television Academy|access-date= May 28, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special]] || ''Off The Minnesota Strip'' || {{won}} 
|-
|rowspan=2|[[44th Primetime Emmy Awards|1992]] || [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]] || ''[[I'll Fly Away (TV series)|I'll Fly Away]]'' <small> ([[I'll Fly Away (TV series)|season 1]]) </small> || {{nom}} || rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1992|title= Nominees / Winners 1992|website= Television Academy|access-date= May 28, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series]] || ''[[I'll Fly Away (TV series)|I'll Fly Away]]'' <small> (episode: "Pilot") </small> || {{nom}} 
|-
|[[45th Primetime Emmy Awards|1993]] || rowspan="3" | Outstanding Drama Series || ''[[I'll Fly Away (TV series)|I'll Fly Away]]'' <small> ([[I'll Fly Away (TV series)|season 2]]) </small> || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1993|title= Nominees / Winners 1993|website= Television Academy|access-date= May 28, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|[[46th Primetime Emmy Awards|1994]] || ''[[Northern Exposure]]'' <small> ([[List of Northern Exposure episodes#Season 5 (1993–94)|season 5]]) </small> || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1994|title= Nominees / Winners 1994|website= Television Academy|access-date= May 28, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=4|[[51st Primetime Emmy Awards|1999]] || ''[[The Sopranos]]'' <small> ([[The Sopranos season 1|season 1]]) </small> || {{nom}} || rowspan=4|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1999|title= Nominees / Winners 1999|website= Television Academy|access-date= May 28, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series]] || ''[[The Sopranos]]'' <small> (episode: "[[College (The Sopranos episode)|College]]") </small> || {{won}} 
|-
| ''[[The Sopranos]]'' <small> (episode: "[[Pilot (The Sopranos)|Pilot]]") </small> || {{nom}} 
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series]] || ''[[The Sopranos]]'' <small> (episode: "[[Pilot (The Sopranos)|Pilot]]") </small> || {{nom}} 
|-
|[[52nd Primetime Emmy Awards|2000]] || rowspan="2" | Outstanding Drama Series || ''[[The Sopranos]]'' <small> ([[The Sopranos season 2|season 2]]) </small> || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2000|title= Nominees / Winners 2000|website= Television Academy|access-date= May 28, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=3|[[53rd Primetime Emmy Awards|2001]] || ''[[The Sopranos]]'' <small> ([[The Sopranos season 3|season 3]]) </small> || {{nom}} || rowspan=3|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2001|title= Nominees / Winners 2001|website= Television Academy|access-date= May 28, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series || ''[[The Sopranos]]'' <small> (episode: "[[Funhouse (The Sopranos episode)|Funhouse]]") </small> || {{nom}} 
|-
| ''[[The Sopranos]]'' <small> (episode: "[[Amour Fou (The Sopranos)|Amour Fou]]") </small> || {{nom}} 
|-
|rowspan=2|[[55th Primetime Emmy Awards|2003]] || Outstanding Drama Series || ''[[The Sopranos]]'' <small> ([[The Sopranos season 4|season 4]]) </small> || {{nom}} || rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2003|title= Nominees / Winners 2003|website= Television Academy|access-date= May 28, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series || ''[[The Sopranos]]'' <small> (episode: "[[Whitecaps (The Sopranos episode)|Whitecaps]]")</small> || {{won}} 
|-
|[[56th Primetime Emmy Awards|2004]] || rowspan="3" | Outstanding Drama Series || ''[[The Sopranos]]'' <small> ([[The Sopranos season 5|season 5]]) </small> || {{won}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2004|title= Nominees / Winners 2004|website= Television Academy|access-date= May 28, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|[[58th Primetime Emmy Awards|2006]] || ''[[The Sopranos]]'' <small> ([[The Sopranos season 6|season 6 - Part 1]]) </small> || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2006|title= Nominees / Winners 2006|website= Television Academy|access-date= May 28, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=3|[[59th Primetime Emmy Awards|2007]] || ''[[The Sopranos]]'' <small> ([[The Sopranos season 6|season 6 - Part 2]]) </small> || {{won}} || rowspan=3|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2007|title= Nominees / Winners 2007|website= Television Academy|access-date= May 28, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series || ''[[The Sopranos]]'' <small> (episode: "[[Kennedy and Heidi]]") </small> || {{nom}}
|-
| ''[[The Sopranos]]'' <small> (episode: "[[Made in America (The Sopranos)|Made in America]]") </small> || {{won}} 
|}

==See also==
* [[List of Primetime Emmy Award winners]]

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Primetime Emmy Award winners]]
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[[Category:Stanford University alumni]]
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[[Category:Television producers from New York (state)]]
[[Category:American television show creators]]
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[[Category:Writers Guild of America Award winners]]
[[Category:American people of Italian descent]]
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