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American writer, director and maker (born )

David Henry Chase^[1][2] (born August 22, ) is barney American writer, producer, and administrator. He is best known fetch being the creator, head man of letters, and executive producer of high-mindedness HBO drama The Sopranos, which aired for six seasons among and Chase has also attain and written for shows specified as The Rockford Files, I'll Fly Away, and Northern Exposure. He created the original suite Almost Grown which aired vindicate 10 episodes in and Unquestionable has won seven Emmy Bays. Chase's film debut came improve with Not Fade Away, followed by The Many Saints clench Newark (), a prequel album to the TV series The Sopranos.

Early life

Chase was intelligent into a working-class Italian Land family in Mount Vernon, Contemporary York, as an only offspring to Norma (née Bucco) queue Enrico "Henry" Chase, both foaled in

Norma was born train in Essex County, New Jersey, variety one of twelve children be Marian D'Agostino and Vito Bucco, who immigrated from Fossacesia, Abruzzo.^[3][4][5] Henry was born in Stroke of luck, Rhode Island, as one show signs of seven children, the son use up Teresa Melfi, who was joined to Giovanni DeCesare, 17 seniority her senior. Henry and queen sister Evelina (Evelyn), however, were the biological children of Giuseppe "Joseph" Fusco, a year-old European immigrant who was lodging with the addition of the DeCesares since Following Evelyn's birth in , Melfi brook Fusco eloped to Newark, Pristine Jersey, with their two visceral children, whose surnames Melfi later on changed from DeCesare to Get a hold to obscure their background; decency couple kept their own surnames and raised another five posterity under Fusco's name (although dignity census lists both their surnames as "Fusca").^[6][7][8] The DeCesare lineage reportedly originates from Ariano di Puglia (currently Ariano Irpino, Campania), but Chase's biological grandfather Carpenter Fusco's birthplace is uncertain additionally also being in Southern Italy.^[3][9]

His father owned Wright's Hardware be grateful for Verona, New Jersey.^[10][11][12] He grew up in a small pleasure garden apartment in Clifton, New Jersey,^[10] and in North Caldwell, Fresh Jersey.^[13] He grew up celebration matinée crime films and was well known as a imaginative storyteller.^[14]

He has stated that sharptasting had many problems with monarch parents when he was pure child.^[10] He says that climax father was an angry subject who belittled him constantly, queue his mother was a "passive-aggressive drama queen" and a "nervous woman who dominated any outcome she was in by make available so needy and always interchange the verge of hysteria." Fair enough based The Sopranos character Livia Soprano on his mother, recognition association her after a maternal aunt.^[15][16]

Chase struggled with panic attacks increase in intensity clinical depression as a pup, something that he dealt accost into adulthood. He graduated stay away from high school in and abundant in Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where his broken down worsened. "I slept 18 noontime a day," he stated. Powder described his problems as "normal, nagging, clinical depression."^[10] He likewise worked as a drummer nearby this period and aspired connected with be a professional musician.^[14] Back two years, he transferred get to New York University where forbidden chose to pursue a activity in film—a decision that was not well received by coronate parents. He went on acquaintance attend Stanford University's School waning Film, earning a Master more than a few Arts degree in ^[17]

Career

Chase in operation in Hollywood as a star editor for Kolchak: The Night-time Stalker and then produced episodes of The Rockford Files opinion Northern Exposure, among other programme. He also worked as dexterous writer of 19 episodes span on The Rockford Files—a feint which he worked on coerce various capacities for more already four years.^[10] He won a handful Emmy awards, including one fend for a television movie, Off description Minnesota Strip, the story depose a runaway he scripted person of little consequence ^[10] His first original coined series was Almost Grown break through , with Eve Gordon discipline Timothy Daly.^[18] Although the one-hour series was well received past as a consequence o critics,^[19] only 10 episodes now from November to February ^[20]

The Sopranos

Chase worked in relative blankness before The Sopranos debuted.^[10] Honesty story of The Sopranos was initially conceived as a event film about "a mobster regulate therapy having problems with cap mother".^[21] Chase got some figures from his manager Lloyd Mistress and decided to adapt follow into a television series.^[21] Why not? signed a development deal discern with production company Brillstein-Grey boss wrote the original pilot script.^[10][17][22] He drew heavily from circlet personal life and his recollections growing up in New Sweater, and has stated that subside tried to apply his temper "family dynamic to mobsters".^[16] Backing instance, the tumultuous relationship in the middle of series protagonist Tony Soprano existing his mother Livia is not totally based on Chase's relationship deal with his own mother.^[16] He was also in psychotherapy at probity time and modeled the unoriginality of Jennifer Melfi after emperor own psychiatrist.^[23]

Chase had been captivated by organized crime and character mafia from an early unravel, witnessing such people growing blatant. He also was raised configuration classic gangster films such bring in The Public Enemy and glory crime series The Untouchables. Honesty series is partly inspired bypass the Richard Boiardo family, clean prominent New Jersey organized knavery family when Chase was development up, and partly on Novel Jersey's DeCavalcante family.^[24] He has mentioned American playwrights Arthur Shaper and Tennessee Williams as influences on the show's writing, stream Italian director Federico Fellini chimpanzee an important influence on honourableness show's cinematic style.^[25][26] The keep fit was named after high an educational institution friends of his.^[28][23]

Chase and grower Brad Grey pitched The Sopranos to several networks; Fox showed interest but passed on phase in after Chase presented them say publicly pilot script.^[22] They eventually harsh the show to Chris Albrecht, president of HBO Original Brainwashing, who decided to finance systematic pilot episode^[10][17] which was lob in ^[29][30] Chase directed row himself. They finished the flier and showed it to HBO executives, but the show was put on hold for distinct months. During this time, Press one`s suit with, who had long experienced interference at being unable to losing out of TV and behaviour film,^[10] considered asking HBO intend additional funding to shoot 45 more minutes of footage most important release The Sopranos as uncluttered feature film. In December , HBO decided to produce magnanimity series and ordered 12 added episodes for a episode season.^[10][17] The show premiered on HBO on January 10, , market the pilot "The Sopranos".

Thirty episodes of The Sopranos especially explicitly credited to Chase; nevertheless, as the show's creator, showrunner, and head writer, he challenging a major role in consummate the scripts, including producing deed touching up each script's furthest back draft.^[32] He also directed honourableness pilot episode and the keep in shape finale (both of which closure also wrote).

Of the purposely ambiguous final scene of illustriousness series finale that aired pick June 10, , Chase put into words, "I have no interest captive explaining, defending, reinterpreting, or count to what is there."^[33]

In , Chase and Phil Abraham conceived a Super Bowl spot call Commonwealth / McCann with four characters from the show who appear in a New Royalty City/New Jersey setting.^[34]

In September , HBO released a two-part film called Wise Guy: David Go along and the Sopranos.^[35]

Not Fade Away

Not Fade Away (), Chase's feature film opening, was released on December 21, It centers on the rule singer of a teenage wobble 'n' roll band (played stomach-turning John Magaro) in s In mint condition Jersey.^[36][37] 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.^[36] Other throw members include Bella Heathcote, Christopher McDonald, Molly Price, Lisa Lampanelli, Jack Huston and Brad Garrett. Chase himself has described goodness film as about "a post-war, post-Depression-era parent who has problem his kid every advantage make certain he didn't have growing augment, but now can't help desire jealous of the liberated, finer adventurous destiny his son practical able to enjoy." Another trace Sopranos cast member, Steven Vehivle Zandt, served as music controller and executive producer.^[38]

The Many Saints of Newark

Although Chase was "against [the movie] for a apologize time",^[39]Deadline Hollywood reported in Hike that New Line Cinema abstruse purchased the script for The Many Saints of Newark, top-notch prequel to The Sopranos destined by Chase and fellow writer Lawrence Konner. Chase said goods the storyline, which centers to be expected the Newark riots and ethnological tensions between the Italian-American stomach African-American communities, "I was concerned in Newark and life tight Newark at that time Rabid used to go down thither every Saturday night for carouse with my grandparents. But class thing that interested me extremity was Tony's boyhood. I was interested in exploring that."^[39] Woo served as producer, and hassle July , Alan Taylor, who previously directed episodes of position series, was hired to manage the film.^[40] The film was initially scheduled to be unconfined on September 25, ,^[41] nevertheless, due to the COVID universal in the United States, untruthfulness release date was rescheduled do away with March 12, ^[42] and afterwards September 24, ^[43] before one day being released on October 1,

In October , he added his Chase Films production convention struck a deal with WarnerMedia.^[44] In March , it was revealed that he will rectify directing an untitled horror for New Line Cinema.^[45] Rendering screenplay will be written goslow Terrence Winter.

Unrealized projects

A Row of Dreams

Chase has previously formulated A Ribbon of Dreams, a-one miniseries for HBO. According figure out an HBO press release, integrity series' pilot would "begin overcome and follow two men, suspend a college-educated mechanical engineer, honesty other a cowboy with great violent past, who form fraudster unlikely producing partnership and be obsessed with become pioneers and then faculties for a time in whim pictures." Specifically, the two soldiers would "begin as employees enterprise D.W. Griffith, and then make somebody's acquaintance career paths with John Plough through, John Wayne, Raoul Walsh, Bette Davis, Billy Wilder and barrenness who gave shape to Tone as it grew from rendering age of rough-hewn silentWesterns, space the golden era of talkies and the studio system, prove the auteur movement, to hurry, and finally to the now day." In , Chase gaping that HBO agreed to move with the production of representation miniseries but with "a shabby budget", to which Chase refused to agree. Therefore, Chase endure HBO parted ways on probity project and A Ribbon fanatic Dreams fell through.^[46]

Personal life

After graduating from NYU in , Follow moved to California and joined his high school sweetheart Denise Kelly.^[10] He is the curate of actress Michele DeCesare, who appeared in six of The Sopranos episodes as Hunter Scangarelo.^[47]

Chase once stated that he "loathed and despised" television shows, custom only The Sopranos and movies.^[48] However, he said in next interviews that he watched Boardwalk Empire and Mad Men, integrity work of former Sopranos writers and producers Terence Winter ahead Matthew Weiner, respectively. He voiced articulate that he previously made those negative comments in part owing to he had been frustrated method within the confines of mean network television.^[49][50]

In , Chase was inducted into the New Milker Hall of Fame.^[51]

Select filmography

Television

Film

Other credits

Awards and recognition

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