Tim Van Patten (born June 10, 1959 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American film director. As a director, Van Patten has directed episodes of The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Deadwood, The Wire and Ed. Van Patten is perhaps best known for bringing to life the character "Salami" on The White Shadow. The villainous teenager Peter Stegman in Class of 1984 & Max Keller on the TV series The Master were also parts played by Van Patten. In 2004, Van Patten directed an episode of The Sopranos called "Long Term Parking". The episode won an Emmy for "Best Writing in a Dramatic Series". Van Patten is the half brother of Dick Van Patten and Joyce Van Patten.He grew up in Massapequa NY and went to the same high school as Jerry Seinfeld. In episodes of the White Shadow, he would attend practice wearing a Massapequa High School Wrestling t-shirt he had after spending one season on that high school's wrestling team. That team was coached by Al Bevilaqua, who was Ron Kovic's (played by Tom Cruise) wrestling coach in the movie "Born on the Fourth of July. He is also the uncle of Vincent Van Patten and Talia Balsam.
Selected filmography
- Rome (2005) 2 episodes:
- Deadwood (2004) 1 episode:
- episode 2.07 "Childish Things"
- The Wire (2002)
- episode 1.13 "Sentencing"
- episode 2.09 "Stray Rounds"
- episode 3.07 "Back Burners"
- Ed
- episode 1.11 "Opposites Distract"
- episode 1.18 "The Test"
- episode 3.10 "Neighbors"
- episode 3.20 "Second Chances"
- The Sopranos (20 episodes):
- episode 1.08 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti"
- episode 2.04 "Commendatori"
- episode 2.05 "Big Girls Don't Cry"
- episode 2.11 "House Arrest"
- episode 3.02 "Proshai, Livushka
- episode 3.07 "Second Opinion"
- episode 3.11 "Amour Fou"
- episode 4.03 "Christopher"
- episode 4.09 "Whoever Did This
- episode 4.11 "Calling All Cars"
- episode 5.01 "Two Tonys"
- episode 5.09 "Unidentified Black Males"
- episode 5.12 "Long Term Parking"
- episode 6.01 "Members Only"
- episode 6.06 "Live Free or Die"
- episode 6.08 "Johnny Cakes"
- episode 6.11 "Cold Stones"
- episode 6.13 "Soprano Home Movies"
- episode 6.16 "Chasing It"
- episode 6.19 "The Second Coming"
- Sex and the City (1998) 4 episodes:
- episode 6.09 "A Woman's Right to Shoes"
- episode 6.10 "Boy, Uninterrupted"
- episode 6.19 "An American Girl in Paris, Part Une"
- episode 6.20 "An American Girl in Paris, Part Deux" (series finale)
- Touched by an Angel (1994) numerous episodes
- The White Shadow (1978-1981): played the role of Mario "Salami" Pettrino in 21 episodes.
