Todd A. Kessler

Todd A. Kessler

Known for

Writing

Born

January 15, 1972 (age 54)

Birthplace

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA

Biography

Todd A. Kessler (born 1972) is an American screenwriter, playwright, television producer and director.

Kessler wrote and produced the second and third seasons of HBO's The Sopranos, Michael Mann's Robbery Homicide Division and the first season of NBC's Providence. Kessler began his career as a playwright working with David Rabe, moving into film and television when Spike Lee hired him as a screenwriter. Kessler is credited with co-writing (with David Chase) the Sopranos season 2 finale Funhouse -- widely lauded as one of the best episodes of the series.

Despite his success on The Sopranos, HBO did not retain Kessler beyond season 3, an experience Kessler described as "painful and formative...

Best known work

The Sopranos
The Sopranos
1999
Bloodline
Bloodline
2015
Blue's Clues
Blue's Clues
1996
Damages
Damages
2007
The New Look
The New Look
2024
Providence
Providence
1999
Robbery Homicide Division
Robbery Homicide Division
2002
Blue's Room
Blue's Room
2004
Talking Sopranos
Talking Sopranos
2020

Filmography

  1. 2024

    The New LookTV

    Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Teleplay, Story, Creator

  2. 2020

    Talking SopranosTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  3. 2015

    BloodlineTV

    Director, Writer, Story, Producer, Executive Producer, Creator

  4. 2007

    DamagesTV

    as Perry the Doorman (9 episodes), Writer, Executive Producer, Director, Creator

  5. 2004

    Blue's RoomTV

    Creator

  6. 2002

  7. 1999

    The SopranosTV

    Writer, Story, Co-Producer, Producer

  8. 1999

    ProvidenceTV

    Writer

  9. 1996

    Blue's CluesTV

    Creator

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