David Chase

David Chase (born August 22, 1945) is an American screenwriter, director, and television producer. He is best known for writing and producing the HBO drama The Sopranos which aired for six seasons between 1999 and 2007. Chase has also produced and written for such shows as The Rockford Files, I\'ll Fly Away, and Northern Exposure. He created the original series Almost Grown which aired for 10 episodes in 1988 and 1989. He has won seven Emmy Awards.\n', '

Chase was born into a working-class Italian American family in Mount Vernon, New York. His father had changed his surname from "DeCesare" to "Chase" well before his son was born. He was an only child and grew up in a small garden apartment in Clifton, New Jersey and in North Caldwell, New Jersey. He has stated that he had many problems with overbearing parents when he was a child. He grew up watching matinée crime films and was well kn…