query: date_of_birth lawrence konner
supports: James Michael Imperioli (born March 26, 1966) is a Sicilian-American actor, writer and director best known for his role as Christopher Moltisanti on "The Sopranos", for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2004. He also appeared in the TV drama series "Law & Order" as NYPD Detective Nick Falco. Imperioli spent the 2008-2009 television season as Detective Ray Carling in the US version of "Life on Mars". He was starring as Detective Louis Fitch in the ABC police drama "Detroit 1-8-7" until its cancellation. He wrote and directed his first feature film, "The Hungry Ghosts", in 2008. In 2015, he starred in "Mad Dogs", a dark-comic thriller television series available for viewing on Amazon's Amazon Prime subscription service in the U.S and on Shomi in Canada. Lawrence Konner is an American screenwriter and television writer of shows such as Boardwalk Empire and The Sopranos . The history of comics has followed different paths in different cultures. Scholars have posited a pre-history as far back as the Lascaux cave paintings. By the mid-20th century, comics flourished particularly in the United States, western Europe (especially in France and Belgium), and Japan. The history of European comics is often traced to Rodolphe Töpffer's cartoon strips of the 1830s, and became popular following the success in the 1930s of strips and books such as "The Adventures of Tintin". American comics emerged as a mass medium in the early 20th century with the advent of newspaper comic strips; magazine-style comic books followed in the 1930s, in which the superhero genre became prominent after Superman appeared in 1938. Histories of Japanese comics and cartooning ("") propose origins as early as the 12th century. Modern comic strips emerged in Japan in the early 20th century, and the output of comics magazines and books rapidly expanded in the post-World War II era with the popularity of cartoonists such as Osamu Tezuka. had a lowbrow reputation for much of its history, but towards the end of the 20th century began to find greater acceptance with the public and in academia. David Chase (born August 22, 1945) is an American writer, director and television producer. Chase has worked in television for 40 years; he has produced and written for such shows as "The Rockford Files", "I'll Fly Away", and "Northern Exposure". He has created two original series; the first, "Almost Grown", aired for 10 episodes in 1988 and 1989. Chase is best known for his second original series, the influential and critically acclaimed HBO drama "The Sopranos", which aired for six seasons between 1999 and 2007. A prominent figure in American television, Chase has won seven Emmy Awards. A screenplay writer, screenwriter for short, scriptwriter or scenarist is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media such as films, television programs, comics or video games are based. James Joseph Gandolfini, Jr. (September 18, 1961  June 19, 2013) was an American actor and producer. He was best known for his role as Tony Soprano, an Italian-American crime boss, in the HBO crime drama "The Sopranos". He garnered enormous praise for his performance, winning three Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and one Golden Globe Award.  Boardwalk Empire is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter and airing on premium cable channel HBO. The series is set in Atlantic City, New Jersey during the Prohibition era and stars Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson. Winter, a Primetime Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and producer, created the show, inspired by the book "Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City" by Nelson Johnson about historical criminal kingpin Enoch L. Johnson. Atlantic City is a resort city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, known for its casinos, boardwalk and beach. In 2010, it had a population of 39,558. Located on Absecon Island, it was incorporated on May 1, 1854, from portions of Egg Harbor Township and Galloway Township. The city borders Absecon, Brigantine, Pleasantville, Ventnor City, West Atlantic City and the Atlantic Ocean. The Primetime Emmy Award is an American award bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming. First given in 1949, the award was originally referred to as simply the "Emmy Awards" until the first Daytime Emmy Award ceremonies were held in the 1970s, and the word "prime time" was added to distinguish between the two. Anthony John "Tony" Soprano is a fictional character and the protagonist in the HBO television drama series "The Sopranos", portrayed by James Gandolfini. The Italian-American character was conceived by "Sopranos" creator and show runner David Chase, who was also largely responsible for the character's story arc throughout the show's six seasons. The character is loosely based on real-life New Jersey mobster Vincent "Vinny Ocean" Palermo (born 1944), a former caporegime (capo) and "de facto" boss of the DeCavalcante crime family of New Jersey. Considered to be the model for the DiMeo crime family, several incidents involving the DeCavalcantes were incorporated into "Sopranos" scripts. Bobby Boriello portrayed Soprano as a child in one episode and Danny Petrillo played the character as a teenager in three episodes. New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern United States and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania, and on the southwest by Delaware. New Jersey is the fourth-smallest state but the 11th-most populous and the most densely populated of the 50 United States. New Jersey lies entirely within the combined statistical areas of New York City and Philadelphia and is the third-wealthiest U.S. state by per capita income as of 2014. Edith "Edie" Falco (born July 5, 1963) is an American television, film, and stage actress, known for her roles as Diane Whittlesey in the HBO series "Oz" (19972000), Carmela Soprano on the HBO series "The Sopranos" (19992007), the title character of the Showtime series "Nurse Jackie" (200915), and Sylvia Wittel on the Louis C.K. web series, "Horace and Pete" (2016). The Sopranos is an American crime drama television series created by David Chase. Revolving around the fictional character and family of New Jersey-based Italian American mobster Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), the show portrays the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and his criminal organization. These are often highlighted during his therapy sessions with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco). The series features Tony's family members, mafia colleagues and rivals, in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela (Edie Falco) and protégé Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli). Terence Patrick Winter (born October 2, 1960) is an American writer and producer of television and film. He is the creator, writer, and executive producer of the HBO television series "Boardwalk Empire" (201014). Before creating "Boardwalk Empire", Winter was a writer and executive producer for the HBO television series "The Sopranos", from the show's second to sixth and final season (20002007). In 2013, he wrote the screenplay to Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street" for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He was also the co-creator, writer and executive producer of another HBO television drama series, "Vinyl" (2016), which premiered for one season. Lorraine Bracco (born October 2, 1954) is an American actress. She is best known for her performances as Dr. Jennifer Melfi on the HBO series "The Sopranos", and as Karen Friedman Hill in the 1990 Martin Scorsese film "Goodfellas", for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also appeared as Angela Rizzoli on the TNT series "Rizzoli & Isles". A story arc is an extended or continuing storyline in episodic storytelling media such as television, comic books, comic strips, boardgames, video games, and films with each episode following a narrative arc. On a television program, for example, the story would unfold over many episodes. In television, the use of the story arc is much more common in dramas than in comedies, especially in soap operas. In a traditional Hollywood film, the story arc usually follows a three-act format. Webcomics are more likely to use story arcs than newspaper comics, as most web comics have readable archives online that a newcomer to the strip can read in order to understand what is going on. Although story arcs have existed for decades, the term "story arc" was coined in 1988 in relation to the television series "Wiseguy", and was quickly adapted for other uses. Enoch Lewis "Nucky" Johnson (January 20, 1883  December 9, 1968) was an Atlantic City, New Jersey political boss, county sheriff, businessman, and racketeer. He was the undisputed "boss" of the political machine that controlled Atlantic City and the Atlantic County government from the 1910s until his conviction and imprisonment in 1941. His rule encompassed the Roaring Twenties when Atlantic City was at the height of its popularity as a refuge from Prohibition. In addition to bootlegging, his organization also was involved in gambling and prostitution. Steven Vincent "Steve" Buscemi (born December 13, 1957) is an American actor and film director. Buscemi has starred and supported in successful Hollywood and indie films, including "Parting Glances", "New York Stories", "Mystery Train", "Reservoir Dogs", "Desperado", "Con Air", "Armageddon", "The Grey Zone", "Ghost World", "Big Fish", and "The Sopranos". He is also known for his appearances in many films by the Coen brothers: "Miller's Crossing", "Barton Fink", "The Hudsucker Proxy", "Fargo", and "The Big Lebowski". Buscemi provides the voice of Randall Boggs in the "Monsters, Inc." franchise.
candidates: 14 15 18 1938 1941 1944 1945 1949 1954 1957 1960 1966 1968 1988 1989 1990 1997 1999 2 20 2000 2004 2007 2010 22 39 5 50 558
answer: 1949