"consensus stating ""Thought-provoking, violent, and filled with lush period detail, Boardwalk Empire is a gangster drama of uncommon depth and scope."" David Hinkley of the ""New York Daily News"" awarded the series five stars, saying ""Watching HBO's new 'Boardwalk Empire' is like sitting in your favorite tavern and hearing someone say, 'Drinks are on the house.' Friends, it does not get much better."" Paige Wiser of the ""Chicago Sun-Times"" called it ""... an event not to be missed,"" and praised Buscemi in particular, calling his performance ""fascinating."" ""TV Guide""'s Matt Roush praised the marriage of Scorsese and Winter, saying it"
"picked up the series for an additional 11 episodes. The series premiered on September 19, 2010, and completed its five-season run on October 26, 2014. ""Boardwalk Empire"" received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its visual style and basis on historical figures, as well as for Buscemi's lead performance. The series received 57 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including two for Outstanding Drama Series, winning 20. The series also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama in 2011 and two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2011 and 2012."
"Boardwalk Empire (season 1) The first season of the HBO television series ""Boardwalk Empire"" premiered on September 19, 2010 and concluded on December 5, 2010, consisting of 12 episodes. The series was created by Terence Winter and based on the book ""Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City"" by Nelson Johnson. Set in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era, the series stars Steve Buscemi as Enoch ""Nucky"" Thompson (based on the historical Enoch L. Johnson), a political figure who rose to prominence and controlled Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the"
"Emmy Awards on ten different occasions for directing: ""The Sopranos"" episodes ""Amour Fou"", ""Whoever Did This"", ""Long Term Parking"" and ""Members Only"", ""The Pacific"" episode ""Okinawa"", the ""Game of Thrones"" pilot ""Winter Is Coming"", and ""Boardwalk Empire"" episodes ""To the Lost"", ""Margate Sands"", ""Farewell Daddy Blues"" and the series finale ""Eldorado"", winning the award for ""To the Lost"" in 2012. Tim Van Patten Timothy Van Patten (born June 10, 1959) is an American television director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. He has directed episodes of ""Boardwalk Empire"", "" Black Mirror"", ""Deadwood"", ""Ed"", ""Game of Thrones"", ""The Pacific"", ""Rome"", ""Sex and the"
"episode of television since an episode of Steven Spielberg's ""Amazing Stories"" in 1986. The production would be very ambitious, with some even speculating it would be too large scale for television. ""I kept thinking 'This is pointless. How can we possibly afford a boardwalk, or an empire? says creator Terence Winter. ""We can't call it 'Boardwalk Empire' and not see a boardwalk."" The production would eventually build a boardwalk in an empty lot in Brooklyn, New York at the cost of five million dollars. Despite a reported budget of up to $50 million, the pilot's final budget came in at"
"received an Oscar nomination for his role in the Sam Mendes film ""Revolutionary Road"". Filming for the pilot took place at various locations in and around New York City in June 2009. In creating the visual effects for the series, the company turned to Brooklyn-based effects company Brainstorm Digital. Says Glenn Allen, visual effects producer for ""Boardwalk Empire"" and co-founder of Brainstorm, ""It's our most complex job to date. Everything is HD now, so we have to treat it like a feature film."" ""Anytime you get to work on a period piece, it's more fun,"" comments visual effects artist Chris"
"""Boardwalk Empire""s creator, showrunner and head writer, with fifteen episodes credited to him, including: ""Boardwalk Empire"", ""The Ivory Tower"", ""A Return to Normalcy"", ""21"", ""Two Boats and a Lifeguard"", ""To the Lost"", ""Resolution"", ""The Pony"", ""Margate Sands"", ""Acres of Diamonds"", ""William Wilson"", ""Farewell Daddy Blues"", ""The Good Listener"", ""Cuanto"", and ""Eldorado"". Winter and ""Boardwalk Empire"" won a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Writing in a New Series and he was nominated for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series 2011 - 2013. ""Boardwalk Empire"" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series Drama in 2011 and was nominated"
"rating adults aged 18–49. The second-season premiere was watched by 2.91 million viewers, down 39% from the pilot and down 12% from its first-season finale. Boardwalk Empire Boardwalk Empire is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter and broadcast 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"
"Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series. ""Boardwalk Empire"" was nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series in both 2011 and 2012. In addition, ""Boardwalk Empire"" won The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television Drama in 2012 and was nominated for BAFTA Best International Television in 2011. Winter served as the co-creator, writer, executive producer, and showrunner of the HBO period musical drama series ""Vinyl"", which reunited him with ""Boardwalk Empire"" actor Bobby Cannavale and director Martin Scorsese. Despite being picked up for a second season, Winter left his position as showrunner after just one season on the"
"annoys me. What is it that all these characters are engaged in: Is this business or crime? Or is it something in between—like politics."" ""The Emerald City"" gained a tenth of a point in to a 1.3 adults 18–49 rating and added a handful of viewers, just topping 3 million and had an overall of 3.049 million viewers. The Emerald City (Boardwalk Empire) ""The Emerald City"" is the tenth episode of the first season of the HBO television series ""Boardwalk Empire"", which aired on HBO November 21, 2010. The episode was written by co-executive producer Lawrence Konner and directed by"
"violent and as cold and hard as ice, Boardwalk Empire brings us back to the world's former playground at the start of Prohibition—and brings HBO back to the forefront of the TV-series race."" On July 14, 2011 ""Boardwalk Empire"" was nominated for 18 Emmy Awards that included Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Steve Buscemi) and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Kelly Macdonald). ""Boardwalk Empire"" won a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Writing in a New Series and was nominated for Best Writing in a Drama Series. In addition, the show won"
"Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series for the pilot. ""Boardwalk Empire"" was also listed in the American Film Institute's Top Ten List for Television in 2010 and 2011 for the first and second season. ""Boardwalk Empire"" also won two awards at the 9th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards. The first for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program and second for Outstanding Models & Miniatures in a Broadcast Program or Commercial. The former was received by Richard Friedlander (of Brainstorm Digital), Robert Stromberg, Paul Graff and David Taritero; the latter was received by Brendan Fitzgerald,"
"would have comments and suggestions. Scorsese continued to be creatively involved in the ongoing production, but did not direct any more episodes. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The first season of ""Boardwalk Empire"" received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the first season scored 88 out of 100 based on 30 reviews. The American Film Institute named ""Boardwalk Empire"" one of the ten ""best television programs of the year"". Another aggregator website, Rotten Tomatoes, reported 96% of critics gave the first season a ""Certified Fresh"" rating, based on 26 reviews with an average score of 8.6/10, with the site"
"State University and worked briefly for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Toronto. He subsequently moved to Los Angeles. For the Guillermo del Toro drama ""The Shape of Water"" (2017), Wolinsky was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, the BAFTA Award for Best Editing, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Editing and several other accolades. Sidney Wolinsky Sidney Wolinsky is a Canadian-American (b. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) film editor with over 30 credits beginning in 1983. He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series for the pilot episode of ""Boardwalk Empire"""
"Television Miniseries, Movie, or Special for ""Georgia Peaches"" at the 64th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Tim Van Patten won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for ""To the Lost"". Boardwalk Empire (season 2) The second season of the HBO television series ""Boardwalk Empire"" premiered on September 25, 2011 and concluded on December 11, 2011, consisting of 12 episodes. The series was created by Terence Winter and based on the book ""Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City"" by Nelson Johnson. Set in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era,"
"John Corbett and Matthew Conner of Brainstorm Digital. The show's Season One Soundtrack won the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media in 2012. For the second season, ""Boardwalk Empire"" won once again for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for Tim Van Patten for the season finale ""To the Lost"", along with three other wins at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. For the third season, Bobby Cannavale won the show's first acting award at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of Gyp"
"for Best Drama Ensemble, Steve Buscemi was nominated for Best Drama Actor, and the series was nominated for Best Stunt Team. For the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards, Tim Van Patten was nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for ""Eldorado"". For the 67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the series received nine nominations, and won for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series and Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period Program (One Hour or More). The season premiered on OSN First HD in the Middle East on September 8, 2014. Boardwalk Empire (season 5) The fifth and final season"
"reviews with an average score of 8/10, with the site consensus stating ""Boardwalk Empire delves deeper into both its intriguing supporting players and its rich tapestry of moral ambiguity."" The second season received 12 Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards and won 4 altogether. The series received its second consecutive nomination for Outstanding Drama Series, while Steve Buscemi was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. The series won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series, Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series for ""21"", and Outstanding Special Visual Effects"
"Sidney Wolinsky Sidney Wolinsky is a Canadian-American (b. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) film editor with over 30 credits beginning in 1983. He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series for the pilot episode of ""Boardwalk Empire"" (2010). Earlier, his work on ""The Sopranos"" (1999–2007) earned him three Emmy nominations and two ACE Eddie Awards. The son of sculptor Eva Stubbs and Hyman Wolinsky, he was born in Winnipeg, attended high school in Montreal and went to Brandeis University in Massachusetts. He received a master's degree in film from the Cinema Department at San Francisco"
"19, 2010 and concluded on December 5, 2010. The first season was met with widespread praise. On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the first season scored 88/100 based on 30 reviews, indicating ""universal acclaim."" The American Film Institute named ""Boardwalk Empire"" one of the ten ""best television programs of the year."" ""Boardwalk Empire"" was renewed for a second season, with de la Huerta returning as Lucy. Discussing the second season she said; ""The first season was very different from the second season. With the first season, nobody really knew how the show was going to be received. With the second"
"2007, actors Mark Ruffalo, Max von Sydow, Ben Kingsley, and Michelle Williams joined the cast, marking the first time these four actors have worked with Scorsese. The film was released on February 19, 2010. On May 20, 2010, the film was Scorsese's highest-grossing film. Scorsese directed the series premiere for ""Boardwalk Empire"", an HBO drama series, starring Steve Buscemi and Michael Pitt, and based on Nelson Johnson's book ""Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City"". Terence Winter, who previously wrote for ""The Sopranos"", created the series. In addition to directing the pilot (for which he won"
"Boardwalk Empire (season 2) The second season of the HBO television series ""Boardwalk Empire"" premiered on September 25, 2011 and concluded on December 11, 2011, consisting of 12 episodes. The series was created by Terence Winter and based on the book ""Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City"" by Nelson Johnson. Set in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era, the series stars Steve Buscemi as Enoch ""Nucky"" Thompson (based on the historical Enoch L. Johnson), a political figure who rose to prominence and controlled Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the"
"Family Limitation (Boardwalk Empire episode) ""Family Limitation"" is the sixth episode of the first season of the HBO television series ""Boardwalk Empire"", which premiered October 24, 2010. It was written by supervising producer Howard Korder and directed by executive producer Tim Van Patten. Two of the D'Alessio brothers rob one of Nucky's bagmen on the Boardwalk in broad daylight. Because the thieves are perceived to be Italian, Nucky suspects Lucky is behind it. Margaret asks Mrs. McGarry, one of her fellow activists from the Temperance League, for advice on a ""financial, domestic, sexual"" offer she’s received from a man, meaning"
"[and] totally devoid of any emotion' is watching him squirm when there are no clean getaways."" The season finale rose two tenths of a point a 1.3 adults 18–49 rating, and added about 300,000 viewers vs. last week. ""A Return to Normalcy"" had a viewership of 3.294 million. A Return to Normalcy ""A Return to Normalcy"" is the 12th episode of the first season of HBO television series ""Boardwalk Empire"" and the season finale, which premiered on HBO December 5, 2010. The episode was written by series creator Terence Winter and directed by Tim Van Patten, both executive producers. Nucky"
"finale, rumors began circulating that Jimmy was killed off because Pitt was difficult to work with. Both Pitt and Winter have denied this. Michael Pitt, along with the rest of the cast of ""Boardwalk Empire"", won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2010 and 2011. Pitt was also nominated for a Monte-Carlo Television Festival Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series. Soon after the show's debut, the ""Los Angeles Times"" reported an increased demand for Jimmy's hairstyle — a trimmed buzz-cut short on the sides, left long on the"
"Vincent Piazza on the script, the pair sent the script to ""Boardwalk Empire"" executive producer Martin Scorsese. Sandow told ""Creative Screenwriting"", ""When we felt comfortable about the script, we thought about trying to get it to Marty. He sent it to him with a bottle of wine before the holidays. We didn’t have expectations, but after the holidays they were having a table read for the first episode of the next season of ""Boardwalk Empire"" and Marty came up to him and said he loved ""The Wannabe""."" Scorsese agreed to serve as executive producer of the film. The film premiered"
"Terence Winter 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"" (2010–14). 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 (2000–2007). 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"
"Boardwalk Empire (season 3) The third season of the HBO television series ""Boardwalk Empire"" premiered on September 16, 2012 and concluded on December 2, 2012, consisting of 12 episodes. The series was created by Terence Winter and based on the book ""Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City"" by Nelson Johnson. Set in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era, the series stars Steve Buscemi as Enoch ""Nucky"" Thompson (based on the historical Enoch ""Nucky"" Johnson), a political figure who rose to prominence and controlled Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the"
"finale promised a series ready to raise the bar. Judging by this episode, Season 2 looks primed to succeed at satisfying that promise."" They continued by praising the ""masterfully shot"" speech Nucky gives to two different sides of the racial conflict. The second-season premiere was watched by 2.912 million viewers, down 39% from the pilot and down 12% from its first-season finale. 21 (Boardwalk Empire) ""21"" is the first episode of the second season of the HBO television series ""Boardwalk Empire"", which originally aired September 25, 2011. The episode was written by series creator and executive producer Terence Winter and"
"again at 11:30 p.m. Taking these broadcasts into account, a total of 7.1 million Americans viewed the episode on the night of its original broadcast, and is the highest rated premiere for an HBO series since the pilot of ""Deadwood"" in March 2004. The season finale was watched by 3.29 million viewers, attaining a 1.3 adults 18–49 rating. The first season was released on Blu-ray and DVD in region 1 on January 10, 2012, in region 2 on January 9, 2012, and in region 4 on January 11, 2012. Special features include: Boardwalk Empire (season 1) The first season of"
"two tenths of a point in to a 1.1 adults 18–49 rating, but had a nearly identical average viewership vs. last week. The episode had a total of 3.004 million viewers. Paris Green (Boardwalk Empire) ""Paris Green"" is the 11th episode of the first season of the HBO television series ""Boardwalk Empire"", which premiered November 28, 2010. The episode was written by supervising producer Howard Korder and directed by Allen Coulter. Van Alden continues to question Sebso's lies about Winslow's death, prompting Sebso to call Nucky asking for leads to regain his trust. Nucky tells Sebso about an illegal still"
"Best Television Movie by the Golden Globes. Nagle won the 2007 WGA Award for Best Screenplay of a Movie Made for Television for Warm Springs and was nominated for the Pen Award for Best Screenplay of a Television Movie as well as the 2007 Humanitas Prize. Nagle wrote two episodes for Season One of HBO's ""Boardwalk Empire"": ""Broadway Limited"" and ""Anastasia"". She was a supervising producer on season one and season two of the show. ""Boardwalk Empire"" Season One won Best TV Series at the Golden Globes in 2010. Her other work includes the Lifetime show ""Side Order of Life"""
"Home (Boardwalk Empire) ""Home"" is the seventh episode of the first season of HBO's crime drama ""Boardwalk Empire"". The episode aired on October 31, 2010. The episode was written by executive producer Tim Van Patten and Paul Simms and directed by Allen Coulter. Nucky purges some bad childhood memories. Jimmy forges a new alliance with a fellow veteran named Richard Harrow, while Luciano and a friend cut a deal with the D'Alessio brothers. In Chicago, Jimmy consults a doctor about a pain in his leg, and agrees to a psychological test administered to veterans. While waiting for the test, Jimmy"