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 also did some acting earlier in his career, playing the character "Salami" on "The White Shadow", the villainous teenager Peter Stegman in "Class of 1984" & Max Keller on the TV series "The Master". Wikipedia
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