Membership
He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Producers Guild of America, and the WGA, East, from which he received the Evelyn F. Burkey Award for lifetime achievement. Fontana served as vice-president of the Writers Guild of America, East from 2005-2007. He is currently President of the WGAE Foundation and serves on the boards of The Acting Company, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, DEAL, The New York City Police Museum, Stockings With Care, among others.
Detective Joe Fontana, Dennis Farina's character on Law & Order, was named for Tom Fontana, who is a close friend of Law & Order creator Dick Wolf.
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“The two real political parties in America are the Winners and the Losers. The people don’t acknowledge this. They claim membership in two imaginary parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, instead.”
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