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John Tiffin Patterson (April 4, 1940 - February 7, 2005) was a television and film director. He was more recently known as the director of about a dozen episodes of The Sopranos
. Patterson was born in Cooperstown, New York.

John Patterson joined the United States Air Force after a few semesters at Williams College and flew for the Strategic Air Command. He resumed attending college while a reservist, and graduated from the University at Buffalo. He then earned a masters degree at Stanford University in 1970, where he was a classmate of David Chase, producer of The Sopranos.

Patterson directed episodes of CHiPs, Hill Street Blues, CSI, and Magnum P.I., as well as other popular programs, including the pilot episode of Law & Order.

He was nominated for the Emmy award in 2002 and 2003 for his work on The Sopranos. He won The Directors Guild of America award for the show in 2002.

As a director, Patterson directed for a number of television studios, namely the HBO and CBS. All in all, Patterson directed episodes of The Sopranos, The Practice, Family Law, Six Feet Under, CSI and more recently The Guardian. He also directed television movies, including: A Deadly Silence (1989) and Seduced by Madness (1996).

He was married to Casey Kelley, but later they were divorced. He had two children.

Patterson died in Los Angeles, California of cancer.

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