Carl Capotorto
Writer, Producer, Actor
Who is your main character?
What do they want?
Why can’t they have it?
How do they struggle to get it?
These are the essential building blocks of dramatic writing. Stick close to them and you’ll never lose your way.
Carl was a writer on THE BENDS (FX), created by Paul Attanasio and executive produced by Warren Littlefield; TOMMY (CBS), starring Edie Falco; THE DEUCE (HBO), created by David Simon and George Pelecanos; and VINYL (HBO), from executive producers Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter. Also with Terence Winter, Carl co-wrote the screenplay THE CHAMELEON for Netflix.
Carl’s plays have been presented at Yale Repertory Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage, Comedy Central Stage, and many other venues around the country. He has an MFA in playwriting from Columbia University, and has received grants and fellowships in playwriting and screenwriting from the NEA, NYFA, the Edward F. Albee Foundation, the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference (three seasons), the Chesterfield Writers Project at Universal Studios, and others.
Carl has taught dramatic writing at the School of Visual Arts, North Carolina School of the Arts, Hunter College, City College, Manhattan Theatre Club, Theatre Development Fund, HB Studio, New York Film Academy, Gotham Writer’s Workshop, and elsewhere. He is the author of two nonfiction books: TWISTED HEAD, AN ITALIAN AMERICAN MEMOIR (Random House); and EYE TO EYE, A MEMOIR OF THE NAZI HOLOCAUST IN POLAND, based on the harrowing firsthand account of survivor Ludwig Charatan.
As an actor, Carl has appeared in many classic indie films, and is best known as Little Paulie Germani on THE SOPRANOS. He is a native of NYC and lives in Manhattan.
