David Henry Chase (born August 22, 1945) is an American writer, producer, and director. He is best known for being the creator, head writer, and executive producer of the HBO drama The Sopranos, which aired for six seasons between 1999 and 2007. Chase has also produced and written for shows such as The Rockford Files, I'll Fly Away, and Northern Exposure. He created the original series Almost Grown which aired for 10 episodes in 1988 and 1989. He has won seven Emmy Awards. Chase's film debut came in 2012 with Not Fade Away, followed by The Many Saints of Newark (2021), a prequel film to the TV series The Sopranos.

Filmography

• 2026Outcome — Thanks
• 2021The Many Saints of Newark — Ercole DiMeo (uncredited), Characters, Writer, Producer
• BoJack Horseman — David Chase (voice)
• 2012Not Fade Away — Writer, Director, Producer
• 2008Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
• 2006HBO: The Making of 'The Sopranos: Road to Respect'
• 2006The Real Sopranos
• The Sopranos — Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Story, Teleplay, Creator
• 1996The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime — Director, Writer
• 1994The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. — Supervising Producer
• 1994Without Consent — Writer
• I'll Fly Away — Executive Producer, Writer, Director
• Northern Exposure — Director, Executive Producer
• Almost Grown — Creator
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Director, Writer
• 1982Moonlight — Executive Producer, Writer
• 1980Off the Minnesota Strip — Writer, Producer
• 1976Demon and the Mummy — Writer
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker — Writer
• The Rockford Files — Producer, Writer, Story
• The Magician — Writer
• 1972Grave of the Vampire — Screenplay
• 1972Winter Love — Production Manager
• 1969The Cut-Throats — First Assistant Director, Production Manager
• Project: MKUltra — Creator, Writer, Executive Producer
• Untitled David Chase/Terence Winter Horror Project — Director, Writer, Producer

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2024Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple — Self
• Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos — Self - Creator of The Sopranos
• 2021David Chase: A Sopranos Session — Self
• Talking Sopranos — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• 2013James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend — Self
• 2008The Godfather vs. The Godfather Part II — Himself
• 2008The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't — Self
• 2007The 50 Greatest Television Dramas — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest