Todd A. Kessler

January 15, 1972 · Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA

Todd A. Kessler (born 1972) is an American screenwriter, playwright, television producer and director.

Kessler wrote and produced the second and third seasons of HBO's The Sopranos, Michael Mann's Robbery Homicide Division and the first season of NBC's Providence. Kessler began his career as a playwright working with David Rabe, moving into film and television when Spike Lee hired him as a screenwriter. Kessler is credited with co-writing (with David Chase) the Sopranos season 2 finale Funhouse -- widely lauded as one of the best episodes of the series.

Notable work

8.7
The Sopranos (1999)
Writer
7.1
Bloodline (2015)
Writer and Director

Often works with

Ben Mendelsohn
2 titles together
Bloodline, The New Look

Full filmography · 6

The New Look
Writer and Director
20247.5
Bloodline
Writer and Director
20157.1
Damages
as Perry the Doorman and Writer and Director
20077.5
Robbery Homicide Division
Writer
2002
The Sopranos
Writer
19998.7
Providence
Writer
19996.7