Director: Darnell Martin, Uli Edel et al.
Script: Tom Fontana
Photography: Jean de Segonzac, Alex Zakrzewski
Editors: Cindy Mollo, Sue Blainey
Sound: Bruce Litecky
Music: Steve Rosen
Production Design: Gary Weist
Principal Cast: Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno
Executive Producers: Barry Levinson, Tom Fontana
Co-Executive Producer: Jim Finnerty
Co-Producer: Debbie Sarjeant
Distribution: Rysher Entertainment
First Broadcast: 12.07.1997, HBO
Winner Best Series Cinéma Tout Ecran /Rencontres internationales de Cinema et de Télévision 1997
Winner of 3 CableAce Award
Selected Filmography Barry Levinson: Diner, 1982; The Natural, 1984; Young Sherlock Holmes, 1985; Tin Men, 1987; Good Morning, Vietnam, 1987; Rain Man, 1988; Avalon, 1990; Bugsy, 1991; Toys, 1992; Homicie: Life on the Street (episodes"Gone for Goode" and "The Gas Man"), 1993; Jimmy Hollywood, 1994; Disclosure, 1994; Sleepers, 1996; Wag the Dog, 1997; Sphere, 1998.
Academy Award winner Barry Levinson (“Rain Man”, “Sleepers”) and Tom Fontana, creators of “Homocide: Life on the Street”, are executive producers of the HBO prison drama “Oz”, which depicts a creepingly claustrophobic, multilevel society of black Muslims, Latinos, Ayran brotherhoods and urban gangsters. "Emerald City" (as in the land of Oz) is the experimental unit of a maximum security prison, but despite the modern facilities and an emphasis on rehabilitation over retribution, survival remains top priority. Fear is a constant companion, and often escalates into anger and violence. Released from the shackles of broadcast primetime, author Tom Fontana has created a dense, stylish and at times nightmarish vision of prison existence, populated with inmates who are fully developed characters far from the usual stereotypes. “The television event of the summer…a brilliant piece of television storytelling”. (Baltimore Sun) When first broadcasted on HBO, the series earned major critical acclaim and top ratings.