Attias' career has spanned five decades, during which he has directed a significant number of popular primetime television programs, including Miami Vice and Beverly Hills, 90210.

He frequently works on series for HBO and has directed episodes of The Sopranos, The Wire, Six Feet Under, True Blood, Entourage and Deadwood.

In February 2001, his son David killed five people with his vehicle and was ruled legally insane and sentenced to 60 years in a mental institution.

[2] Several eyewitnesses said they heard his son shout "I am the Angel of Death" and other satanic phrases moments after the collision.

[3] A civil case was brought against Dan and his wife Diana, for recklessly permitting their son David to drive their 1991 Saab 9000.