Court: Daniel Attias says it was a 'horrific mistake' to buy student the car with which he killed four people in Isla Vista.

Daniel Attias, a television director who lives with his wife, Diana, in Santa Monica, has worked on such well-known shows as “The Sopranos.” ...

Wednesday’s testimony started with Daniel Attias, David’s father, and ended with Attias himself. Daniel Attias said he now has a very close relationship with his son.

Daniel Attias testified that he had threatened to cut his son off financially if he didn’t start taking medication again and get a therapist.

It was Feb. 23, 2001, when David Attias — a then-University of California-Santa Barbara freshman and son of Hollywood director Daniel Attias — plowed his turbo-charged Saab into a group of ...

Attias, son of prominent Southern California television producer Daniel Attias and book editor Diana Attias, was being held in the Santa Barbara County Jail.

Attias, who was held without bail, is the son of Daniel Attias,who has directed episodes of Ally McBeal, The Practice andThe Sopranos.

Daniel and Diane Attias, along with other supporters, watched from the front row of the courtroom as their son, 18-year-old David Edward Attias, appeared in Santa Barbara County Superior Court.

California killings: Elliot Rodger massacre has tragic echoes of David Attias killings David Attias mowed down four people in the student community in 2001 ...

David Attias On February 23, 2001, David Attias, then 18, ran a stop sign and sped down the 6500 block of Sabado Tarde Road in Isla Vista, hitting nine parked cars and five pedestrians.