No one directed more The Sopranos (1999) episodes than Tim Van Patten - 20 of the 86 shows, for which he received four Emmy nominations. He also shared a Writers Guild award for his story idea for Season #3's famous Pine Barrens (2001), which did not direct.
When he acted on The White Shadow (1978) which debuted in 1978, he was 19 years old.
Thus, he was the only true 'teenager' on the fictional Carver High basketball
team. The rest of the "players" were in their 20s.
The New Yorker referred to him as "HBO's unofficial in-house director".