In addition to his work in television, Attie's screenplay "Smile Relax Attack" was included on the Black List, an industry list of executives' most-liked scripts, and he has done numerous movie rewrites. Attie has worked as a rock critic for "The Washington Post," "Slate," and other publications. He is currently on the board of Let America Vote, a non-profit founded by Jason Kander that fights voter suppression. Attie won ASCAP's Deems-Taylor award for pop music writing. He is a seven-time Emmy nominee and a three-time WGA award nominee; he won an Emmy Award for "The West Wing Documentary Special."