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David Benioff
Writer / Producer / Creator
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- Date of Birth: 1970-09-25 (age 55)
- Nationality:
United States - Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Awards:
David Benioff & D.B. Weiss were nominated for the 2018 Emmy Award in the Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series category for The Dragon and the Wolf (2017), but lost to Joel Fields & Joseph Weisberg for START (2018).
Mini Bio
David Friedman (/ˈfriːdmən/; born September 25, 1970), known professionally as David Benioff(/ˈbɛniɒf/), is an American writer and producer. Along with his collaborator D. B. Weiss, he is best known for co-creating Game of Thrones (2011–2019), the HBO adaptation of George R. R. Martin's series of books A Song of Ice and Fire. He also wrote 25th Hour (2002), Troy (2004), City of Thieves (2008) and co-wrote X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009).
Backstage
- His father is Stephen Friedman, a Sr. partner and Chairman of Goldman Sachs, the current Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, and former Director of the National Economic Council (2002-2005), personally appointed by President Bush.
- Attended Dartmouth College and graduated in 1992. He majored in English and wrote an honor's thesis.
- Former day job: Club bouncer
- Engaged to Amanda Peet \[July 22, 2005\].
- David and Amanda became the parents of another girl, Molly June Benioff, on April 22, 2010 in New York City.
- David and Amanda were married at Amanda's alma mater, Friends Seminary high school, in New York City.
- One of 105 people invited to join AMPAS in 2008.
- His novel, "City of Thieves" (2008), is set during the Siege of Leningrad.
- His real name is David Friedman. "Benioff" comes from his maternal grandfather, Shim Benioff.
- David and Amanda became the parents of their first child, a girl named Frances Pen, on February 20, 2007. Frances weighed in at 6 lbs, 10 oz.
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