David Benioff
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American writer and producer (born 1970)
Key facts
- Born
- David Friedman , ( 1970-09-25 ) September 25, 1970 (age 55) , New York City, U.S.
- Education
- Dartmouth College ( BA ), Trinity College, Dublin ( MA ), University of California, Irvine ( MFA )
- Occupations
- Screenwriter television producer novelist
- Years active
- 2001–present
- Spouse
- Amanda Peet ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2006 )
- Parent
- Stephen Friedman (father)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Family name
- Friedman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Spouse
- Amanda Peet
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Official website
- www.davidbenioff.com
- Image
- David Benioff by Gage Skidmore.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- Commons category
- David Benioff
- date of birth
- 1970-09-25
- name in native language
- David Benioff
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- pseudonym
- David Benioff
- birth name
- David Friedman
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Encyclopedic overview
David Friedman (/ˈfriːdmən/; born September 25, 1970), known professionally as David Benioff (/ˈbɛniɒf/), is an American novelist, screenwriter, 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), The Kite Runner (2007), City of Thieves (2008), co-wrote X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), and Gemini Man (2019).
Early life
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