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==Early life==
==Early life==
Benioff was born David Friedman in [[New York City]], to a [[Jewish]] family who emigrated from Austria, Romania, Germany, Poland and Russia.<ref name="dkamin">{{cite news |url= http://www.timesofisrael.com/the-jewish-legacy-behind-game-of-thrones/ |title=The Jewish legacy behind 'Game of Thrones' |first=Debra |last=Kamin |newspaper=[[The Times of Israel]] |date=May 20, 2014 |accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Bloom|first=Nate|title=Jewish Stars: genealogy and fairy tales|work=[[Cleveland Jewish News]]|date=February 2, 2012|url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/jewish-stars-genealogy-and-fairy-tales/article_a7c3999a-7904-11e1-8dd2-0019bb2963f4.html|accessdate=}}</ref> He is the son of Barbara (Benioff) and [[Stephen Friedman (PFIAB)|Stephen Friedman]], who is a former head of [[Goldman Sachs]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/28/classified/paid-notice-deaths-benioff-florence.html |title=Deaths: Benioff, Florence |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 28, 2000 |accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref> He is a distant cousin of [[Salesforce]] founder [[Marc Benioff]].<ref name=Bort2015>{{cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/how-these-famous-benioffs-are-related-2015-4|title=How these famous Benioffs are related |first=Julie |last=Bort |date=April 12, 2015 |work=[[Business Insider]] |accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref> As an adult, he uses the last name Benioff, his mother's [[Married and maiden names|maiden name]], to avoid confusion with other writers named David Friedman.<ref name=Bort2015/><ref>{{cite web |first=William |last=Alden |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/03/19/goldmans-former-leader-appears-among-warriors-and-dragons/ |title=Former Goldman Chief Walks Among Warriors and Dragons |website=[[DealBook]] |date=March 19, 2014}}</ref> He is the youngest of three children (Suzy, Caroline, and David)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gawker.com/550966/stephen-friedman|title=Stephen Friedman|first=|last=cityfile|date=|website=gawker.com|accessdate=19 March 2018}}</ref> and grew up in Manhattan, first in [[Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village|Peter Cooper Village]], then on [[86th Street (Manhattan)|86th Street]] where he spent most of his childhood, before eventually moving near the [[Headquarters of the United Nations|U.N. headquarters]] when he was 16.<ref name="vanity fair"/>
Benioff was born David Friedman in [[New York City]], to a [[Jews|Jewish]] family who emigrated from Austria, Romania, Germany, Poland and Russia.<ref name="dkamin">{{cite news |url= http://www.timesofisrael.com/the-jewish-legacy-behind-game-of-thrones/ |title=The Jewish legacy behind 'Game of Thrones' |first=Debra |last=Kamin |newspaper=[[The Times of Israel]] |date=May 20, 2014 |accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Bloom|first=Nate|title=Jewish Stars: genealogy and fairy tales|work=[[Cleveland Jewish News]]|date=February 2, 2012|url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/jewish-stars-genealogy-and-fairy-tales/article_a7c3999a-7904-11e1-8dd2-0019bb2963f4.html|accessdate=}}</ref> He is the son of Barbara (Benioff) and [[Stephen Friedman (PFIAB)|Stephen Friedman]], who is a former head of [[Goldman Sachs]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/28/classified/paid-notice-deaths-benioff-florence.html |title=Deaths: Benioff, Florence |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 28, 2000 |accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref> He is a distant cousin of [[Salesforce]] founder [[Marc Benioff]].<ref name=Bort2015>{{cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/how-these-famous-benioffs-are-related-2015-4|title=How these famous Benioffs are related |first=Julie |last=Bort |date=April 12, 2015 |work=[[Business Insider]] |accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref> As an adult, he uses the last name Benioff, his mother's [[Maiden and married names|maiden name]], to avoid confusion with other writers named David Friedman.<ref name=Bort2015/><ref>{{cite web |first=William |last=Alden |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/03/19/goldmans-former-leader-appears-among-warriors-and-dragons/ |title=Former Goldman Chief Walks Among Warriors and Dragons |website=[[DealBook]] |date=March 19, 2014}}</ref> He is the youngest of three children (Suzy, Caroline, and David)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gawker.com/550966/stephen-friedman|title=Stephen Friedman|first=|last=cityfile|date=|website=gawker.com|accessdate=19 March 2018}}</ref> and grew up in Manhattan, first in [[Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village|Peter Cooper Village]], then on [[86th Street (Manhattan)|86th Street]] where he spent most of his childhood, before eventually moving near the [[Headquarters of the United Nations|U.N. headquarters]] when he was 16.<ref name="vanity fair"/>


Benioff is an alumnus of [[The Collegiate School]] and of [[Dartmouth College]]. While at Dartmouth he was a member of [[Dartmouth College Greek organizations#Phi Delta Alpha (ΦΔΑ)|Phi Delta Alpha Fraternity]] and the [[Sphinx (senior society)|Sphinx Senior Society]]. After graduating in 1992, he worked in a number of jobs: for a time as a [[Bouncer (doorman)|club bouncer]] in [[San Francisco]], and as a high school [[English studies|English]] teacher at [[Poly Prep]] in [[Brooklyn, New York City]] for two years, where he served as the school's wrestling coach.<ref name="vanity fair"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://chalkboardchampions.org/education/novelist-hollywood-personality-david-benioff-hes-former-english-teacher/ |title=Novelist and Hollywood Personality David Benioff: He’s a Former English Teacher |date=December 18, 2013|website=Chalkboard Champions }}</ref>
Benioff is an alumnus of [[The Collegiate School]] and of [[Dartmouth College]]. While at Dartmouth he was a member of [[Dartmouth College Greek organizations#Phi Delta Alpha (ΦΔΑ)|Phi Delta Alpha Fraternity]] and the [[Sphinx (senior society)|Sphinx Senior Society]]. After graduating in 1992, he worked in a number of jobs: for a time as a [[Bouncer (doorman)|club bouncer]] in [[San Francisco]], and as a high school [[English studies|English]] teacher at [[Poly Prep]] in [[Brooklyn, New York City]] for two years, where he served as the school's wrestling coach.<ref name="vanity fair"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://chalkboardchampions.org/education/novelist-hollywood-personality-david-benioff-hes-former-english-teacher/ |title=Novelist and Hollywood Personality David Benioff: He’s a Former English Teacher |date=December 18, 2013|website=Chalkboard Champions }}</ref>


Benioff became interested in pursuing an academic career and went to [[Trinity College Dublin]] in 1995, for a one-year program to study Irish literature. While in Dublin he met [[D. B. Weiss]], who would later become his collaborator.<ref name="dkamin"/> Benioff wrote a thesis on [[Samuel Beckett]] while at Trinity College, but decided against a career in academia after writing the thesis.<ref name="vanity fair">{{cite news|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/03/game-of-thrones-benioff-weiss-interview |title=The Surprising Connection Between Game of Thrones and Monty Python |date=March 24, 2014 |work=Vanity Fair }}</ref> He worked as a radio DJ in [[Moose, Wyoming]] for a year—mostly as a side job, which he mainly accepted to take a year in the countryside at a writer's retreat.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://metro.co.uk/2009/10/27/david-benioff-636358/ |title=David Benioff |first=James |last=Ellis |work=Metro |date=October 27, 2009}}</ref> He then applied to join the Creative Writing Program at the [[University of California Irvine]] after reading ''[[The Mysteries of Pittsburgh]]'' by [[Michael Chabon]] (an alumnus there),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2002/sep/02/local/me-writing2/2 |title=Program Gives Writers a Professional Polish |first=Jeff |last=Gottlieb |date=September 2, 2002 |work=The Los Angeles Times |access-date=July 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930062313/http://articles.latimes.com/2002/sep/02/local/me-writing2/2 |archive-date=September 30, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and received a [[Master of Fine Arts]] degree in creative writing there in 1999.<ref name="dartmouth">{{cite news |url=http://thedartmouth.com/2011/05/12/benioff-92-embraces-storytelling-in-surreal-career/ |title=Benioff ’92 embraces storytelling in ‘surreal’ career |author=Katie Kilkenny |date=May 12, 2011 |work=The Dartmouth |access-date=June 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816111920/http://thedartmouth.com/2011/05/12/benioff-92-embraces-storytelling-in-surreal-career |archive-date=August 16, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Benioff became interested in pursuing an academic career and went to [[Trinity College Dublin]] in 1995, for a one-year program to study Irish literature. While in Dublin he met [[D. B. Weiss]], who would later become his collaborator.<ref name="dkamin"/> Benioff wrote a thesis on [[Samuel Beckett]] while at Trinity College, but decided against a career in academia after writing the thesis.<ref name="vanity fair">{{cite news|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/03/game-of-thrones-benioff-weiss-interview |title=The Surprising Connection Between Game of Thrones and Monty Python |date=March 24, 2014 |work=Vanity Fair }}</ref> He worked as a radio DJ in [[Moose, Wyoming]] for a year—mostly as a side job, which he mainly accepted to take a year in the countryside at a writer's retreat.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://metro.co.uk/2009/10/27/david-benioff-636358/ |title=David Benioff |first=James |last=Ellis |work=Metro |date=October 27, 2009}}</ref> He then applied to join the Creative Writing Program at the [[University of California, Irvine]] after reading ''[[The Mysteries of Pittsburgh]]'' by [[Michael Chabon]] (an alumnus there),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2002/sep/02/local/me-writing2/2 |title=Program Gives Writers a Professional Polish |first=Jeff |last=Gottlieb |date=September 2, 2002 |work=The Los Angeles Times |access-date=July 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930062313/http://articles.latimes.com/2002/sep/02/local/me-writing2/2 |archive-date=September 30, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and received a [[Master of Fine Arts]] degree in creative writing there in 1999.<ref name="dartmouth">{{cite news |url=http://thedartmouth.com/2011/05/12/benioff-92-embraces-storytelling-in-surreal-career/ |title=Benioff ’92 embraces storytelling in ‘surreal’ career |author=Katie Kilkenny |date=May 12, 2011 |work=The Dartmouth |access-date=June 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816111920/http://thedartmouth.com/2011/05/12/benioff-92-embraces-storytelling-in-surreal-career |archive-date=August 16, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


In 2001, ''People'' magazine included Benioff on its list of America's Top 50 Most Eligible Bachelors.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://people.com/archive/cover-story-americas-top-50-bachelors-vol-56-no-1/ |title=America's Top 50 Bachelors|work=People}}</ref>
In 2001, ''People'' magazine included Benioff on its list of America's Top 50 Most Eligible Bachelors.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://people.com/archive/cover-story-americas-top-50-bachelors-vol-56-no-1/ |title=America's Top 50 Bachelors|work=People}}</ref>
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==Career==
==Career==
===Writing career===
===Writing career===
Benioff spent two years writing his first published novel ''[[The 25th Hour]]'',<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2001/may/13/news/cl-62730 |title=How to Write a Powerful First Novel in a Bland Age |date=May 13, 2001|first=Allan M. |last =Jalon |work=Los Angeles Times }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2002/dec/02/entertainment/et-gottlieb2 |title=His Finest Hour |date= December 2, 2002|first=Jeff |last= Gottlieb |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> originally titled ''Fireman Down'', and completed the book as his thesis for his master's degree at Irvine.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.uci.edu/feature/crowning-achievement/ |title=Crowning achievement|date=August 12, 2014|work=UCI News }}</ref><ref name=Guardian>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/may/03/featuresreviews.guardianreview6 |title=One more hour |first=David |last=Benioff |date= May 3, 2003 |work=The Guardian }}</ref> He was asked to adapt the book into a screenplay after [[Tobey Maguire]] read a preliminary trade copy and became interested in making a film of the book.<ref name="dartmouth"/> The film adaptation, titled ''[[25th Hour]]'' and starring [[Edward Norton]], was directed by [[Spike Lee]].<ref name=Guardian /><ref name="herald">{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11901820.Q__What_do_Brad_Pitt__Spike_Lee_and_the_Iliad_have_in_common____A__David_Benioff__Hollywood_apos_s_latest__wonder_kid/ |title=Q: What do Brad Pitt, Spike Lee and the Iliad have in common? A: David Benioff, Hollywood's latest wonder kid |date=March 29, 2003 |work=Herald Scotland }}</ref> Benioff then wrote a collection of short stories titled ''When the Nines Roll Over (And Other Stories)'' (2004).<ref>{{cite news |url =http://books.usatoday.com/book/david-benioff--when-the-nines-roll-over/r106816 |title=Screenwriter's short stories shine |first= Anne |last=Stephenson|work=USA TODAY|date=August 30, 2004 }}</ref>
Benioff spent two years writing his first published novel ''[[The 25th Hour]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2001/may/13/news/cl-62730 |title=How to Write a Powerful First Novel in a Bland Age |last=Jalon |first=Allan M. |date=May 13, 2001 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2002/dec/02/entertainment/et-gottlieb2 |title=His Finest Hour |last=Gottlieb |first=Jeff |date=December 2, 2002 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> originally titled ''Fireman Down'', and completed the book as his thesis for his master's degree at Irvine.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.uci.edu/feature/crowning-achievement/ |title=Crowning achievement |date=August 12, 2014 |work=UCI News}}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/may/03/featuresreviews.guardianreview6 |title=One more hour |last=Benioff |first=David |date=May 3, 2003 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> He was asked to adapt the book into a screenplay after [[Tobey Maguire]] read a preliminary trade copy and became interested in making a film of the book.<ref name="dartmouth"/> The film adaptation, titled ''[[25th Hour]]'' and starring [[Edward Norton]], was directed by [[Spike Lee]].<ref name=Guardian /><ref name="herald">{{Cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11901820.Q__What_do_Brad_Pitt__Spike_Lee_and_the_Iliad_have_in_common____A__David_Benioff__Hollywood_apos_s_latest__wonder_kid/ |title=Q: What do Brad Pitt, Spike Lee and the Iliad have in common? A: David Benioff, Hollywood's latest wonder kid |date=March 29, 2003 |work=Herald Scotland}}</ref> Benioff then wrote a collection of short stories titled ''When the Nines Roll Over (And Other Stories)'' (2004).<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://books.usatoday.com/book/david-benioff--when-the-nines-roll-over/r106816 |title=Screenwriter's short stories shine |last=Stephenson |first=Anne |date=August 30, 2004 |work=USA TODAY}}</ref>


He drafted a screenplay of the [[Greek mythology|mythological]] epic ''[[Troy (film)|Troy]]'' (2004), for which Warner Bros. pictures paid him $2.5 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chalkboardchampions.org/education/novelist-hollywood-personality-david-benioff-hes-former-english-teacher/ |title=Novelist and Hollywood Personality David Benioff: He's a Former English Teacher |date=December 18, 2013 |website=Chalkboard Champions |accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref> He also wrote the script for the psychological thriller ''[[Stay (2005 film)|Stay]]'' (2005), which was directed by [[Marc Forster]], and stars [[Ewan McGregor]] and [[Naomi Watts]]. His screenplay for ''[[The Kite Runner (film)|The Kite Runner]]'' (2007), adapted from the novel of the same name, marked his second collaboration with director Marc Forster.
He drafted a screenplay of the [[Greek mythology|mythological]] epic ''[[Troy (film)|Troy]]'' (2004), for which Warner Bros. pictures paid him $2.5 million.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://chalkboardchampions.org/education/novelist-hollywood-personality-david-benioff-hes-former-english-teacher/ |title=Novelist and Hollywood Personality David Benioff: He's a Former English Teacher |date=December 18, 2013 |website=Chalkboard Champions |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref> He also wrote the script for the psychological thriller ''[[Stay (2005 film)|Stay]]'' (2005), which was directed by [[Marc Forster]], and stars [[Ewan McGregor]] and [[Naomi Watts]]. His screenplay for ''[[The Kite Runner (film)|The Kite Runner]]'' (2007), adapted from the novel of the same name, marked his second collaboration with director Marc Forster.


Benioff was hired in 2004 to write the screenplay for the ''X-Men'' spin-off ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'' (2009). He based his script on [[Barry Windsor-Smith]]'s "[[Weapon X]]" story, [[Chris Claremont]] and [[Frank Miller (comics)|Frank Miller]]'s [[Wolverine (comic book)|1982 limited series on the character]],<ref name=real>{{cite journal|title=David Benioff, Screenwriter of Wolverine: He's One of Us|journal=[[Comics Buyer's Guide]]|author=Mishler, James|date=June 2005|pages=18–20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Daniel Robert Epstein|title=David Benioff|work=[[SuicideGirls]]|date=December 28, 2004|url=http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/David+Benioff/|accessdate=February 9, 2008}}</ref> as well as the 2001 limited series ''[[Origin (comics)|Origin]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article6191387.ece|title=Chris Claremont, Len Wein: the men who created Wolverine|work=The Times |location=UK |first=Owen|last=Vaughan|date=April 29, 2009|accessdate=May 12, 2009 }}</ref> [[Hugh Jackman]] collaborated on the script, which he wanted to be more of a character piece compared with the previous ''X-Men'' films.<ref>{{cite news|title=Interview – Hugh Jackman|work=CanMag|date=October 15, 2006|url=http://www.canmag.com/news/4/3/5413|accessdate=October 15, 2006}}</ref> [[Skip Woods]] was later hired by Fox to revise and rewrite Benioff's script.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/823/823830p1.html|title=New Wolverine Screenwriter|author=Stax|website=IGN|date=September 28, 2007|accessdate=July 9, 2009}}</ref> Benioff had aimed for a "darker and a bit more brutal" story, writing it with an [[Motion Picture Association of America film rating system#Ratings|R rating]] in mind, although he acknowledged the film's final tone would rest with the producers and director.<ref name=real/>
Benioff was hired in 2004 to write the screenplay for the ''X-Men'' spin-off ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'' (2009). He based his script on [[Barry Windsor-Smith]]'s "[[Weapon X]]" story, [[Chris Claremont]] and [[Frank Miller (comics)|Frank Miller]]'s [[Wolverine (comic book)|1982 limited series on the character]],<ref name="real">{{Cite journal |last=Mishler, James |date=June 2005 |title=David Benioff, Screenwriter of Wolverine: He's One of Us |journal=[[Comics Buyer's Guide]] |pages=18–20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/David+Benioff/ |title=David Benioff |last=Daniel Robert Epstein |date=December 28, 2004 |work=[[SuicideGirls]] |access-date=February 9, 2008}}</ref> as well as the 2001 limited series ''[[Origin (comics)|Origin]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article6191387.ece |title=Chris Claremont, Len Wein: the men who created Wolverine |last=Vaughan |first=Owen |date=April 29, 2009 |work=The Times |access-date=May 12, 2009 |location=UK}}</ref> [[Hugh Jackman]] collaborated on the script, which he wanted to be more of a character piece compared with the previous ''X-Men'' films.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.canmag.com/news/4/3/5413 |title=Interview – Hugh Jackman |date=October 15, 2006 |work=CanMag |access-date=October 15, 2006}}</ref> [[Skip Woods]] was later hired by Fox to revise and rewrite Benioff's script.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/823/823830p1.html |title=New Wolverine Screenwriter |last=Stax |date=September 28, 2007 |website=IGN |access-date=July 9, 2009}}</ref> Benioff had aimed for a "darker and a bit more brutal" story, writing it with an [[Motion Picture Association of America film rating system#Ratings|R rating]] in mind, although he acknowledged the film's final tone would rest with the producers and director.<ref name=real/>


In 2006, Benioff became interested in adapting [[George R.R. Martin]]'s novel series, ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', and began working with [[D. B. Weiss]] on a proposed television series, ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.<ref name="upclose">{{cite news|publisher=AVMedia |last=Mitchell|first=Elvis|title=UpClose: Game of Thrones with David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (FULL LENGTH)|url=https://soundcloud.com/kcrw/upclose-game-of-thrones-with|accessdate=May 15, 2013|work=[[KCRW]]|date=May 8, 2013}}</ref> The pilot, "[[Winter Is Coming]]", was put into development by HBO in 2007 and the series greenlit in 2010. Benioff and Weiss act as the executive producers, [[showrunners]], and writers of the show, which began airing on [[HBO]] in 2011. Benioff and Weiss had previously worked together on a script for a horror film titled ''The Headmaster'', but it was never made.<ref name="vanity fair"/>
In 2006, Benioff became interested in adapting [[George R.R. Martin]]'s novel series, ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', and began working with [[D. B. Weiss]] on a proposed television series, ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.<ref name="upclose">{{Cite news |url=https://soundcloud.com/kcrw/upclose-game-of-thrones-with |title=UpClose: Game of Thrones with David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (FULL LENGTH) |last=Mitchell |first=Elvis |date=May 8, 2013 |work=[[KCRW]] |access-date=May 15, 2013 |publisher=AVMedia}}</ref> The pilot, "[[Winter Is Coming]]", was put into development by HBO in 2007 and the series greenlit in 2010. Benioff and Weiss act as the executive producers, [[showrunners]], and writers of the show, which began airing on [[HBO]] in 2011. Benioff and Weiss had previously worked together on a script for a horror film titled ''The Headmaster'', but it was never made.<ref name="vanity fair"/>


In October 2007, [[Universal Pictures]] hired Benioff to write an adapted screenplay of the [[Charles R. Cross]] biography of [[Kurt Cobain]], but the screenplay was not used.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1635411/kurt-cobain-biopic-in-the-works-16-years-after-his-death/ |title=Kurt Cobain Biopic 'In The Works,' 16 Years After His Death |first=Adam |last=Rosenberg |date=April 5, 2010 |work=MTV News |accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref> In 2008, Benioff's second novel, ''[[City of Thieves (Novel)|City of Thieves]]'', was published.
In October 2007, [[Universal Pictures]] hired Benioff to write an adapted screenplay of the [[Charles R. Cross]] biography of [[Kurt Cobain]], but the screenplay was not used.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1635411/kurt-cobain-biopic-in-the-works-16-years-after-his-death/ |title=Kurt Cobain Biopic 'In The Works,' 16 Years After His Death |last=Rosenberg |first=Adam |date=April 5, 2010 |work=MTV News |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref> In 2008, Benioff's second novel, ''[[City of Thieves (Novel)|City of Thieves]]'', was published.


On April 10, 2014, Benioff announced he and Weiss had taken on their first feature film project to write, produce, and direct ''[[Dirty White Boys]]'', a novel by the Pulitzer prize-winning author [[Stephen Hunter]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deadline.com/2014/04/game-of-thrones-david-benioff-d-b-weiss-plan-dirty-white-boys-as-first-feature |title='Game Of Thrones' David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Plan 'Dirty White Boys' As First Movie |first=Mike |last=Fleming |date=April 10, 2014 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The 2003 Pulitzer Prize Winners (Criticism) |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2003-Criticism |website=Pulitzer.org |accessdate=24 April 2014}}</ref> On July 19, 2017, Benioff announced that he and Weiss are going to begin production on another HBO series, titled ''[[Confederate (TV series)|Confederate]]'', after the final season of ''Game of Thrones''. Benioff and Weiss said, "We have discussed ''Confederate'' for years, originally as a concept for a feature film, but our experience on ''Thrones'' has convinced us that no one provides a bigger, better storytelling canvas than HBO."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hibberd|first1=James|title=Game of Thrones showrunners reveal their next epic HBO series|url=http://ew.com/tv/2017/07/19/game-of-thrones-showrunners-confederate/|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=July 19, 2017|accessdate=July 19, 2017}}</ref>
On April 10, 2014, Benioff announced he and Weiss had taken on their first feature film project to write, produce, and direct ''[[Dirty White Boys]]'', a novel by the Pulitzer prize-winning author [[Stephen Hunter]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.deadline.com/2014/04/game-of-thrones-david-benioff-d-b-weiss-plan-dirty-white-boys-as-first-feature |title='Game Of Thrones' David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Plan 'Dirty White Boys' As First Movie |last=Fleming |first=Mike |date=April 10, 2014 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2003-Criticism |title=The 2003 Pulitzer Prize Winners (Criticism) |website=Pulitzer.org |access-date=24 April 2014}}</ref> On July 19, 2017, Benioff announced that he and Weiss are going to begin production on another HBO series, titled ''[[Confederate (TV series)|Confederate]]'', after the final season of ''Game of Thrones''. Benioff and Weiss said, "We have discussed ''Confederate'' for years, originally as a concept for a feature film, but our experience on ''Thrones'' has convinced us that no one provides a bigger, better storytelling canvas than HBO."<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://ew.com/tv/2017/07/19/game-of-thrones-showrunners-confederate/ |title=Game of Thrones showrunners reveal their next epic HBO series |last=Hibberd |first=James |date=July 19, 2017 |work=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=July 19, 2017}}</ref>


On February 6, 2018, [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] announced that both Benioff and Weiss will write and produce a new series of ''[[Star Wars]]'' films after the final season of ''Game of Thrones'' is completed in 2019.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brenican|first1=Anthony|title=Game of Thrones creators developing new Star Wars films|url=http://ew.com/movies/2018/02/06/game-of-thrones-creators-developing-new-star-wars-films/|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=February 6, 2018|accessdate=February 6, 2018}}</ref>
On February 6, 2018, [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] announced that both Benioff and Weiss will write and produce a new series of ''[[Star Wars]]'' films after the final season of ''Game of Thrones'' is completed in 2019;<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://ew.com/movies/2018/02/06/game-of-thrones-creators-developing-new-star-wars-films/ |title=Game of Thrones creators developing new Star Wars films |last=Brenican |first=Anthony |date=February 6, 2018 |work=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=February 6, 2018}}</ref> however, both men backed out of the deal in October 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/star-wars-setback-game-of-thrones-duo-david-benioff-d-b-weiss-exit-trilogy-1202771184/ |title=‘Star Wars’ Setback: ‘Game Of Thrones’ Duo David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Exit Trilogy |last=Boucher |first=Geoff |date=October 29, 2019 |website=Deadline Hollywood |url-status=live |access-date=October 29, 2019}}</ref>


Towards the end of the final season of ''Game of Thrones'', a petition to [[HBO]] was started on [[Change.org]]. It described showrunners Benioff and Weiss as "woefully incompetent writers", and thus demanded "competent writers" to remake the eighth season of ''Game of Thrones'' in a manner "that makes sense".<ref>Multiple sources:
Towards the end of the final season of ''Game of Thrones'', a petition to [[HBO]] was started on [[Change.org]]. It described showrunners Benioff and Weiss as "woefully incompetent writers", and thus demanded "competent writers" to remake the eighth season of ''Game of Thrones'' in a manner "that makes sense".<ref>Multiple sources:
#{{cite web |title=Game of Thrones petition: 500,000 demand series eight remake |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48303921 |website=[[BBC News]] |date=May 16, 2019 |accessdate=May 17, 2019}}
#{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48303921 |title=Game of Thrones petition: 500,000 demand series eight remake |date=May 16, 2019 |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=May 17, 2019}}
#{{cite web |last1=McCarthy |first1=Tyler |title='Game of Thrones' fans are petitioning HBO to remake the last season 'with competent writers' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/game-of-thrones-petition-remake-last-season |website=[[Fox News]] |date=May 16, 2019 |accessdate=May 20, 2019}}
#{{cite web |last1=McCarthy |first1=Tyler |title='Game of Thrones' fans are petitioning HBO to remake the last season 'with competent writers' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/game-of-thrones-petition-remake-last-season |website=[[Fox News]] |date=May 16, 2019 |accessdate=May 20, 2019}}
#{{cite web |title=‘This was abysmal’: Nearly 1 million disgruntled ‘Game of Thrones’ fans demand a final season remake |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/17/game-thrones-petition-remake-season |website=[[The Washington Post]] |date=May 17, 2019 |accessdate=May 26, 2019}}
#{{cite web |title=‘This was abysmal’: Nearly 1 million disgruntled ‘Game of Thrones’ fans demand a final season remake |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/17/game-thrones-petition-remake-season |website=[[The Washington Post]] |date=May 17, 2019 |accessdate=May 26, 2019}}
#{{cite web |last1=Fieldstadt |first1=Elisha |title=Nearly 800,000 'Game of Thrones' fans sign petition for remake of season 8 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/over-370-000-game-thrones-fans-sign-petition-remake-season-n1006326 |website=[[NBC News]] |date=May 16, 2019 |accessdate=May 17, 2019}}
#{{cite web |last1=Fieldstadt |first1=Elisha |title=Nearly 800,000 'Game of Thrones' fans sign petition for remake of season 8 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/over-370-000-game-thrones-fans-sign-petition-remake-season-n1006326 |website=[[NBC News]] |date=May 16, 2019 |accessdate=May 17, 2019}}
#{{cite web |last1=Jancelewicz |first1=Chris |title=More than 1 million upset ‘Game of Thrones’ fans sign petition to remake Season 8 |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5280447/game-of-thrones-season-8-petition/ |website=[[Global News]] |date=May 15, 2019 |accessdate=May 20, 2019}}</ref> The petition eventually amassed over 1.<!-- THIS SOURCE SAYS 1.5 MILLION. IF YOU WANT TO UPDATE THE NUMBER ABOVE 1 MILLION, FIND AN UPDATED SOURCE PLEASE. CHANGE.ORG IS BLACKLISTED FROM WIKIPEDIA, WE CANNOT USE THAT-->5 million signatures.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Staples |first1=Louis |title=Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, Lost – why is it so hard for TV shows to pull off the perfect ending? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/game-of-thrones-final-tv-show-endings-breaking-bad-mad-men-lost-a8929186.html |website=[[The Independent]] |accessdate=May 26, 2019}}</ref> [[Richard Roeper]], writing for the ''[[Chicago Sun Times]]'', described that the backlash to the eighth season was so great that in his 25+ years of reviewing movies and television, he doubts that he has "ever seen the level of fan (and to a lesser degree, critical) vitriol leveled at" ''Game of Thrones''.<ref name="ChicagoS8E6">{{cite web |last1=Roeper |first1=Richard |title=‘Game of Thrones’ finale review: Enthralling series comes to a satisfying end |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/19/18632010/game-of-thrones-finale-review-daenerys-tyrion-hbo |website=[[Chicago Sun Times]] |date=May 19, 2019 |accessdate=May 20, 2019}}</ref>
#{{cite web |last1=Jancelewicz |first1=Chris |title=More than 1 million upset ‘Game of Thrones’ fans sign petition to remake Season 8 |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5280447/game-of-thrones-season-8-petition/ |website=[[Global News]] |date=May 15, 2019 |accessdate=May 20, 2019}}</ref> The petition eventually amassed over 1.<!-- THIS SOURCE SAYS 1.5 MILLION. IF YOU WANT TO UPDATE THE NUMBER ABOVE 1 MILLION, FIND AN UPDATED SOURCE PLEASE. CHANGE.ORG IS BLACKLISTED FROM WIKIPEDIA, WE CANNOT USE THAT-->5 million signatures.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/game-of-thrones-final-tv-show-endings-breaking-bad-mad-men-lost-a8929186.html |title=Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, Lost – why is it so hard for TV shows to pull off the perfect ending? |last=Staples |first=Louis |website=[[The Independent]] |access-date=May 26, 2019}}</ref> [[Richard Roeper]], writing for the ''[[Chicago Sun Times]]'', described that the backlash to the eighth season was so great that in his 25+ years of reviewing movies and television, he doubts that he has "ever seen the level of fan (and to a lesser degree, critical) vitriol leveled at" ''Game of Thrones''.<ref name="ChicagoS8E6">{{Cite web |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/19/18632010/game-of-thrones-finale-review-daenerys-tyrion-hbo |title=‘Game of Thrones’ finale review: Enthralling series comes to a satisfying end |last=Roeper |first=Richard |date=May 19, 2019 |website=[[Chicago Sun Times]] |access-date=May 20, 2019}}</ref>


===Directing career===
===Directing career===

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David Benioff
Born
David Friedman

(1970-09-25) September 25, 1970 (age 54)
New York City, New York, U.S.
EducationDartmouth College (BA)
Trinity College Dublin
University of California, Irvine (MFA)
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, television producer, television writer, director, novelist
Years active2002–present
Spouse
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(m. 2006)​
Children3
Parent(s)Stephen Friedman
Barbara Benioff

David Benioff (/ˈbɛniɒf/; born David Friedman /ˈfriːdmən/; September 25, 1970) is an American screenwriter and television producer, writer, and director. Along with his collaborator D. B. Weiss, he is best known as co-creator, showrunner, and writer of Game of Thrones (2011–2019), the HBO adaptation of George R. R. Martin's series of books A Song of Ice and Fire. He is also known for writing Troy (2004) and co-writing X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009).

Early life

Benioff was born David Friedman in New York City, to a Jewish family who emigrated from Austria, Romania, Germany, Poland and Russia.[1][2] He is the son of Barbara (Benioff) and Stephen Friedman, who is a former head of Goldman Sachs.[3] He is a distant cousin of Salesforce founder Marc Benioff.[4] As an adult, he uses the last name Benioff, his mother's maiden name, to avoid confusion with other writers named David Friedman.[4][5] He is the youngest of three children (Suzy, Caroline, and David)[6] and grew up in Manhattan, first in Peter Cooper Village, then on 86th Street where he spent most of his childhood, before eventually moving near the U.N. headquarters when he was 16.[7]

Benioff is an alumnus of The Collegiate School and of Dartmouth College. While at Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Delta Alpha Fraternity and the Sphinx Senior Society. After graduating in 1992, he worked in a number of jobs: for a time as a club bouncer in San Francisco, and as a high school English teacher at Poly Prep in Brooklyn, New York City for two years, where he served as the school's wrestling coach.[7][8]

Benioff became interested in pursuing an academic career and went to Trinity College Dublin in 1995, for a one-year program to study Irish literature. While in Dublin he met D. B. Weiss, who would later become his collaborator.[1] Benioff wrote a thesis on Samuel Beckett while at Trinity College, but decided against a career in academia after writing the thesis.[7] He worked as a radio DJ in Moose, Wyoming for a year—mostly as a side job, which he mainly accepted to take a year in the countryside at a writer's retreat.[9] He then applied to join the Creative Writing Program at the University of California, Irvine after reading The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon (an alumnus there),[10] and received a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing there in 1999.[11]

In 2001, People magazine included Benioff on its list of America's Top 50 Most Eligible Bachelors.[12]

Career

Writing career

Benioff spent two years writing his first published novel The 25th Hour,[13][14] originally titled Fireman Down, and completed the book as his thesis for his master's degree at Irvine.[15][16] He was asked to adapt the book into a screenplay after Tobey Maguire read a preliminary trade copy and became interested in making a film of the book.[11] The film adaptation, titled 25th Hour and starring Edward Norton, was directed by Spike Lee.[16][17] Benioff then wrote a collection of short stories titled When the Nines Roll Over (And Other Stories) (2004).[18]

He drafted a screenplay of the mythological epic Troy (2004), for which Warner Bros. pictures paid him $2.5 million.[19] He also wrote the script for the psychological thriller Stay (2005), which was directed by Marc Forster, and stars Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts. His screenplay for The Kite Runner (2007), adapted from the novel of the same name, marked his second collaboration with director Marc Forster.

Benioff was hired in 2004 to write the screenplay for the X-Men spin-off X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009). He based his script on Barry Windsor-Smith's "Weapon X" story, Chris Claremont and Frank Miller's 1982 limited series on the character,[20][21] as well as the 2001 limited series Origin.[22] Hugh Jackman collaborated on the script, which he wanted to be more of a character piece compared with the previous X-Men films.[23] Skip Woods was later hired by Fox to revise and rewrite Benioff's script.[24] Benioff had aimed for a "darker and a bit more brutal" story, writing it with an R rating in mind, although he acknowledged the film's final tone would rest with the producers and director.[20]

In 2006, Benioff became interested in adapting George R.R. Martin's novel series, A Song of Ice and Fire, and began working with D. B. Weiss on a proposed television series, Game of Thrones.[25] The pilot, "Winter Is Coming", was put into development by HBO in 2007 and the series greenlit in 2010. Benioff and Weiss act as the executive producers, showrunners, and writers of the show, which began airing on HBO in 2011. Benioff and Weiss had previously worked together on a script for a horror film titled The Headmaster, but it was never made.[7]

In October 2007, Universal Pictures hired Benioff to write an adapted screenplay of the Charles R. Cross biography of Kurt Cobain, but the screenplay was not used.[26] In 2008, Benioff's second novel, City of Thieves, was published.

On April 10, 2014, Benioff announced he and Weiss had taken on their first feature film project to write, produce, and direct Dirty White Boys, a novel by the Pulitzer prize-winning author Stephen Hunter.[27][28] On July 19, 2017, Benioff announced that he and Weiss are going to begin production on another HBO series, titled Confederate, after the final season of Game of Thrones. Benioff and Weiss said, "We have discussed Confederate for years, originally as a concept for a feature film, but our experience on Thrones has convinced us that no one provides a bigger, better storytelling canvas than HBO."[29]

On February 6, 2018, Disney announced that both Benioff and Weiss will write and produce a new series of Star Wars films after the final season of Game of Thrones is completed in 2019;[30] however, both men backed out of the deal in October 2019.[31]

Towards the end of the final season of Game of Thrones, a petition to HBO was started on Change.org. It described showrunners Benioff and Weiss as "woefully incompetent writers", and thus demanded "competent writers" to remake the eighth season of Game of Thrones in a manner "that makes sense".[32] The petition eventually amassed over 1.5 million signatures.[33] Richard Roeper, writing for the Chicago Sun Times, described that the backlash to the eighth season was so great that in his 25+ years of reviewing movies and television, he doubts that he has "ever seen the level of fan (and to a lesser degree, critical) vitriol leveled at" Game of Thrones.[34]

Directing career

Benioff and D. B. Weiss together directed two episodes of Game of Thrones, but used a coin-flip to decide who would get the credit on the show. Benioff was given the credit for season 3 episode 3, "Walk of Punishment", while Weiss was credited with season 4 episode 1, "Two Swords".[7] Benioff and Weiss co-directed the series finale,[35] which was widely panned.[36]

Personal life

On September 30, 2006, Benioff married actress Amanda Peet in New York City.[37] Together they have three children.[38] The family lives in Manhattan and Beverly Hills.

Bibliography

Author

Title Year Type Note
The 25th Hour 2001 Novel Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Plume; Reissue edition (January 29, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN 0-452-28295-0
When the Nines Roll Over (and Other Stories) 2004 Short Story Collection Hardcover: 223 pages
Publisher: Viking Books (August 19, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN 0-670-03339-1
City of Thieves 2008 Novel Hardcover: 281 pages
Publisher: Viking Books (May 15, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN 0-670-01870-8

Filmography

Film

Year Title Writer Producer Director Notes
2002 25th Hour Yes Spike Lee Nominated—Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay (2002)
2004 Troy Yes Wolfgang Petersen
2005 Stay Yes Marc Forster
When the Nines Roll Over Yes Yes Himself Short film based on a story from When the Nines Roll Over
2007 The Kite Runner Yes Marc Forster Christopher Award for Best Feature Film (2007)
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2008)
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (2008)
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (2007)
2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Yes Gavin Hood Co-wrote with Skip Woods
Brothers Yes Jim Sheridan
2019 Gemini Man Yes Ang Lee Co-wrote with Billy Ray and Darren Lemke

Television

Year Title Writer Producer Director Notes
2011–2019 Game of Thrones Yes Yes Yes Co-creator
Executive producer
Directed and wrote episode: "Walk of Punishment"
Directed and wrote episode (with D. B. Weiss):"The Iron Throne"
Wrote: 45 episodes
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series (2015-2016, 2018)[39]
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (2015-2016)[39]
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (2012)[40]
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form (2013-2014)[41][42]
Producers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Drama (2015)[43]
Golden Nymph Awards for Outstanding International Producer (2012)[44]
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series (2011-2014)[39]
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (2011-2014)[39]
Nominated—Producers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Drama (2011-2014, 2016, 2018)[45][46][47][48][49][50]
Nominated—BAFTA for Best International Programme (2013)[51]
Nominated—Writers Guild of America Award for Dramatic Series (2011-2012, 2014-2016, 2018)[52][53][54][55][56][57]
Nominated—Writers Guild of America Award for Episodic Drama (2015-2016)[55][56]
Nominated—Writers Guild of America Award for New Series (2011)[52]
Nominated—Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form (2015, 2017)[58][59]
Nominated—USC Scripter Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (2016-2017)[60][61]
Nominated—Humanitas Prize for 60 Minute Network or Syndicated Television (2017)[62]
2013 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Yes Wrote episode: "Flowers for Charlie"
Bored Lifeguard #1 (cameo in "The Gang Goes to a Water Park")

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