D. B. Weiss

Daniel Brett Weiss (/waɪs/; born April 23, 1971)[1] is an American television producer, writer, and director. Along with his collaborator David Benioff, he is best-known as co-creator and showrunner of Game of Thrones, the HBO adaptation of George R. R. Martin's series of books A Song of Ice and Fire.

D. B. Weiss
Weiss in 2016
Born
Daniel Brett Weiss

(1971-04-23) April 23, 1971
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
EducationWesleyan University (BA)
Trinity College Dublin (MPhil)
University of Iowa (MFA)
OccupationTelevision producer, writer, director
Spouse(s)Andrea Troyer
Children2

Early life

Weiss was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. His family is Jewish.[2] He graduated from Wesleyan University and earned a Master of Philosophy in Irish literature from Trinity College, Dublin, where he wrote his thesis on James Joyce's Finnegans Wake,[3] and a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.[4]

Career

Weiss worked as personal assistant on films such as The Viking Sagas for New Line Cinema. For a brief period, Weiss also worked as a personal assistant for musician Glenn Frey.[3] Weiss went to Dublin in 1995 to study Anglo-Irish literature and met David Benioff, the screenwriter of Troy. Three years later, around 1998, they met again in Santa Monica, California.[3]

Weiss and Benioff co-wrote a screenplay for a film titled The Headmaster, but it was never made.[3] In 2003, they were hired to collaborate on a new script of Orson Scott Card's book Ender's Game, in consultation with the then-designated director Wolfgang Petersen.[5][6] It was not used.[7]

Weiss's 2003 debut novel, Lucky Wander Boy, is themed around video games. In 2006, Weiss said he had a second novel finished that "needs a second draft".[8] That same year, Weiss completed a screenplay for a film adaptation of the video game series Halo, based on a script written by Alex Garland.[9][10] However, director Neill Blomkamp declared the project dead in late 2007.[11]

Weiss also worked on a script for a prequel to I Am Legend.[12] However, in May 2011, director Francis Lawrence stated that he did not think the prequel was ever going to happen.[13]

Weiss collaborated with David Benioff on the HBO television series Game of Thrones, based on George R. R. Martin's book series A Song of Ice and Fire.[14] Benioff and Weiss also directed three episodes together. For the first two, they used a coin-flip to decide who would get the credit on the show. Weiss received directing credit for "Two Swords", Season 4 episode 1, while Benioff was credited for "Walk of Punishment", Season 3 episode 3.[3] Benioff and Weiss were both credited for co-directing the series finale, "The Iron Throne".

On July 19, 2017, Weiss announced that he and Benioff are going to begin production on another HBO series, titled Confederate, after the final season of Game of Thrones. Weiss and Benioff 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."[15]

On February 6, 2018, Disney announced that both Weiss and Benioff would write and produce a new series of Star Wars films after the finale season of Game of Thrones is completed, in 2019.[16]

In early 2019, Weiss and Benioff entered into an exclusive US$200 million deal with Netflix to produce several films and television shows exclusively for the streaming service.[17][18] In late October 2019, it was reported that Weiss and Benioff had exited their deal with Disney due to their commitments to Netflix.[19][20][21]

Weiss and Benioff's first project on Netflix will be as directors of the stand-up comedy Leslie Jones: Time Machine.[22]

Personal life

Weiss and his wife, Andrea Troyer, have two children.[23]

Bibliography

Author
TitleYearTypeNote
Lucky Wander Boy2003Novel

Filmography

Television
YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerNotes
2011–2019 Game of Thrones Yes Yes Yes Co-creator
Executive producer
Directed and wrote episode:"Two Swords"
Directed and wrote episode (with David Benioff):"The Iron Throne"
Wrote: 45 episodes
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series (2015-2016)[24]
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (2015-2016)[24]
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (2012)[25]
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form (2013-2014)[26][27]
Producers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Drama (2015)[28]
Golden Nymph Awards for Outstanding International Producer (2012)[29]
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series (2011-2014)[24]
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (2011-2014)[24]
Nominated—Producers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Drama (2011-2014, 2016, 2018)[30][31][32][33][34][35]
Nominated—BAFTA for Best International Programme (2013)[36]
Nominated—Writers Guild of America Award for Dramatic Series (2011-2012, 2014–2016, 2018)[37][38][39][40][41][42]
Nominated—Writers Guild of America Award for Episodic Drama (2015-2016)[40][41]
Nominated—Writers Guild of America Award for New Series (2011)[37]
Nominated—Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form (2015, 2017)[43][44]
Nominated—USC Scripter Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (2016-2017)[45][46]
Nominated—Humanitas Prize for 60 Minute Network or Syndicated Television (2017)[47]
2013–2017 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Yes Wrote episode: "Flowers for Charlie"
Bored Lifeguard #2 (cameo in "The Gang Goes to a Water Park")
2014 The Specials Yes Executive producer[48]
2020 Leslie Jones: Time Machine Yes Co-direct with David Benioff

See also

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