David Benioff

David Friedman, known professionally as David Benioff or David Benioff Friedman, is an American Emmy winning novelist, scriptwriter and producer. He is best known for his novels The 25th Hour and City of Thieves, and his role as scriptwriter on Spike Lee's adaptation of his novel as 25th Hour and also on Troy, The Kite Runner, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and Brothers.
David Benioff was given the A Song of Ice and Fire novels as a gift and became a big fan of the books. On 16 January 2007 HBO optioned the rights to the books and Benioff and writing partner D.B. Weiss began developing the project as a pilot script entitled Game of Thrones. The two writers appeared with George R.R. Martin at an appearance on social networking site Second Life on 31 May 2007 to discuss the project with fans. On 9 September 2008 HBO exercised their option to buy the rights and ordered a pilot on 11 November, with Benioff and Weiss appointed as executive producers and showrunners of the project.
On Game of Thrones Benioff works as executive producer, showrunner and scriptwriter. Together with D.B. Weiss he has written the majority of the episodes of the series so far. Starting with the third season, he also co-directed (with Weiss) episodes of the series.Westeros.org
Benioff and Weiss won the Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series 2015 Emmy Award for the Season 5 finale, "Mother's Mercy".
Speaking with Variety in April 2016, Benioff said that his favorite character is Sansa Stark - some fans (even from the books) hated her because they felt she started out as a brat, but Benioff enjoyed her character growth and inner strength as the story progresses.
==Credits==
===Executive producer/showrunner===
* Game of Thrones: Season 1
* Game of Thrones: Season 2
* Game of Thrones: Season 3
* Game of Thrones: Season 4
* Game of Thrones: Season 5
* Game of Thrones: Season 6
* Game of Thrones: Season 7
===Writer===
* Co-written with D.B. Weiss
===Director===
* Co-directed with D.B. Weiss
==Other credits==
===Bibliography===
* The 25th Hour (2002)
* When the Nines Roll Over (and Other Stories) (2004)
* City of Thieves (2008)
===Scriptwriter===
* 25th Hour (2002)
* Troy (2004)
* Stay (2005)
* The Kite Runner (2007)
* X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
* Brothers (2009)
===In development===
* Heavier Than Heaven
==Gallery==
Producers.jpg|Benioff with DB Weiss and Jason Momoa.
==See also==
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==References==
Category:Commentators of Game of Thrones: Inside the Episode
Category:Creators of Game of Thrones
Category:Directors of Game of Thrones
Category:Showrunners of Game of Thrones
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Category:Writers of Game of Thrones
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