- Born
- Birth nameDavid Friedman
- Height6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- David Benioff was born on September 25, 1970 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Game of Thrones (2011), The Kite Runner (2007) and 25th Hour (2002). He has been married to Amanda Peet since September 30, 2006. They have three children.
- SpouseAmanda Peet(September 30, 2006 - present) (3 children)
- ChildrenFrances Pen FriedmanHenry Peet FriedmanMolly June Friedman
- RelativesMarc Benioff(Cousin)
- 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.
- While working on Game of Thrones, he and co-creator D. B. Weiss worked all through the year, non stop. They would write an outline for each season and then started writing the actual scripts while managing production at the same time. The scripts had to be all done by the time they started filming the season, and as the large production it is they were filming for months with several units in several countries at the same time, while they did re-writings of parts of the scripts and made perfections. They also made sure there's always a man from the writing crew at one of the filming units, to supervise. Almost immediately after finishing filming, they started writing the outline for the next season. At the same time, the previous season was in post production phases like editing and sound mixing, and they had to oversee all these procedures while writing, and later deal with marketing of the upcoming season as well. David and Dan would occasionally say in interviews that all they want to do once they finish with the show is to "get some sleep".
- Former day job: Club bouncer
- Attended Dartmouth College and graduated in 1992. He majored in English and wrote an honor's thesis.
- Engaged to Amanda Peet [July 22, 2005].
- [on Game of Thrones (2011)] Wiser network heads might have said 'You can't kill Sean Bean nine episodes into your show'. Guess what? The lead dies. That's why HBO is HBO. They break all the rules.
- Gemini Man (2019) - $2,000,000
- Stay (2005) - $1,800,000
- 25th Hour (2003) - $62,000
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