D.B. Weiss

D.B. Weiss Biography

Daniel Brett Weiss is an American author. His debut novel Lucky Wander Boy was themed around video games and he has since been linked with the screen adaptations of various science fiction and fantasy stories, in particular his collaboration with David Benioff as screenwriters and executive producers of Game of Thrones, the HBO adaptation of George R. R. Martin's series of books. He has expressed an interest in writing for video games and will be directing at least one episode of the third season of Game of Thrones, with Benioff.

Biography

Born and raised in Chicago, a graduate of Wesleyan University, he earned a Master of Philosophy in Irish Literature from Trinity College, Dublin and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Bibliography

Novels

Lucky Wander Boy (2003)

In 2006, Weiss said he has a second novel finished that "needs a second draft."

Screenwriting

D. B. Weiss was hired together with Josh Olson to rewrite the screenplay for a film adaptation of Bungie's game series Halo, based on the $1 million script written by Alex Garland. The rewrite was completed in 2006. Blomkamp declared the project dead in late 2007,

In 2003 Weiss and David Benioff, who had been friends since college, were hired to collaborate on a new script of Orson Scott Card's book Ender's Game in consulation with the then-designated director Wolfgang Petersen. It was not used.

Weiss also worked on a script for a prequel to I Am Legend, but that project died also. In May 2011, Francis Lawrence stated that the prequel was never going to happen.

Weiss currently works with David Benioff, the writer of Troy, on the Game of Thrones television series based on George R. R. Martin's books.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Notes
2011	Primetime Emmys	Outstanding Drama Series	Game of Thrones	Shared with eight other producers and executive producers
2011	Primetime Emmys	Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series	Game of Thrones	Shared with David Benioff
2012	Hugo Awards	Best Dramatic Presentation "? Long Form	Game of Thrones	Shared with eight other writers and directors
	Primetime Emmys	Outstanding Drama Series	Game of Thrones	Shared with nine other producers and executive producers
	PGA Awards	Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama	Game of Thrones	Shared with Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger, David Benioff and Mark Huffam
	WGA Awards	Best New Series	Game of Thrones	Shared with Bryan Cogman, Jane Espenson, George R. R. Martin and David Benioff
	SFX awards	Best New Show	Game of Thrones	Shared with cast and crew
	SFX awards	Best TV Show	Game of Thrones	Shared with cast and crew
	Monte-Carlo TV Festival	Drama TV series: Outstanding International Producer	Game of Thrones	Shared with David Benioff, Frank Doelger and Carolyn Strauss
2013	PGA Awards	Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama	Game of Thrones	Shared with Frank Doelger, Carolyn Strauss, Bernadette Caulfield and David Benioff
2013	WGA Awards	Best Drama Series	Game of Thrones	Shared with David Benioff, George R. R. Martin, Bryan Cogman and Jane Espenson

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