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David Benioff
Who
David Benioff · Arts & Literature
What
Novelist and co-creator/showrunner of HBO's Game of Thrones.
When
1970, New York City, United States
Where
United States
Biography
David Benioff is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Novelist and co-creator/showrunner of HBO's Game of Thrones.
How & why
Born David Friedman into a Jewish family in New York, Benioff is a novelist and screenwriter who, with D. B. Weiss, created and ran HBO's Game of Thrones (2011–2019), one of the most-watched and most-awarded television series of its era. He is Jewish; the surname Benioff is his grandmother's maiden name.
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Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)
Contributions & Sources
Novelist and co-creator/showrunner of HBO's Game of Thrones.
1970
Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)
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