# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-benioff
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:26:10.359Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/david-benioff"
name: "David Benioff"
slug: "david-benioff"
description: "David Friedman, known professionally as David Benioff, is an American novelist, screenwriter, and producer. Along with his collaborator D. B. Weiss, he is best known for co-creating Game of Thrones (2011–2019), the HBO adaptation of George R. R. Martin's series of books, A Song of Ice and Fire. He also wrote 25th Hour (2002), Troy (2004), The Kite Runner (2007), City of Thieves (2008), co-wrote X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), and Gemini Man (2019)."
tagline: "American writer and producer (born 1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Benioff_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?width=1200"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1970-09-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump