D. B. Weiss

What strikes me about Weiss is the sheer nerve it took to translate Martin's sprawling, unfinished saga into appointment television week after week. With David Benioff he didn't just adapt Game of Thrones, he set a new bar for what a TV drama could look and feel like, and those back-to-back Emmy writing wins were earned. I won't pretend the divisive ending hasn't shaped his legacy, because it has, but I find it unfair to flatten a decade of bold, character-driven work into one finale. His pivot to the smaller, sweeter Metal Lords suggests a writer still chasing what genuinely interests him rather than chasing prestige.

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Name (English)

D. B. Weiss

Name (Japanese)

D・B・ワイス

Reading

D・B・わいす

Born

April 23, 1971 (age 55)

Origin

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Occupation

screenwriter / writer / author / novelist / television director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Boar

University

Wesleyan University

Awards & achievements

• 2012 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
• 2013 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
• 2014 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
• 2015 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
• 2016 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.%20B.%20Weiss
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%E3%83%BBB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1151388

Tags

• Illinois
• screenwriter
• writer
• author

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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