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My Take
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.
Overview
Daniel Brett Weiss (; born April 23, 1971) is an American screenwriter and television producer. Along with his collaborator David Benioff, 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 and produced the 2022 American teen comedy-drama Metal Lords.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- D. B. Weiss
- Name (Japanese)
- D・B・ワイス
- Reading
- D・B・わいす
- Born
- April 23, 1971 (age 55)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Boar
- Origin
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- screenwriter / writer / author / novelist / television director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- 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
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%E3%83%BBB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.