Age, Biography, and Wiki
David Benioff was born on September 25, 1970, which makes him 54 years old as of 2024. He is an American writer and producer, known for his contributions to the entertainment industry. Benioff has a Wikipedia page that details his career and personal life: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Benioff.
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
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| Date of Birth | 25 September 1970 |
| Age | 54 Years |
| Birth Place | New York City, U.S. |
| Horoscope | Libra |
| Country | U.S |
Height, Weight & Measurements
While specific measurements for David Benioff are not widely reported, he is generally recognized as a tall and slender individual. However, exact details on his height and weight are not publicly disclosed.
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Dating & Relationship Status
David Benioff is married to actress Amanda Peet, whom he wed on September 30, 2006. The couple has three children together and is known for maintaining a private personal life.
As an adult, he began using the pen name David Benioff when his first novel was published in 2001. Benioff is his mother's maiden name. He explained that he did this to avoid confusion with other writers named David Friedman. For legal purposes, his copyright filings from the 2010s onward list him as "David Benioff Friedman".
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Net Worth and Salary
As of 2025, David Benioff's net worth is estimated at $100 million. His wealth primarily comes from his work on "Game of Thrones" and other successful projects. In 2019, Benioff signed a multi-year deal with Netflix worth $200 million, along with his partner D.B. Weiss.
Career, Business, and Investments
- Early Career: Benioff began his career in writing and producing with films like "Troy" and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine."
- Game of Thrones: His most notable work is co-developing and producing the hit HBO series "Game of Thrones."
- Future Projects: Benioff and his partner D.B. Weiss signed a deal with Disney to produce Star Wars films and a Netflix deal for other projects.
- Business Ventures: Besides television and film, Benioff's involvement in future Star Wars projects and his Netflix deal highlight his diverse business interests.
Benioff became interested in an academic career and went to Trinity College, Dublin (TCD), in 1995, for a one-year program to study Irish literature. In Dublin he met D. B. Weiss, who later became his collaborator. Benioff wrote a thesis on Samuel Beckett at Trinity College, but decided against a career in academia. He worked as a radio DJ in Moose, Wyoming, for a year—mostly as a side job that he accepted mainly to spend a year in the countryside at a writer's retreat. He then applied to join the University of California, Irvine's creative writing program after reading The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon (an alumnus there), and received a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing there in 1999.
In April 2014, Benioff announced he and Weiss had taken on their first feature film project to write, produce, and direct Dirty White Boys, based on a novel by Stephen Hunter. 21st Century Fox greenlit pre-production on the movie even though at the time, both producers had significant contractual obligations for other projects. Though it was assumed development on Dirty White Boys would proceed slowly, promotion for the film not only began slow but stopped altogether. According to Kasey Moore, it has been years since anyone once known to be involved with Dirty White Boys, has given an update on the project's status.
On September 30, 2006, Benioff married actress Amanda Peet in a traditional Jewish ceremony in New York City. They have three children. The family divides their time between homes in Manhattan and Beverly Hills. He is a second cousin of software entrepreneur Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff.
Social Network
David Benioff is not extensively active on public social media platforms, maintaining a low profile outside of professional engagements.
Benioff was hired in 2004 to write the screenplay for the X-Men spin-off X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009). He based his script on Barry Windsor-Smith's "Weapon X" story, Chris Claremont and Frank Miller's 1982 limited series on the character, as well as the 2001 limited series Origin. Hugh Jackman collaborated on the script, which he wanted to be more of a character piece than the previous X-Men films. Fox later hired Skip Woods to revise and rewrite Benioff's script. Benioff had aimed for a "darker and a bit more brutal" story, writing it with an R rating in mind, but acknowledged the film's final tone would rest with the producers and director.
Education
Benioff graduated from Dartmouth College and later earned a Master's degree in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine. His educational background has contributed to his success as a writer and producer.
Overall, David Benioff's career is marked by significant achievements in television and film, with a notable impact on the entertainment industry. His collaborations and investments continue to shape his successful career.
Benioff is an alumnus of Collegiate School and Dartmouth College. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Delta Alpha fraternity and the Sphinx Senior Society. After graduating in 1992 with a B.A in English Literature, he had a number of jobs: for a time as a club bouncer in San Francisco, and as a high school English teacher at Poly Prep in Brooklyn for two years, where he served as the school's wrestling coach.
Benioff spent two years writing his first published novel, The 25th Hour, originally titled Fireman Down, and completed the book as his thesis for his master's degree at Irvine. He was asked to adapt the book into a screenplay after Tobey Maguire read a preliminary trade copy and became interested in making a film of the book. The film adaptation, 25th Hour, starring Edward Norton, was directed by Spike Lee. In 2004 Benioff published a collection of short stories, When the Nines Roll Over (And Other Stories).
Towards the end of the final season of Game of Thrones, a petition to HBO was started on Change.org. It called Benioff and Weiss "woefully incompetent writers" and demanded "competent writers" to remake the eighth season of Game of Thrones in a manner "that makes sense". The petition eventually amassed over 1.5 million signatures. In the Chicago Sun Times, Richard Roeper wrote that the backlash to the eighth season was so great that he doubted he had "ever seen the level of fan (and to a lesser degree, critical) vitriol leveled at" Game of Thrones.
