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David Benioff has been married to actressAmanda Peetsince 2006. They married on September 30, 2006, in New York City and now have three children together. David's distant cousin is Salesforce billionaireMarc Benioff. They share the same grandfather on their paternal sides.

In February 2018, it was revealed that D.B. Weiss and his producing partner David Benioff had signed a multi-film deal with Disney to produce at least three Star Wars movies to be released in 2022, 2024, and 2026.

David Benioff is an American writer and producer who has a net worth of $100 million. David Benioff is best known for developing and producing the show "Game of Thrones" for HBO. He also has worked on "Troy," "City of Thieves," and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine."

David published his first book while working as a teacher. The novel, "The 25th Hour", was later turned into a movie starringEdward Norton. He wrote the screenplay, as well. Since then, he has written such films as "Troy," "Stay," "The Kite Runner," "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," and "Brothers." He is most widely recognized as the co-creator, executive producer, showrunner, and writer for the massively successful HBO series, "Game of Thrones," which debuted on April 17, 2011. David and his GoT producing partnerD.B. Weissdirected two episodes of the series together, including the widely-panned series finale, which some consider the worst in the history of television. In March 2024, David and D.B. released the series "3 Body Problem" on Netflix. The 8-episode series was produced at a budget of $20 million per episode, and did not achieve significant ratings.

Benioff attended the Collegiate School in New York City, which is considered to be one of the oldest schools in the United States. He then enrolled at Dartmouth College, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Alpha Fraternity and the Sphinx Senior Society. When he graduated in 1992, he worked a number of different jobs – as a bouncer at a club in San Francisco, as a high school English teacher, and as a wrestling coach. He then became interested in pursuing a career in academia. He went to Trinity College Dublin in 1995, where he studied Irish literature for one year. There, he met D. B. Weiss, who would become his collaborator in the future. However, he ultimately decided against a career in academia and enrolled in a creative writing program at the University of California, Irvine, where he received a degree in creative writing in 1999.

On August 7, 2019, it was announced that D.B. Weiss andDavid Benioff had signed a multi-year $200 million overalldeal with Netflix. The duo had also been in talks with Disney and Amazon, but Netflix won out in the end. The deal does not impact their Disney film partnership. The duo will also retain executive producer credits on all future HBO Game of Thrones spinoffs and prequels, which are reportedly in the works, though they will not be involved in those projects. In May 2022, the duo signed a drastically reduced deal to remain at Netflix.

Benioff was born on September 25, 1970, in New York City. His birth name is David Friedman, and he is the youngest child of Barbara and Stephen Friedman. Both of his parents are Jewish, with roots in Germany, Poland, Russia, Austria, and Romania. Benioff grew up with his two older sisters in Manhattan. His father is the former head of Goldman Sachs.

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