Biography for
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Date of Birth

1970, New York City, New York, USA

Birth Name

David Friedman

Height

6' 1" (1.85 m)

Spouse

Amanda Peet

(30 September 2006 - present) 2 children

Trivia

Former day job: Club bouncer

Attended Dartmouth College and graduated in 1992. He majored in English and wrote an honor's thesis.

Engaged to Amanda Peet [July 22, 2005].

His father is Stephen Friedman, a Sr. partner and Chairman of Goldman Sachs, the current Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, and former Director of the National Economic Council (2002-2005), personally appointed by President Bush.

His real name is David Friedman. "Benioff" comes from his maternal grandfather, Shim Benioff.

David and Amanda were married at Amanda's alma mater, Friends Seminary high school, in New York City.

David and Amanda became the parents of their first child, a girl named Frances Pen, on February 20, 2007. Frances weighed in at 6 lbs, 10 oz.

His novel, "City of Thieves" (2008), is set during the Siege of Leningrad.

One of 105 people invited to join AMPAS in 2008.

David and Amanda became the parents of another girl, Molly June Benioff, on April 22, 2010 in New York City.

Personal Quotes

[on the 'Game of Thrones' series] Wiser network heads might have said 'You can't kill Sean Bean nine episodes into your show'. Guess what? The lead dies. That's why HBO is HBO. They break all the rules.

Salary

Gemini Man (????)	$2,000,000
25th Hour (2002)	$62,000
Stay (2005/I)	$1,500,000

Where Are They Now

(September 2003) Has several projects at various stages of development, including his own script "Alpha" at DreamWorks and several adaptations. Marc Forster, currently working off Benioff's script "Stay", is developing "Alpha" to direct.