David Benioff
David Benioff
David Benioffis an American novelist, screenwriter, television producer and director. He is the co-creator and showrunner of the widely acclaimed award-winning HBO series Game of Thrones...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth25 September 1970
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
make-or-break break episodes
Everyone knew this was the episode that was going to make or break the season.
cutting difficult-choices adaptation
Every adaptation requires that the screenwriter make difficult choices - and in particular, difficult cuts.
growing-up thinking goal
And I didn't grow up wanting to be a director. I grew up wanting to be a writer, so for me, that was always the goal - to be a novelist, not a screenwriter. And I think, again, if I didn't have the novels, maybe I'd be much more frustrated by not having directed yet.
people waiting suggestions
With the movies, people are not going to wait around. The deadline is a deadline. In publishing it's more a polite suggestion.
hero realising dies
Once you realise that heroes die, everything becomes that much more terrifying.
kites
I've never flown a kite.
loyalty running country
I have never been much of a patriot. My father would not have allowed such a thing while he lived, and his death insured that his wish was carried out. Piter commanded far more affection and loyalty from me than the nation as a whole. But that night, running across the unplowed fields of winter wheat, with the Fascist invaders behind us and the dark Russian woods before us, I felt a surge of pure love for my country. We ran for the forest, crashing through the stalks of wheat, beneath the rising moon and the stars spinning farther and farther away, alone beneath the godless sky.
teacher natural
I'm just not a natural teacher.
running nfl pressure
Hollywood screenwriters tend to have the longevity of NFL running backs. So the truth is no one can put more pressure on us than we put on ourselves.
growing-up games dungeons
I was a huge fantasy geek growing up. I was the dungeon master in my D&D game.
writing character luxury
A certain luxury when you get to writing a novel is to have the space to have your characters just banter.
games fiction-novels fiction
Fiction novels, that's my game.
able surprise carpentry
The longer you work in this business [movie], the more you start to be able to see the carpentry. You can see where things are going, and it's harder to surprise you, as a reader
writing thinking way
I think, in a weird way, the reason I was drawn to screenwriting and the reason I really love doing it is because I love writing dialogue.