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David Benioff (born circa 1970 in New York City) is an American writer. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...
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He worked as club bouncer, until he won recognition for his book, 25th Hour. He later adapted the book into a film, starring Edward Norton and directed by Spike Lee. Thus began his career as a Hollywood screenwriter. He adapted a screenplay of the mythological epic, Troy (2004). He also sold the two-million-dollar script, Stay. The film was released on the 21st of October 2005, was directed by Marc Forster, and starred Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts. A doorman (more commonly referred to as a bouncer) is a term for a person who deals with the general security of a bar, pub or nightclub. ...
25th Hour is a Spike Lee motion picture based on David Benioffs novel The 25th Hour. ...
For the fictional character Ed Norton, see The Honeymooners. ...
Shelton Jackson Lee (born March 20, 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia), better known as Spike Lee, is a controversial American film director, producer, writer, and actor noted for his films dealing with social and political issues. ...
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Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ...
Troy is a movie released on May 14, 2004 about the Trojan War, which is described in Homers Iliad and other Greek myths as having taken place in Anatolia (modern Turkey) around the 13th or 12th century BC. It stars, among others: Brad Pitt as Achilles, Eric Bana as...
Stay is a 2005 psychological thriller directed by Marc Forster. ...
Marc Forster (born 1969 in Ulm, Germany) is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. ...
Ewan Gordon McGregor (born March 31, 1971) is a Scottish actor who has had significant success in mainstream, indie and art house films. ...
Naomi Watts (born September 28, 1968) is an Academy Award-nominated English-Australian actress. ...
These days he is working on a script for the X-Men spin-off, Wolverine, and The Kite Runner, a film based on a book bearing the same name (this will mark his second collaboration with director Marc Forster). X-Men is a 2000 American action movie, featuring a group of comic book superheroes called the X-Men. ...
Wolverine is a film in pre-production based on the fictional Marvel Comics superhero Wolverine. ...
The Kite Runner is the first novel by Afghan American author Khaled Hosseini. ...
Benioff is a Dartmouth College alumnus. Additionally, he attended the University of California Irvine and received a Masters in the creative writing program. Dartmouth College is a private academic institution in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the United States. ...
The University of California, Irvine is a public, coeducational university situated in suburban Irvine, California. ...
Books The 25th Hour The 25th Hour (ISBN 0-7867-0772-0) is the debut novel by David Benioff. ...
- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Plume; Reissue edition (January 29, 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN 0-452-28295-0
When The Nines Roll Over (And Other Stories) Plume is a publishing company in the United States, founded in 1970 as the paperback imprint of New American Library. ...
- Hardcover: 223 pages
- Publisher: Viking Books (August 19, 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN 0-670-03339-1
Trivia - His father is the former head of Goldman Sachs.
- He is married to actress Amanda Peet.
- It was announced September 15, 2006 that he and Amanda are expecting their first child.
- His first child is to be a daughter, which he has always wanted.
Goldman Sachs offices at the Fraumünsterplatz in Zürich (the light-colored building on the left) The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ...
Amanda Peet (born January 11, 1972) is an American actress. ...
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