DB Weiss

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DB Weiss in 2016.

DB Weiss (* 23. April 1971 in Chicago , Illinois as Daniel Brett Weiss ) is an American book and screenwriter . His debut novel Lucky Wander Boy (2003) is thematically about video games. Since then it has been associated with adaptations of various science fiction and fantasy stories .

Life

Weiss was born in Chicago and grew up there. He went to Wesleyan University and received a Masters of Philosophy in Irish Literature from Trinity College Dublin and a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the Iowa Writers' Workshop .

Weiss wrote a second novel, which, however, claims to have to be revised again.

He was commissioned to write the screenplay for the film adaptation of Bungie's video game series Halo , based on the $ 1 million script by Alex Garland . The rewrite was planned for 2006 and a release of the film in 2008. Weiss also wrote a script for Orson Scott Card's book The Big Game .

Weiss worked until 2019 with David Benioff , the screenwriter of Troy (2004), on the HBO - television adaptation of George RR Martin's book series A Song of Ice and Fire . Due to the success of the series, Weiss and Benioff were commissioned by Disney to work on the scripts of several films in the Star Wars universe after the end of Game of Thrones and also to produce them. A release date was not known for the time being. At the end of October 2019, the withdrawal of the two from the plan of a new Star Wars trilogy was announced. A first part was planned for 2022. The reason given was a lack of time from working on other projects.

Weiss was also commissioned to write the script for a prequel film for I Am Legend (2007), as well as a remake of Sie Leben (1988) by director John Carpenter .

Awards (selection)

Emmy Award
British Fantasy Award

Works

Filmography

script

executive producer

  • 2011–2019: Game of Thrones (TV series)
  • 2014: The Specials (TV series)

Web links

Commons : DB Weiss  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DB Weiss: >>> Lucky Wander Boy <<<. In: luckywanderboy.com. Retrieved June 22, 2011 .
  2. ↑ GameSetInterview: Halo Screenwriter DB Weiss. GameSetWatch, July 13, 2006, accessed June 22, 2011 .
  3. ^ Ross Miller: DB Weiss takes on Halo script [update 1]. In: Joystiq. July 14, 2006, accessed June 22, 2011 .
  4. ^ DB Weiss Talks Halo. In: WritersWrite.com. July 19, 2006, accessed June 22, 2011 .
  5. ↑ Michael Fleming: HBO turns 'Fire' into fantasy series. Variety , January 16, 2007, accessed June 22, 2011 .
  6. ↑ Alex Stedman, Brent Lang: 'Game of Thrones' Creators to Write, Produce New 'Star Wars' Series of Films. In: Variety . February 6, 2018, accessed February 6, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Geoff Boucher: 'Star Wars' Setback: 'Game Of Thrones' Duo David Benioff & DB Weiss Exit Trilogy. In: colldider.com. October 29, 2019, accessed October 29, 2019 .
  8. ^ 'I Am Legend' prequel in the works. In: UPI.com. September 26, 2008, accessed June 22, 2011 .
  9. ↑ Meredith Woerner: “They Live” remake might ditch the infamous alien sunglasses. In: io9. October 9, 2010, accessed June 22, 2011 .
  10. ^ Entry in the IMDB database at imdb.com (accessed on March 1, 2014).
  11. ↑ 67th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, accessed September 29, 2015 .
  12. ↑ 68th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, accessed September 19, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Weiss, DB
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois, United States