David Simon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

David Simon

American writer

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1960

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Profession: screenwriter, actor, reporter, film producer, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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About David Simon

  • David Judah Simon (born February 9, 1960) is an American author, journalist, and television writer and producer best known for his work on The Wire.
  • He worked for the Baltimore Sun City Desk for twelve years (1982–95), wrote Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (1991), and co-wrote The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood (1997) with Ed Burns.
  • The former book was the basis for the NBC series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–99), on which Simon served as a writer and producer.
  • Simon adapted the latter book into the HBO mini-series The Corner (2000). He was the creator, executive producer, head writer, and show runner for all five seasons of the HBO television series The Wire (2002–2008).
  • He adapted the non-fiction book Generation Kill into a television mini-series, and served as the show runner for the project.
  • He was selected as one of the 2010 MacArthur Fellows and named an Utne Reader visionary in 2011.
  • Simon also created the HBO series Treme with Eric Overmyer, which aired for four seasons.
  • Following Treme, Simon wrote the HBO mini-series Show Me a Hero with journalist William F.
  • Zorzi, a colleague first at The Baltimore Sun and again later on The Wire. In August 2015, HBO commissioned two pilots from Simon's company Blown Deadline Productions.
  • The first drama, The Deuce, about the New York porn industry in the 1970s and 1980s, stars Maggie Gyllenhaal and co-producer James Franco, and first aired in September 2017.
  • The second drama is an untitled program exploring a "detailed examination of partisanship" and money in Washington politics, to be co-produced with Carl Bernstein.

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