content: '''David Benioff''' (; né '''Friedman''' ; September 25, 1970) is an American screenwriter and television producer, writer, and director. Along with his collaborator D. B. Weiss, he is best known as co-creator, showrunner, and writer of ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2019), the HBO adaptation of George R. R. Martin's series of books ''A Song of Ice and Fire''. He is also known for writing ''Troy'' (2004) and co-writing ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' (2009).