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David Simon

David Simon is a writer born on February 9, 1960 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is known for The Wire, Generation Kill and The Deuce. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Writing
Born
February 9, 1960
Place of birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Also known as
David Judah Simon · 데이비드 시몬 · 데이빗 시먼

Biography

David Judah Simon (born February 9, 1960) is an American author, journalist, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work on The Wire (2002–2008). He worked for The Baltimore Sun City Desk for twelve years (1982–1995), 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 (1993–1999), on which Simon served as a writer and producer. Simon adapted the latter book into the HBO mini-series The Corner (2000). He is the creator, executive producer, head writer, and showrunner 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 showrunner for the project. He was selected as one of the 2010 MacArthur Fellows and named a 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 at The Baltimore Sun and on The Wire. Simon and frequent collaborator George Pelecanos reunited to create the original series The Deuce. The drama about the New York porn industry in the 1970s and 1980s starred producer Maggie Gyllenhaal and executive producer James Franco and aired from 2017 to 2019. Simon's next series, The Plot Against America, debuted in 2020. We Own This City was developed and written by George Pelecanos and Simon and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. The six-episode limited series premiered on HBO on April 25, 2022. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Simon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

  1. 2023Sex on Screenas Self
  2. 2022We Own This CityExecutive producer · Creator
  3. 2020The Plot Against AmericaExecutive producer · Creator
  4. 2017Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Streetas Self - Writer
  5. 2017The DeuceWriter · Creator
  6. 2015Show Me a HeroExecutive producer · Writer · Story · Creator
  7. 2013Heroin King of Baltimore: The Rise and Fall of Melvin Williamsas Himself
  8. 2012How to Make Money Selling Drugsas Self
  9. 2012Shadows of Libertyas Self
  10. 2010TremeWriter · Executive producer · Story · Creator
  11. 2008Making Generation Killas Self
  12. 2008Generation KillExecutive producer · Writer · Story · Creator
  13. 2007Wintergasten1 episode
  14. 2007The Wire: The Last Wordas Self - Writer
  15. 2007The Wire Odysseyas Self
  16. 2007Tapping the Wireas Self
  17. 2002The WireWriter · Story · Executive producer · Creator
  18. 2000The CornerWriter · Executive producer
  19. 1995KirkWriter
  20. 1993NYPD BlueStory
  21. 1993Homicide: Life on the Street1 episode · Writer