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David Simon is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 9 february 1960 at Washington, D.C. (USA)

David Simon

David Simon
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Nationality USA
Birth 9 february 1960 (64 years) at Washington, D.C. (USA)
Awards Primetime Emmy Award, Writers Guild of America Award, MacArthur Fellows Program

David Simon (born 1960) is an American author, journalist, and a writer/producer of television series. He worked for the Baltimore Sun City Desk for twelve years (1982–95) and 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 is the creator of the HBO television series The Wire (2002-2008), for which he served as executive producer, head writer, and show runner for all five seasons. He adapted the non-fiction book Generation Kill into an HBO 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 co-created the HBO series Treme with Eric Overmyer, which began its third season in 2012.

Biography

David Simon est né dans une famille juive, notamment d'un père représentant du B'nai B'rith. Il a travaillé pour le The Baltimore Sun pendant douze ans. Il a écrit Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets et a coécrit The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood avec Ed Burns. Ce livre servit de base pour la série NBC Homicide: Life on the Street, dans laquelle Simon fut crédité comme scénariste et producteur.

Simon adapta son dernier livre pour la mini-série HBO The Corner. Il est le créateur de la série HBO Sur écoute (The Wire), pour laquelle il est crédité de producteur exécutif, scénariste principal, pour les 5 saisons de la série. Il a adapté le livre Generation Kill pour la mini-série HBO dont il dirigea le projet. En 2010, il entame une nouvelle série, Treme, dont la quatrième et dernière saison s'est achevée en 2013.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of David Simon (5 films)

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Actor

The House I Live In
The House I Live In (2012)
, 1h48
Directed by Eugene Jarecki
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Actors David Simon, Eugene Jarecki, Ronald Reagan
Rating78% 3.9441353.9441353.9441353.9441353.944135
As America remains embroiled in conflict overseas, a less visible war is taking place at home, costing countless lives, destroying families, and inflicting untold damage upon future generations of Americans. In 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for more than 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and damaged poor communities at home and abroad. Yet for all that, drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever before.
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
How to Make Money Selling Drugs (2012)
, 1h36
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about health care
Actors Woody Harrelson, Susan Sarandon, Eminem, 50 Cent, David Simon, Arianna Huffington
Roles Self
Rating75% 3.794513.794513.794513.794513.79451
Comment faire de l'argent avec la drogue en dix étapes ? Une série d'entretiens avec des stars, des dealers de drogues, des employés de prison et des personnalités favorables à des lois plus strictes contre la drogue.

Scriptwriter