Daniel Brett Weiss (; born April 23, 1971) is an American television writer and producer. Along with his collaborator David Benioff, he is best-known for co-creating Game of Thrones (2011–2019), the HBO adaptation of George R. R. Martin's series of books A Song of Ice and Fire. Early life. Weiss was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. His family is Jewish, with ancestral roots in Germany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Weiss