Matthew Weiner

This article is about the American writer, producer, director, actor, and author. For the American singer, musician, and record producer born with the same name, see Matthew Wilder.
Matthew Weiner
Weiner at the 2011 Time 100 gala
Born
Matthew Hoffman Weiner

(1965-06-29) June 29, 1965 (age 59)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Alma materWesleyan University (BA)
University of Southern California (MFA)
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, television producer, director
Years active1996–present
Spouse
Linda Brettler
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(m. 1991; div. 2019)​
Children4

Matthew Hoffman Weiner (/ˈwaɪnər/;[1] born June 29, 1965)[2] is an American television writer, producer, and director best known as the creator and showrunner of the television series Mad Men, and as a writer and executive producer on The Sopranos.

Weiner began his television career as a writer on Becker and worked on several other sitcoms before writing the pilot episode of Mad Men as a spec script and joining the writing staff of The Sopranos in 2004. After achieving success on both The Sopranos and Mad Men, he wrote, directed, and produced the comedy-drama film Are You Here in 2013, published his first novel Heather, the Totality in 2017, and created the anthology drama series The Romanoffs in 2018.

Weiner has won nine Primetime Emmy Awards, two for The Sopranos and seven for Mad Men, as well as three Golden Globe Awards for Mad Men.[3][4][5][6][7][8] Mad Men won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for four consecutive years (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011); The Sopranos (with Weiner as an executive producer) won the same award twice, in 2004 and 2007.[9][10] In 2011, Weiner was included in Time's annual Time 100 as one of the "Most Influential People in the World".[11] In November 2011, The Atlantic named him one of 21 "Brave Thinkers".[12]

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  3. ^ Henneberger, Melinda (2011-09-19). "Emmys: 'Mad Men,' 'Modern Family' in a ho-hum year of repeats". The Washington Post.
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  10. ^ "Primetime Emmy® Award Database". Emmys.com. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  11. ^ "The 2011 Time 100". Time. 2011-04-22. Archived from the original on April 25, 2011.
  12. ^ "Brave Thinkers 2011, November 2011, The Atlantic". Theatlantic.com. 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2012-03-14.