Filmography

A Spell for Chameleon - ( Producer / / Announced / )

Alpha - ( Screenplay / / Announced / )

For Whom the Bell Tolls - ( Screenplay / / Announced / )

For Whom the Bell Tolls - ( Executive Producer / / Announced / )

Gemini Man - ( Screenplay / / Announced / )

How to Love a Republican - ( Producer / / Announced / )

Kashmir - ( Producer / / Announced / )

Listen - ( Executive Producer / / Announced / Universal Pictures )

Right as Rain - ( Screenplay / / Announced / )

The Infiltrator - ( Producer / / Announced / )

Traveler - ( Producer / / Announced / )

Untitled (Universal Pictures/David Benioff Kurt Cobain Project) - ( Screenplay / / Announced / )

Untitled (Warner Bros./Russian Bride Project) - ( Executive Producer / / Announced / )

Untitled (Warner Bros./Russian Bride Project) - ( Source Material / / Announced / )

X-Men Origins: Wolverine - ( Screenplay / 2009 / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )

Brothers (Remake) - ( Screenplay / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )

When the Nines Roll Over - ( Director / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )

When the Nines Roll Over - ( Screenplay / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )

When the Nines Roll Over - ( Source Material / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )

The Kite Runner - ( Screenplay / 2007 / Released / )

Stay - ( Screenplay / 2005 / Released / Kinowelt Medien AG )

Troy - ( Screenplay / 2004 / Released / )

25th Hour - ( Screenplay / 2002 / Released / )

25th Hour - ( Source Material / 2002 / Released / )

TV Credits

Full Biography (Back to top)

Profession(s):
screenwriter, high school English teacher, club bouncer

Sometimes Credited As:
David Friedman

Family
daughter:Frances Pen Benioff (Born Feb. 20, 2007; mother, Amanda Peet)

Companion(s)
Amanda Peet , Companion , ```..Began dating early 2003; engaged July 2005; married Sep. 30, 2006

Education
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA

Milestones (Back to top)

2007 Adapted a screenplay of Khaled Hosseini's novel, "The Kite Runner"; his second collaboration with director Marc Forster

2005 Sold the two-million-dollar script, "Stay" directed by Marc Forster, and starring Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts

2004 Adapted a screenplay of the mythological epic, "Troy" starring Brad Pitt and directed by Wolfgang Petersen

2002 Adapted his book "25th Hour" into a film, starring Edward Norton and directed by Spike Lee

2001 Won recognition for his debut novel, The 25th Hour

•	Amanda Peet and David Benioff Welcome First Child

•	Amanda Peet Pregnant with First Child