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Matthew Weiner

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Matthew Hoffman Weiner (; born June 29, 1965) 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. He 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 prior to its fifth season. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Matthew Weiner is the 7,054th most popular writer (down from 6,926th in 2024), the 15,682nd most popular biography from United States (down from 14,956th in 2019) and the 1,104th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Matthew Weiner ranks 7,054 out of 7,302. Before him are Marguerite Abouet, Miri Yu, Delia Grigore, Neil Strauss, Sebastian Faulks, and Meghan McCain. After him are Jorge Volpi, Dav Pilkey, Paul Attanasio, Kae Tempest, Miodrag Kojadinović, and Justin Raimondo.

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Among people born in 1965, Matthew Weiner ranks 880. Before him are Ole Christian Eidhammer, Sylvio Kroll, Bradley Joseph, Zoran Mikulić, Susannah Harker, and Anvar Ibragimov. After him are Mario Von Appen, Anja Cetti Andersen, Nobuhiro Takeda, Kepa Junkera, Quique Estebaranz, and Klaus Sulzenbacher.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Matthew Weiner ranks 15,689 out of 20,380. Before him are Gregory Porter (1971), Colin Donnell (1982), Howard Rollins (1950), Ruth Donnelly (1896), Mark Oliver Everett (1963), and Meghan McCain (1984). After him are Dax Harwood (1984), Saxby Chambliss (1943), Aaron Judge (1992), Scooter Braun (1981), Misty Stone (1986), and Angelo Taylor (1978).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Matthew Weiner ranks 1,104. Before him are Jenny Han (1980), Patrick Ness (1971), Jim Butcher (1971), Walter Jon Williams (1953), Neil Strauss (1969), and Meghan McCain (1984). After him are Dav Pilkey (1966), Paul Attanasio (1959), Justin Raimondo (1951), P. J. O'Rourke (1947), Rebecca Walker (1969), and Candace Owens (1989).

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