Matthew Weiner was born on June 29, 1965 in Baltimore. He is a writer, producer, and director of two well known television series - Mad Men and The Sopranos. He also directed the comedy film "Are You Here" in 2013. He has won seven Prime Time Emmy Awards for "Mad Men" along with the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for four consecutive years. The "Sopranos" won the same award twice in 2004 and 2007. He also won three Golden Globe Awards for his work on "Mad Men".
Weiner began his writing career working on television series like "Party Girl" on Fox. He moved on to "The Naked Truth" and later wrote the pilot for "Mad Men" in 1999, which earned him a spot as a writer for the "Sopranos". He moved up from writing to supervising producer and later executive producer. In 2017 he released his first novel, Heather, the Totality, which hit several bestseller lists.
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