
Writing
David Simon
Born
1960-02-09 (66)
Place of birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Known for
Writing
Credits
13 titles
David Judah Simon (born February 9, 1960) is an American author, journalist, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work on The Wire (2002–2008). He worked for The Baltimore Sun City Desk for twelve years (1982–1995), wrote Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (1991), and co-wrote The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood (1997) with Ed Burns. The former book was the basis for the NBC series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999), on which Simon served as a writer and producer. Simon adapted the latter book into the HBO mini-series The Corner (2000). He is the creator, executive producer, head writer, and showrunner of the HBO television series The Wire (2002…
Known for
5.1Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live's" longest serving anchor on the show's wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC's "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
8.1An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
6.5A celebration of the Premier League, the world's greatest sporting telenovela, with Roger Bennett and Michael Davies.
The Men in Blazers Show
2014
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Wintergasten
2007
8.0Long-time Wire fan Charlie Brooker takes a journey to the mean streets of Baltimore to meet the cast and crew of the series, and undertakes a mission to explain what makes The Wire the best cop show ever made.
Tapping the Wire
2007
7.1A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.
The Wire Odyssey
2007
Film credits
2010s · 4 titles
7.1Ten easy steps show you how to make money from drugs, featuring a series of interviews with drug dealers, prison employees, and lobbyists arguing for tougher drug laws.
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
2012
NRAn account of the life and work of Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941) narrated by US actress Anjelica Huston.
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
2017
6.6Shadows of Liberty presents the phenomenal true story of today's disintegrating freedoms within the U.S. media, and government, that they don't want you to see. The film takes an intrepid journey through the darker corridors of the American media landscape, where global media conglomerates exercise extraordinary political, social, and economic power. The overwhelming collective power of these firms raises troubling questions about democracy. Highly revealing interviews, actuality, and archive material, tell insider accounts of a broken media system, where journalists are prevented from pursuing controversial news stories, people are censored for speaking out against abuses of government power, and individual lives are shattered as the arena for public expression has been turned into a private profit zone
Shadows of Liberty
2012
NRBaltimore City officials asked drug kingpin Melvin Williams to stop the riots happened following Martin Luther King's assassination. After helping the authorities out, Williams was then labeled a threat, framed and incarcerated by a hypocritical society.
Heroin King of Baltimore: The Rise and Fall of Melvin Williams
2013
2000s · 4 titles
8.0Long-time Wire fan Charlie Brooker takes a journey to the mean streets of Baltimore to meet the cast and crew of the series, and undertakes a mission to explain what makes The Wire the best cop show ever made.
Tapping the Wire
2007
7.1A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.
The Wire Odyssey
2007
1.5A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire.
The Wire: The Last Word
2007
8.5A behind the scenes look at HBO's critically acclaimed reality-based seven part miniseries 'Generation Kill' about some marines which was apart of the Iraqi invasion in 2003. You'll get an inside look in how the series was made.
Making Generation Kill
2008
Series credits
5.1Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live's" longest serving anchor on the show's wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC's "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
8.1An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
6.5A celebration of the Premier League, the world's greatest sporting telenovela, with Roger Bennett and Michael Davies.
The Men in Blazers Show
2014
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Wintergasten
2007

