George R.R. Martin
- Writer
- Producer
- Additional Crew
George R.R. Martin is an American novelist and short-story writer in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres, a screenwriter, and television producer. He is known for his international bestselling series of epic fantasy novels, A Song of Ice and Fire, which was later adapted into the HBO dramatic series Game of Thrones (2011).
Martin serves as the series' co-executive producer, and also scripted four episodes of the series. In 2005, Lev Grossman of Time called Martin "the American Tolkien".
Martin serves as the series' co-executive producer, and also scripted four episodes of the series. In 2005, Lev Grossman of Time called Martin "the American Tolkien".
- Won 4 Primetime Emmys
- 9 wins & 21 nominations total
Known for
Credits
Writer
- 2023
- 2022–2024
- 2022
- 2022
- Game of Thrones Winter is Coming: Lu bin xùn piaoliú jì
- based on "A Song of Ice and Fire" by (uncredited)
- Video
- 2020
- 2011–2019
- 2014–2019
- 2019
- 2018
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2014
- 2013
- 2013
- 2012
Producer
- 2022
- 2022
- 2022
- 2011–2019
- 2018
- Meow Wolf: Origin Story
- executive producer
- 2018
- 2012
- 1994
- 1988–1990
Additional Crew
Personal details
- Official sites
- Height
- 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Born
- SpousesParris McBrideFebruary 15, 2011 - present
- Other worksStory: "Sandkings" (filmed as Sandkings (1995))
- Publicity listings
Did you know
- TriviaAn interviewer once commented on George R. R. Martin's female characters being individual and realistic and then asked "Where do you think that comes from?" Sounding a little puzzled, George R. R. Martin replied, "Well, I've always thought of women as people.".
- Quotes[when asked if any of the cast of his book series, "A Song of Ice and Fire", will be left alive, he joked]: "No one will be alive by the last book. In fact, they all die in the fifth. The sixth book will be just a thousand-page description of snow blowing across the graves ..."
- TrademarksThe chapters in his books focus on the viewpoints of different characters central to the main storyline
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