Matthew Weiner | A.M. Homes

Matthew Weiner, creator, executive producer, writer, and director of the critically acclaimed drama Mad Men, is one of the television industry’s most esteemed showrunners. Weiner spent nearly a third of his life nurturing and bringing Mad Men to life – a show that has been touted as “a television drama with all the ingredients of the great American novel” (Telegraph). Just days after the series finale, Weiner will be joined by novelist A.M. Homes in a reflection on the characters and themes in Mad Men in his first public discussion of the show from beginning to end. 

MATTHEW WEINER serves as creator, Executive Producer, writer and director on the critically acclaimed drama Mad Men, which has become one of television’s most honored shows. In 2011, it joined an elite group when it became only the fourth drama to be awarded four consecutive Emmy® Awards for Outstanding Drama Series, and has received countless other nods, including three Golden Globe® Awards for Best Television Drama Series; a Peabody Award; three Producers Guild Awards; four Writers Guild Awards; two BAFTA Awards; five Television Critics Association Awards, including Program of the Year; and being named seven years running to AFI’s Top 10 Outstanding Television Programs. Weiner has been awarded for outstanding writing, efforts behind the camera, and his extraordinary passion, leadership, independence and vision in the process of creating television programming. In addition to his television credits, Weiner wrote and directed the feature film, Are You Here, and served as an Executive Producer and writer on The Sopranos, and as writer on various television comedy series including The Naked Truth, Becker, and Andy Richter Controls the Universe. Weiner currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, architect Linda Brettler, and their four sons.

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