Dirk Wittenborn
Dirk Wittenborn | |
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| Born | 1952 (age 71–72) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Occupation | Screenwriter and novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Period | 1980–present |
| Notable works | Pharmakon (2008) Fierce People (2002) |
| Spouse | Kirsten Wittenborn |
| Children | Lilo Wittenborn |
Dirk Wittenborn (born 1952[1] in New Haven, Connecticut[2]) is an American screenwriter and novelist.
Biography
Wittenborn was born into a family of scientists. He has two older sisters and an older brother. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and started writing in the early 1980s while working at Saturday Night Live. Wittenborn is married and has a child, Lilo Wittenborn. His nephew is James Wittenborn "Jamie" Johnson, a film director, with whom he produced the Emmy-nominated HBO documentary Born Rich.
Works
Fiction
- Pharmakon (2008)
- Fierce People (2002), cinematized in 2005 under the same name.
- Zoë (1983) (republished 2004 as Catwalk)
- Eclipse (1980)
Nonfiction
- "The Social Climber's Bible" (2014)
- Bongo Europa (2006)
Film
- The Lucky Ones (2008)
- Fierce People (2005)
- Born Rich (2003) (producer)
References
External links
- Official website
- Brooklyn Heights
- Dirk Wittenborn: a history of brain candy - and why it brought my father nothing but misery
- One Pill Makes You Happy, and One Pill Makes You Mad
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Categories:
- American male screenwriters
- University of Pennsylvania alumni
- Living people
- 1952 births
- Writers from New Haven, Connecticut
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
- American male novelists
- 20th-century American male writers
- 21st-century American male writers
- Novelists from Connecticut
- 20th-century American non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- American male non-fiction writers
- Screenwriters from Connecticut