David Simon

Author, journalist, and television producer

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"Democracy Can Be Lost": Writer David Simon on Adapting 'The Plot Against America' in 2020

Thursday, March 12, 2020

The political ascendancy of Donald Trump convinced writer David Simon that Philip Roth's 2005 novel "The Plot Against America" was worth adapting for television. 

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'The Deuce' Looks at Prostitution and Pornography in Times Square's Bad Old Days

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

WNYC

By Jami Floyd : Former Director, Race & Justice Unit | New York Public Radio

Co-creator David Simon talks about his inspiration for HBO's new show "The Deuce," starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Franco.

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David Simon & Beau Willimon on Big Data TV

Friday, April 25, 2014

Beau Willimon, screenwriter and show runner of the American "House of Cards," and David Simon, creator and writer of "The Wire" and "Treme," discuss the benefits and drawbacks of data...

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'Treme' Enters Third Season, Continues the Story of New Orleans

Friday, September 21, 2012

David Simon and Eric Overmeyer, co-creators of "Treme," have been working for years now to figure out how to tell the story of New Orleans in a way that isn't voyeuristic or cliched. ...

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New Orleans native Wendell Pierce plays a trombonist named Antoine Batiste in the HBO series Treme.

David Simon's Treme

Friday, May 27, 2011

The recent flooding in Louisiana put New Orleans back on alert — but this time, the levees held, its rural neighbors were flooded, and the city was spared. The HBO drama Treme is s...

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David Simon on Paths of Glory

Thursday, November 25, 2010

David Simon, creator of the HBO series The Wire and Treme, has written the foreward to the new Penguin Classics edition of Paths of Glory. He discusses the tension between the individual and the institutions they serve, and how that plays out in politics, war, and everyday life.

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David Simon on Paths of Glory

Monday, September 20, 2010

David Simon, creator of the HBO series The Wire and Treme, has written the foreward to the new Penguin Classics edition of Paths of Glory.  He discusses the tension between the individual and the institutions they serve and how that plays out in politics, war, and everyday life.

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Treme

Friday, April 16, 2010

Following his acclaimed series, "The Wire," TV writer David Simon returns to HBO with "Treme," a show about New Orleanians rebuilding their lives after Hurricane Katrina. Simon and his co-creator Eric Overmyer tell Kurt that even with their close attention to ...

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The Revolution Will Be Televised

Friday, October 05, 2007

If you watch a program from David Simon or Jenji Kohan, you'll never think of television as "the boob tube" again. She's the creator and executive producer of the Showtime series "Weeds" about a suburban widow who becomes a pot dealer, and he's the creator of the HBO's "The Wire", ...

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