Dirk Wittenborn
Dirk Wittenborn | |
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| Born | Christopher Dirk Wittenborn November 5, 1951 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 November 5, 1951) is an American screenwriter and novelist.
Biography[edit]
Wittenborn was born the son of psychologist John Richard Wittenborn 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[edit]
Fiction[edit]
- Pharmakon (2008)
- Fierce People (2002), cinematized in 2005 under the same name.
- Zoë (1983) (republished 2004 as Catwalk)
- Eclipse (1980)
Nonfiction[edit]
- "The Social Climber's Bible" (2014)
- Bongo Europa (2006)
Film[edit]
- The Lucky Ones (2008)
- Fierce People (2005)
- Born Rich (2003) (producer)
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- 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