He is also noted for his work on the HBO crime drama series The Sopranos, on which he served as a writer and executive producer during the show\'s final two seasons (writing 12 episodes), and for his work as a writer on the CBS sitcom Becker (writing nine episodes). In 2016, he directed the episode "The Animals" of the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange is the New Black, a series which was created by his close friend and colleague Jenji Kohan. Weiner has also had cameo performances in several television series, including a voice role on The Simpsons and reporter Manny Safier on The Sopranos. He wrote, directed and produced the comedy-drama film Are You Here in 2013, marking his filmmaking debut. He published his first novel Heather, the Totality in 2017.\n', '

Weiner has won nine Primetime Emmy Awards, two for The Sopranos and seven for Mad Men, as well as three Golden Globe Awards for Mad Men. Mad Men won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for four consecutive years (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011); The Sopranos (with Weiner as an executive producer) won the same award twice, in 2004 and 2007. In 2011, Weiner was included in Time's annual Time 100 as one of the "Most Influential People in the World". In November 2011, The Atlantic named him one of 21 "Brave Thinkers."\n', '

Weiner was born in 1965 in Baltimore, to a Jewish family. He attended The Park School of Baltimore and grew up in Los Angeles where he attended Harvard School for Boys. His father was a medical researcher and chair of the neurology department at University of Southern California. His mother graduated from law school but never practiced. He enrolled in the College of Letters at Wesleyan University, studying literature, philosophy, and history and earned an MFA from the University of Southern California School of Cinema and Television.\n', '

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