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David Judah Simon (born February 9, 1960) is an American author, journalist, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work on The Wire (2002–08). He worked for The Baltimore Sun City Desk for twelve years (1982–95), wrote Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (1991), and co-wrote The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City ...
David Simon is a former crime reporter and the creator of The Wire, a critically acclaimed TV series set in Baltimore. He has also written and produced other shows based on his books, such as The Corner, Treme, and The Deuce.
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- We Own This City. Simon's most recent series, We Own This City is based on the true story of Baltimore's corrupt Gun Trace Task Force. The six-episode miniseries was hailed as David Simon's return to Baltimore, offering an even more pessimistic perspective than The Wire on the city's police culture.
- Generation Kill. The 2008 miniseries Generation Kill, created by David Simon and Ed Burns, focuses on a battalion of young soldiers during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
- Treme. As Simon's first full series after The Wire, Treme was seen as a disappointment by many viewers expecting another gritty crime series. However, taken on its own terms Treme is a very enjoyable series that takes a multifaceted and often digressive approach to capturing the city of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.
- The Corner. The first series David Simon created was the six-part miniseries The Corner. The series centers on drug addict Gary McCullough and his family, and includes documentary-style interviews with the real people the characters are based on.
May 31, 2022 · David Simon and Ed Burns discuss the legacy of their seminal crime drama, and why the systemic decay it depicted has become only more profound.
May 3, 2024 · David Simon, American journalist, writer, and producer who was best known as the creator of the critically acclaimed television series The Wire (2002–08). He also cocreated the shows Treme (2010–13) and The Deuce (2017–19) and the miniseries We Own This City (2022).
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Apr 25, 2012 · A letter for leniency. This is the full text of a letter written on behalf of one of the defendants charged with narcotics violations in conjunction with the death of my friend and collaborator Michael K. Williams. It was written at the request of Mr. Macci’s defense attorney, but what follows will make fully clear why I felt compelled to ...
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Jul 7, 2023 · David Simon, co-creator of HBO’s “The Wire,” in which Mr. Williams played the universally feared stickup man Omar Little, has written to a Manhattan judge, urging her to grant leniency to ...
