Dirk Wittenborn
| Dirk Wittenborn | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Dirk Wittenborn 1952 New Haven, Connecticut |
| Occupation | Screenwriter and novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1980–present |
| Notable works |
Pharmakon (2008) Fierce People (2002) |
Dirk Wittenborn (born in 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. 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
- 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