Mad Men
Season 3, Summer 2009. Sundays at 10PM| 9C.
Matthew Weiner
Matthew Weiner is the creator and executive producer of Mad Men, an AMC original series. Set in the ruthlessly competitive world of Madison Avenue advertising executives in the 1960s.
Matthew was executive producer and writer on The Sopranos, the critically acclaimed drama series on HBO. Along with the other executive producers, The Sopranos won the 2004 Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series and garnered Matthew an Emmy nomination with co-writer Terence Winter for outstanding writing in the episode "Unidentified Black Males." Matthew earned a 2007 Writers Guild Award (TV) for the series and a 2005 PGA Golden Laurel Award for Television Producer of the Year in Episodic.
Before working on The Sopranos, Matthew produced various television series, including The Naked Truth, Becker, and Andy Richter Controls the Universe. He also wrote and directed his first independent feature, What Do You Do All Day?
Born in Los Angeles, Matthew studied Philosophy, Literature, and History at Wesleyan University. He also earned his MFA from the University of Southern California School of Cinema and Television. Matthew currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and four sons.
