Dave Hill (screenwriter)

{{short description|American television writer (born 1984)}}

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Dave Hill (born May 15, 1984) is an American television writer. He is known for writing four episodes of the HBO series Game of Thrones: in season 5, "Sons of the Harpy"; in season 6, "Home"; in season 7, "Eastwatch"; and in season 8, "Winterfell".

Hill began working as an assistant to Game of Thrones executive producers/writers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss in season 2. In 2014, Hill became a staff writer for the fifth season and was assigned to write an episode.{{cite web|url=http://winteriscoming.net/2014/08/12/idea-landed-dave-hill-writing-position-game-thrones-season-5/|title=The idea that landed Dave Hill a writing position on Game of Thrones Season 5|last=Hill|first=Dave|work=winteriscoming.net|date=June 12, 2014|accessdate=May 18, 2016}} He was credited as story editor on Season 6 and executive story editor on Season 7, and wrote an episode for each. In "Winterfell", he appeared in a cameo as an Ironborn soldier killed by Theon Greyjoy.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkdbetJTZGA|title=Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 1 Game Revealed (HBO)|date=April 15, 2019|type=Television production|time=4 minutes 48 seconds|publisher=HBO|accessdate=April 17, 2019}}

Television

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width="56" | YearTitle| Notes
2011–2019

| style="text-align:left"| Game of Thrones

| style="text-align:left"| Wrote episodes: "Sons of the Harpy", "Home", "Eastwatch" and "Winterfell"
Story editor
Nominated—Writers Guild of America Award for Dramatic Series (2015-2016){{cite web|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160503074029/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/wga-awards-winners-writers-guild-america-1201705269/ |archivedate=May 3, 2016|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/wga-awards-winners-writers-guild-america-1201705269/|title=WGA Honors 'Big Short,' 'Spotlight,' 'Mad Men' at 68th Awards|first=Dave |last=McNary|work=Variety|date=February 13, 2016|accessdate=April 12, 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite web|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170106013303/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/wga-nominations-list-954561 |archivedate=January 6, 2017|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/wga-nominations-list-954561|title=WGA TV Nominations Include 'Westworld,' 'This Is Us' and 'Stranger Things'|first=Michael |last=O'Connell|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 5, 2016|accessdate=April 12, 2017|url-status=live}}
Nominated—Writers Guild of America Award for Dramatic Series (2018){{cite web|last1=Littleton|first1=Cynthia|title=Writers Guild Award TV Nominations: 'The Americans,' 'Handmaid's Tale,' 'GLOW' Grab Multiple Mentions|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/writers-guild-award-tv-nominations-americans-handmaids-tale-glow-1202632895/|website=Variety|date=7 December 2017 |accessdate=December 7, 2017}}

2021–2025

| style="text-align:left"| The Wheel of Time

| style="text-align:left"| Wrote "The Dragon Reborn" and "Daughter of the Night"

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