George Pelecanos

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Place of Birth Washington, District of Columbia, USA

George Pelecanos

Biography

George P. Pelecanos (born February 18, 1957) is an American author, producer and television writer. Many of his 20 books are in the detective fiction genre, set primarily in his hometown of Washington, D.C. On television, he frequently collaborates with David Simon, writing multiple episodes of Simon's HBO series The Wire and Treme. He is also the co-creator (with Simon) of the HBO series The Deuce and We Own This City. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Pelecanos, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Writer

A Dry Run

as Writer

2022
2019
DC Noir

as Writer

2017
The Deuce

as Writer

2015
Bosch

as Teleplay

2010
The Pacific

as Writer

2010
Treme

as Writer

2002
The Wire

as Writer

Producer

2022
We Own This City

as Executive Producer

2019
DC Noir

as Executive Producer

2018
Fishbowl

as Executive Producer

2017
The Deuce

as Executive Producer

2010
Treme

as Executive Producer

2005
The Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides

as Executive Producer

2002
The Wire

as Producer

Creator

2022
We Own This City

as Creator

2017
The Deuce

as Creator

Director

2019
DC Noir

as Director