Juli Weiner | |
|---|---|
| Education | Barnard College (BA) |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Awards | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (2016–2020) |
Juli Weiner is an American writer known for her work on theHBO showLast Week Tonight with John Oliver.[1][2][3]
Weiner is a native ofMaple Glen, Pennsylvania.[4] Her father is a breast surgeon.[5] She graduated fromUpper Dublin High School and fromBarnard College in 2010.[6] In college, she interned forTeen Vogue and blogged forWonkette.[7][8] She also wrote forThe Huffington Post andThe New Yorker.[9][10] She was also the editor ofBwog andThe Blue and White, both student-run publications at Columbia. She joinedVanity Fair in February 2010 while an undergraduate at Barnard.[11] Donald Trump called her a "bad writer" after she wrote an online piece critical of him in 2011.[12]
Weiner joined the staff ofLast Week Tonight with John Oliver as one of only two women in the writing staff.[13][14] She won fivePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series as a member of the writing staff from 2016 to 2020 and was nominated for another Emmy Award in 2015.[15] She is a four-time winner of theWriters Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series.[16][17] In 2015, she was named one of theForbes 30 Under 30.[14]
She is a writer for theHBO seriesThe Franchise andThe Regime.[18][19][20]
Weiner marriedThe New York Times reporter Michael Grynbaum in 2019 at theNational Arts Club,[21] and has contributed pieces toThe New York Times.[22]
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