American writer, producer, actor, and director born on 29 June 1965 in Baltimore, Maryland, US. He attended The Park School of Baltimore and Harvard School for Boys in Los Angeles. He studied literature, philosophy and history at Wesleyan University and earned his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Southern California School of Cinema and Television. He is widely known for creating the TV series Mad Men (2007-2015) and The Romanoffs (2018). He was also a writer and executive producer on The Sopranos (2004-2007). He has won nine Primetime Emmy Awards; two for The Sopranos and seven for Mad Men. He also won two Golden Globes for Mad Men.