Matthew Weiner is the series Creator and Executive Producer for the award-winning AMC drama MAD MEN now entering its third season.

In its first season, the series garnered an Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, two consecutive Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Drama Series, a Peabody Award, a Writers Guild Award for New Series and for Best Dramatic Series, an AFI award as one of the top 10 Outstanding Television Programs of 2007, a Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama, a Satellite Award for Best Television Ensemble and several Guild Awards. The series also landed on the top of many TV critics’ end-of-the-year lists as one of the top TV programs of 2007 and 2008. Additionally, Weiner was awarded a Television Producer of the Year Award by the Producers Guild of America in 2008.

Weiner was an 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 Weiner an Emmy nomination with Co-Writer Terence Winter for outstanding writing in the episode "Unidentified Black Males." Weiner 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,” Weiner produced various television series, including “The Naked Truth,” “Becker,” and “Andy Richter Controls the Universe.” He also wrote and directed the independent feature, What Do You Do All Day?

Born in Los Angeles, Weiner studied Philosophy, Literature, and History at Wesleyan University. He also earned his MFA from the University of Southern California School of Cinema and Television. Weiner currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and four sons.