Juli Weiner
EducationBarnard College (BA)
Occupation(s)television writer, blogger
Years active2010–present
AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (2016–2020)

Juli Weiner is an American writer known for her work on the HBO show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.[1][2][3]

Biography

Weiner is a native of Maple Glen, Pennsylvania.[4] Her father is a breast surgeon.[5] She graduated from Upper Dublin High School and from Barnard College in 2010.[6] In college, she interned for Teen Vogue and blogged for Wonkette.[7][8] She also wrote for The Huffington Post and The New Yorker.[9][10] She was also the editor of Bwog and The Blue and White, both student-run publications at Columbia. She joined Vanity 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 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as one of only two women in the writing staff.[13][14] She won five Primetime 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 the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series.[16][17] In 2015, she was named one of the Forbes 30 Under 30.[14]

In 2022, she was tapped as one of the writers for the new HBO series The Palace.[18][19]

Personal life

Weiner married The New York Times reporter Michael Grynbaum in 2019 at the National Arts Club,[20] and has contributed pieces to The New York Times.[21]

See also

References

  1. Bernstein, Jesse (2019-04-30). "Area Native Juli Weiner Slings Jokes for John Oliver". Jewish Exponent. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  2. Lippman, Daniel (31 May 2018). "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Juli Weiner, writer for HBO's "Last Week Tonight"". POLITICO. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  3. Lynch, Matthew (28 January 2014). "John Oliver's HBO show adds Juli Weiner as writer". POLITICO Media. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  4. "Meet Juli". Teen Vogue. 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  5. "Juli Weiner, Michael Grynbaum". The New York Times. 2019-03-24. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  6. "Barnard College - MSNBC interviews Vanity Fair writer Juli Weiner '10". www.alum.barnard.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  7. "How Wonkette Helped Vanity Fair's Juli Weiner Flunk Out Of College Or Something Probably". Wonkette. 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  8. "Important Changes Regarding Your Wonkette: Bye And Thanks But Mostly Thanks!". Wonkette. 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  9. Amira, Dan. "Juli Weiner - New York Magazine". NYMag. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  10. "10 Best-Dressed World Leaders". HuffPost. 2013-04-17. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  11. "Your Beloved Former Wonkette Editor Juli Weiner Is Now In Vanity Fair Magazine". Wonkette. 2011-03-01. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  12. ""Best Wishes, Donald J. Trump": A Future President's Letter to Vanity Fair". Vanity Fair. 2011-04-11. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  13. Zinoman, Jason (2018-03-07). "Nell Scovell Speaks Truth to the Funny Men in Power". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  14. 1 2 "Juli Weiner". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  15. "Juli Weiner". Television Academy. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  16. Hayes, Anthony D'Alessandro,Matt Grobar,Dade; D'Alessandro, Anthony; Grobar, Matt; Hayes, Dade (2020-02-02). "Deadline's WGA Awards Live Blog". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-05-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  17. "Writers Guild Awards Winners & Nominees 2021-2013". awards.wga.org. Archived from the original on 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  18. "HBO orders 'The Palace', starring & exec produced by Kate Winslet". TBI Vision. 2022-07-27. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  19. Bergeson, Samantha (2022-07-26). "Kate Winslet Set to Star in HBO's 'The Palace' Created by 'Succession' Producer Will Tracy". IndieWire. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  20. ""Age of Innocence on Acid" Was the Design Directive For This Wedding at the National Arts Club". Vogue. 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  21. Weiner, Juli (2018-11-30). "In 'I Might Regret This,' Abbi Jacobson Hits the Road. Insomnia, Heartbreak, Hilarity and Self-Discovery Ensue". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
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