Dave Hill (born May 15, 1984) is an American

television writer A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

. He is known for writing four episodes of the

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series ''

Game of Thrones ''Game of Thrones'' is an American Fantasy television, fantasy Drama (film and television), drama television series created by David Benioff and for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of high fantasy novels by ...

'': in season 5, " Sons of the Harpy"; in

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, "

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"; in season 7, "

Eastwatch "Eastwatch" is the fifth episode of the seventh season of HBO's medieval fantasy television series ''Game of Thrones'', and the 65th overall. The episode was written for television by Dave Hill and directed by Matt Shakman, and first aired on ...

"; and in season 8, "

Winterfell The fictional world in which the ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' novels by George R. R. Martin take place is divided into several continents, known collectively as The Known World. Most of the story takes place on the continent of Westeros and i ...

". Hill began working as an assistant to ''Game of Thrones'' executive producers/writers

David Benioff David Friedman (; born September 25, 1970), known professionally as David Benioff (), is an American novelist, screenwriter, and producer. Along with his collaborator D. B. Weiss, he is best known for co-creating ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–201 ...

and D.B. Weiss in season 2. In 2014, Hill became a staff writer for the fifth season and was assigned to write an episode. He was credited as story editor on Season 6 and executive story editor on Season 7, and wrote an episode for each. In "Winterfell", he appeared in a cameo as an Ironborn soldier killed by

Theon Greyjoy Theon Greyjoy is a fictional character in the ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation ''Game of Thrones''. Theon is the youngest son and heir of Balon Greyjoy, tak ...

Television

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