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Aaron Sorkin
Aaron Benjamin Sorkin is an American screenwriter, playwright, and filmmaker. As a writer for stage, television, and film, he is recognized for his trademark fast-paced dialogue and extended monologues, complemented by frequent use of the storytelling technique called the "walk and talk". Sorkin has earned numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, five Primetime Emmy Awards, th…
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Born 9 June 1961 · Q299194
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2026· 4 entries
“s first four Emmy-winning seasons. Sorkin described his role in the creative process as”
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HuffPost: Aaron Sorkin Wants America To Quit Its ‘Glamorization Of Dumbness’
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2025· 1 entry
Deadline.com: Aaron Sorkin Says Studios “Wouldn’t Agree” To Make ‘The American President’ Today Because Half The Audience Would Be “Alienated”
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2023· 1 entry
Won National Humanities Medal (2023).
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2021· 2 entries
Before streaming on Prime Video on December 21
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Sorkin and Paulina Porizkova dated for a few months
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2020· 1 entry
“a movie about the riots at the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention and the trial that followed”
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2018· 1 entry
To positive reviews at the Shubert Theatre
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2017· 1 entry
Amazon Studios acquired the rights to the film
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2016· 2 entries
After President Donald Trump won the election, Sorkin wrote an open letter to his daughter Roxy and her mother Julia
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And the film was released in December 2017 to mostly positive reviews; Sorkin received his third Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay
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2015· 2 entries
Yahoo Finance: Aaron Sorkin says his ‘conscience is clear’ over the new Steve Jobs movie
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Danny Boyle's biographical drama Steve Jobs was released
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2013· 1 entry
“The chance to collaborate with Stephen Schwartz [the director], Jack O”
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2012· 4 entries
Sorkin said he has not used cocaine for eleven years
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“is meant to be an idealistic, romantic, swashbuckling, sometimes comedic but very optimistic, upward-looking look at a group of people who are often looked at cynically. The same as with The West Wing, where ordinarily in popular culture our leaders are portrayed either as Machiavellian or dumb; I wanted to do something different and show a highly competent group of people.”
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And 2013, a fan created a YouTube video compilation showing how Sorkin tended to reuse certain lines of dialogue
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Sorkin said he enjoyed watching The Office, Parks and Recreation, The Good Wife, Homeland and Modern Family
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2011· 4 entries
Awarded New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay for Moneyball (2011).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for The Social Network (2011).
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Sorkin played himself on the series 30 Rock, episode "Plan B", where he did a "walk and talk" with Liz Lemon played by Tina Fey
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The Good Wife had featured a storyline about a technology executive suing a screenwriter that appeared to be inspired by Sorkin's role as a screenwriter of The Social Network
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2010· 3 entries
Awarded Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Social Network (2010).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay for The Social Network (2010).
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Sorkin reportedly obtained the film rights to Andrew Young's book The Politician (about Senator John Edwards), and announced that he would make his debut as a film director while adapting the book for the screen
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2008· 1 entry
Sorkin said, "I'm helped by a staff of people who have great ideas, but the scripts aren't written by committee
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2007· 3 entries
Variety magazine reported that Sorkin had signed a deal with DreamWorks to write three scripts
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And starred Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman
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“I left not knowing what the hell he was talking about.”
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2006· 3 entries
The pilot for Studio 60 aired on NBC, directed by Schlamme
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Abbey Theatre's new management quit involvement with The Farnsworth Invention
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About "a movie about the riots at the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention and the trial that followed"
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2005· 1 entry
Sorkin returned to theatre; he revised his play A Few Good Men for a production at London's West End
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2004· 1 entry
Sorkin was commissioned by Universal Pictures to adapt George Crile's non-fiction book Charlie Wilson's War for Tom Hanks' production company Playtone
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2003· 1 entry
At the end of the fourth season, Sorkin and fellow executive producer Thomas Schlamme left the show due to internal conflicts at Warner Bros
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2002· 1 entry
Sorkin criticized NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw's television special about a day in the life of a president, "The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing", comparing it to the act of sending a valentine to President Geo
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2001· 2 entries
Sorkin was arrested when security guards at Hollywood Burbank Airport found that he was in possession of hallucinogenic mushrooms, marijuana, crack cocaine, and a metal crack pipe
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After completing the second season of The West Wing, Sorkin had a drug relapse, and was arrested at Hollywood Burbank Airport for possession of hallucinogenic mushrooms, marijuana, and crack cocaine
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for The West Wing (2000).
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1997· 1 entry
When he went unprepared to a lunch with producer John Wells; in a panic he pitched to Wells a series centered on the senior staff of the White House, using leftover ideas from his script for The American President
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1996· 1 entry
And divorced in 2005, with his workaholic habits and drug abuse reported to be a partial cause
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1995· 1 entry
Sought rehabilitation at the Hazelden Institute in Minnesota, on the advice of Bingham to combat his addiction
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1992· 1 entry
And was a box office success, grossing $243 million worldwide
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1990· 1 entry
It debuted Off-Broadway at the Promenade Theatre, produced by John A
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1988· 1 entry
Sorkin sold the film rights for A Few Good Men to producer David Brown before it premiered, in a deal that was reportedly "well into six figures"
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1987· 2 entries
Sorkin started using marijuana and cocaine
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In 1987, Sorkin started using marijuana and cocaine.
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1984· 1 entry
Removing All Doubt was staged for drama students at his alma mater, Syracuse University
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1983· 2 entries
Studied at Syracuse University, Bachelor of Fine Arts (1979–1983).
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With a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in musical theatre
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1979· 1 entry
Sorkin attended Syracuse University
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1961· 1 entry
Born 1961-06-09.
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