Aaron Sorkin

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film director human playwright screenwriter television producer

Aaron Sorkin is an American screenwriter, playwright, and director renowned for his fast-paced, dialogue-driven dramas in film, television, and theater.

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Aaron Benjamin Sorkin 1
Sorkin 1

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instanceOf film director ⓘ
human ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
television producer ⓘ
activeIn film ⓘ
television ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series ⓘ
awardReceivedFor The Social Network ⓘ
The West Wing (TV series) ⓘ
surface form: The West Wing
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1961-06-09 ⓘ
educatedAt Syracuse University ⓘ
Syracuse University ⓘ
surface form: Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts
familyName Aaron Sorkin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sorkin
fullName Aaron Sorkin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Aaron Benjamin Sorkin
genre drama ⓘ
legal drama ⓘ
political drama ⓘ
givenName Aaron ⓘ
hasChild Roxy Sorkin ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
notableCharacterCreated C. J. Cregg ⓘ
surface form: C.J. Cregg

Josiah Bartlet ⓘ
surface form: President Josiah Bartlet

Will McAvoy ⓘ
notableWork A Few Good Men ⓘ
Being the Ricardos ⓘ
Molly's Game ⓘ
Moneyball ⓘ
Sports Night ⓘ
Steve Jobs ⓘ
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip ⓘ
The American President ⓘ
The Newsroom ⓘ
The Social Network ⓘ
The Trial of the Chicago 7 ⓘ
The West Wing (TV series) ⓘ
surface form: The West Wing

To Kill a Mockingbird ⓘ
surface form: To Kill a Mockingbird (2018 stage adaptation)
occupation film director ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
television producer ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
spouse Julia Bingham (divorced) ⓘ
writingStyle fast-paced dialogue ⓘ
walk-and-talk scenes ⓘ

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Daniel Pemberton → collaboratedWith → Aaron Sorkin ⓘ
Josh Lyman → creator → Aaron Sorkin ⓘ
Josiah Bartlet → creator → Aaron Sorkin ⓘ
Leo McGarry → creator → Aaron Sorkin ⓘ
Sam Seaborn → creator → Aaron Sorkin ⓘ
The West Wing (TV series) → creator → Aaron Sorkin ⓘ
subject surface form: The West Wing
Toby Ziegler → creator → Aaron Sorkin ⓘ
subject surface form: The West Wing
Aaron Sorkin → familyName → Aaron Sorkin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sorkin
Aaron Sorkin → fullName → Aaron Sorkin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aaron Benjamin Sorkin
Grace Gummer → hasWorkedWith → Aaron Sorkin ⓘ
Charlie Wilson's War → screenwriter → Aaron Sorkin ⓘ
The American President → screenwriter → Aaron Sorkin ⓘ
The Social Network → screenwriter → Aaron Sorkin ⓘ
Allison Janney → workedWith → Aaron Sorkin ⓘ
John Spencer → workedWith → Aaron Sorkin ⓘ