Tony Kushner

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Tony Kushner is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American playwright and screenwriter best known for "Angels in America" and his frequent film collaborations with director Steven Spielberg.

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Tony Kushner (screenwriter) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dramatist
essayist
human
librettist
playwright
screenwriter
translator
awardReceived Drama Desk Award
Lambda Literary Award
Laurence Olivier Award
National Medal of Arts
Primetime Emmy Awards
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award

Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Tony Award for Best Play
basedOnWorkBy Angels in America
surface form: Angels in America (TV miniseries)
birthName Anthony Robert Kushner
collaboratesWith Steven Spielberg
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1956-07-16
educatedAt Columbia University
New York University
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
surface form: New York University Tisch School of the Arts
ethnicGroup Jewish American
familyName Kushner
genre drama
political drama
givenName Anthony
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Letters
movement political theatre
name Tony Kushner self-link
notableAward Pulitzer Prize for Drama
surface form: Pulitzer Prize for Drama for "Angels in America"
notableSubject AIDS crisis
American politics
LGBT rights
notableWork A Bright Room Called Day
Angels in America
Angels in America
surface form: Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes

Caroline, or Change (Broadway musical)
surface form: Caroline, or Change

Homebody/Kabul
Lincoln
Munich
Slavs!
The Fabelmans
The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures
West Side Story
surface form: West Side Story (2021 film)
occupation playwright
screenwriter
university teacher
placeOfBirth Manhattan
New York City
religion Judaism
residence New York City
sexualOrientation gay
spouse Mark Harris
wroteScreenplayFor Lincoln
Munich
The Fabelmans
West Side Story
surface form: West Side Story (2021 film)

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The Fabelmans producer Tony Kushner
The Fabelmans screenwriter Tony Kushner
Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln createdBy Tony Kushner
this entity surface form: Tony Kushner (screenwriter)
Lincoln screenwriter Tony Kushner
subject surface form: Lincoln (2012 film)
Angels in America author Tony Kushner
Kushner hasNotableBearer Tony Kushner
film "Munich" (2005) screenwriter Tony Kushner
subject surface form: Munich (2005 film)
Matthew López influencedBy Tony Kushner
Kristie Macosko Krieger workedWith Tony Kushner
Avner Kaufman screenwriterOfWork Tony Kushner
Tony Kushner name Tony Kushner self-link
Sammy Fabelman creator Tony Kushner