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Aaron Benjamin Sorkin is an American screenwriter, film producer, playwright, and writer. Born on June 9, 1961, in New York City, he is a member of the Writers Guild of America West and has worked since 1984. He attended Syracuse University and writes in English. His notable works include *The West Wing*, *Molly's Game*, and *Sports Night*.
Sorkin has received several awards, including the Writers Guild of America Award, the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay, and the Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He has also been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. Other works associated with him include *Making Movies*, *Baḥurim ṭovim*, *The farnsworth invention*, and *Trial of the Chicago 7*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 13
Top works
- Making Movies
- Baḥurim ṭovim
- The farnsworth invention
- Trial of the Chicago 7
- Molly's game
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Film & TV
Writing · Manhattan, New York, USA
Aaron Benjamin Sorkin (born June 9, 1961) is an American screenwriter, playwright and film director. Born in New York City, he developed a passion for writing early on. As a writer for stage, television, and film, Sorkin is recognised for his trademark fast-paced dialogue and extended monologues, complemented by frequent use of the "walk and talk" storytelling technique. Sorkin has earned…
Known for
- Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore — Self2025
- Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words — Self2025
- The Studio — Aaron Sorkin2025
- One Perfect Shot — Self2022
- Up to Snuff — Self2018
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self2015
- Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self2014
- How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook? — Self2011
- The Social Network — Ad Executive2010
- America: The Story of Us — Self2010
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 113
- Total plays
- 1,651
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- BEDTools: a flexible suite of utilities for comparing genomic features
· 2010 · cited 27,586x
- The Genome Analysis Toolkit: A MapReduce framework for analyzing next-generation DNA sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 26,077x
- MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space
· 2012 · cited 24,645x
- Integrated analysis of multimodal single-cell data
· 2021 · cited 15,073x
- Generative adversarial networks
· 2020 · cited 13,895x
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Quotes
- “Socializing on the internet is to socializing, what reality TV is to reality.”
- “Writing anything, it sorta starts the way you'd build a castle at the beach. You're just taking your hands and you're mounting up sand.”
- “People who don't know anything tend to make up fake rules, the real rules being considerably more difficult to learn.”
- “I love writing but I hate starting. The page is awfully white and it says. " You may have fooled some of the people some of the time but those days are over, giftless. I'm not your agent and I'm not your mommy, I'm a white piece of paper, you wanna dance with me?" and I really, really don't. I don't want any trouble. I'll go peaceable-like.”
- “The worst crime you can commit is telling the audience something they already know, in any fashion, even for a moment.”
- “Decisions are made by those who show up.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Aaron Benjamin Sorkin , ( 1961-06-09 ) June 9, 1961 (age 64) , New York City, U.S.
- Occupation
- Film director screenwriter playwright
- Education
- Syracuse University ( BFA )
- Years active
- 1984–present
- Notable awards
- Full list
- Spouse
- Julia Bingham ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1996 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2005 )
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Encyclopedic overview
Aaron Benjamin Sorkin (born June 9, 1961) 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, three Golden Globes, and two WGA Awards, in addition to a Laurence Olivier Award nomination.
Born in New York City, Sorkin developed a passion for writing at an early age. He rose to prominence as a writer-creator and showrunner of the television series Sports Night (1998–2000), The West Wing (1999–2006), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006–2007), and The Newsroom (2012–2014). He is also known for his work on Broadway including the plays A Few Good Men (1989), The Farnsworth Invention (2007), To Kill a Mockingbird (2018), and the revival of Lerner and Loewe's musical Camelot (2023).
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