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Aaron Sorkin
MFA Screen Acting Guest Lecturer
Theatre - MFA Screen Acting Guest Lecturer
Biography
Academy Award-winning writer and renowned playwright Aaron Sorkin made his Broadway debut with A Few Good Men. His subsequent film adaptation was nominated for four Academy Awards and five Golden Globes, including Best Screenplay and Best Picture. Sorkin won the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, BAFTA and Writer鈥檚 Guild Awards for The Social Network and received Academy Award nominations for his screenplays for Molly鈥檚 Game and Moneyball. His other films include Steve Jobs (Golden Globe Award), Charlie Wilson鈥檚 War, The American President and Malice. Acclaimed across mediums, Sorkin created and produced 鈥淭he West Wing,鈥 which won 26 Primetime Emmy Awards, 鈥淭he Newsroom,鈥 鈥淪tudio 60 on the Sunset Strip鈥 and 鈥淪ports Night,鈥 and the stage adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird, now the highest grossing American play in Broadway history. His newest film, The Trial of the Chicago 7, is now available on Netflix.