Aaron Sorkin

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 fastpaced dialogue and extended monologues complemented by frequent use of the walk and talk storytelling technique Sorkin has earned numerous accolades including an Academy Award a BAFTA Award five Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globes Sorkin rose to prominence as a writercreator and showrunner of the television series Sports Night 19982000 The West Wing 19992006 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip 200607 and The Newsroom 201214 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 Loewes musical Camelot 2023 He wrote the film screenplays for A Few Good Men 1992 The American President 1995 and several biopics including Charlie Wilsons War 2007 Moneyball 2011 and Steve Jobs 2015 For writing The Social Network 2010 he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay He made his directorial film debut with Mollys Game 2017 followed by The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020 and Being the Ricardos 2021 Description above from the Wikipedia article Aaron Sorkin licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia