Aaron Sorkin
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1961-06-09
- 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
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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 26,867x
- The Genome Analysis Toolkit: A MapReduce framework for analyzing next-generation DNA sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 25,511x
- MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space
· 2012 · cited 24,045x
- Integrated analysis of multimodal single-cell data
· 2021 · cited 14,207x
- Generative adversarial networks
· 2020 · cited 13,282x
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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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Key dates
- Born
- 9 June 1961
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Aaron
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Sports Night
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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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