Tony Kushner

American playwright and screenwriter (born 1956)

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Born: 1956
Works: 36

Top works

Angels in America
But the Giraffe, a Curtain Raising and Brundibar a Libretto
Blondzshẹndiḳe shṭern
Caroline, Or Change
Three plays for young audiences

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Writing · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Anthony Robert Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter. Lauded for his work on stage he's most known for his seminal work Angels in America which earned a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award. At the turn of the 21st Century he became known for his numerous film collaborations with Steven Spielberg. He received the National Medal of Arts from President Barack…

Known for

The Fabelmans: A Family in Film — Self2023
The Stories of West Side Story — Self2022
Something's Coming: West Side Story — Self2021
Hacks — Tony Kushner2021
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn — Self2019
Arthur Miller: Writer — Self2017

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Anthony Robert Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter. Among his stage work, he is most known for Angels in America, which earned a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award, as well as its subsequent acclaimed HBO miniseries of the same name. At the turn of the 21st century, he became known for his numerous film collaborations with Steven Spielberg. He received the National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in 2013. Kushner is among the few writers in history nominated for an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award.

Kushner made his Broadway debut in 1993 with both Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Angels in America: Perestroika. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. His 2003 television adaptation of the play earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or Movie.