Who is Aaron Sorkin?
• Sports Night won the Humanitas Prize and the Television Critics Association Award during its two years on ABC. • During the first four years of “The West Wing” he wrote or co-wrote or re-wrote almost every episode and the show won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series all four years. For his work on The West Wing, Sorkin also twice received the Peabody Award, the Humanitas Prize, the Television Critics Association Award and the Golden Globe, Writers Guild and Producers Guild Awards.
Aaron Sorkin is an acclaimed playwright and scriptwriter known for his use of dense, literate dialogue and lightning-fast banter between characters. Aaron Sorkin’s television credits include The West Wing, Sports Night and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. In addition, Aaron Sorkin wrote the screenplays for The American President, Malice, and the screen version of his own play, A Few Good Men. There is also some evidence that Sorkin worked with Steven Spielberg on final drafts of Schindler’s List. Born in New York City in 1961, Aaron Sorkin grew up in the affluent New York City suburb of Scarsdale. His early interest was in the acting profession, and to that end he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Syracuse University. However, finding work as an actor proved to be a challenge, leading Sorkin to pursue a different career path as a writer. Several of Aaron Sorkin’s earliest plays were produced in smaller theaters to some critical acclaim, but a chance discussion with his sister in
