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Aaron Sorkin

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Aaron Benjamin Sorkin, born in New York City on 9 June 1961, is an American screenwriter, playwright and filmmaker who has been active since 1984. As a writer for stage, television and film he is recognized for his fast-paced dialogue and extended monologues, complemented by frequent use of the storytelling technique called the walk and talk. Within this atlas Aaron Sorkin is credited on The West Wing.

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Award
Writers Guild of America Award 1
Award
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 1
Birth Year
1961 1
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1. Aaron Sorkin (Wikipedia)
  • Article lead sentence
    Aaron Benjamin Sorkin (born June 9, 1961) is an American screenwriter, playwright, and filmmaker.
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    For writing The Social Network (2010), he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
  • Article text (writers-guild-of-america-award)
    Cleveland and Sorkin also won the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama at the 53rd Writer Guild of America Awards for "In Excelsis Deo".
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The West Wing, Wikipedia
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The West Wing is an American political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999, to May 14, 2006.
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