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 Aaron Sorkin grew up in Scarsdale, a suburb of New York City where he was very involved in his high school drama and theater club. After graduating from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater, Sorkin intended to pursue a career in acting. It took him only a short time to realize that his true love, and his true talent, lay in writing. His first play, "Removing All Doubt", was not an immediate success, but his second play, "Hidden in This Picture", debuted in 1988 at the West Bank Cafe Downstairs Theater Bar. A longer version of "Hidden in This Picture", called "Making Movies", opened at the Promenade Theater in 1990. Despite his youth and relative inexperience, Sorkin was about to break into the spotlight. In 1989, he received the prestigious Outer Critics Circle award as Outstanding American Playwright for the stage version of A Few Good Men (1992), which was later nominated for a Golden Globe. The idea for the plot of "A Few Good Men" came from a conversation with his older sister, Deborah. Deborah was a Navy Judge Advocate General lawyer sent to Guantanamo Bay on a case involving Marines accused of killing a fellow Marine. Deborah told Aaron of the case and he spent the next year and a half writing a Broadway play, which later led to the movie. Sorkin has gone on to write for many movies and TV shows. Besides A Few Good Men (1992), he has written The American President (1995) and Malice (1993), as well as cooperating on Enemy of the State (1998), The Rock (1996) and Excess Baggage (1997). In addition, he was invited by Steven Spielberg to "polish" the script of Schindler's List (1993). Sorkin's TV credits include the Golden Globe-nominated The West Wing (1999) and Sports Night (1998).
Bio:
Aaron Sorkin grew up in Scarsdale, a suburb of New York City where he was very involved in his high school drama and theater club. After graduating from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater, Sorkin intended to pursue a career in acting. It took him only a short time to realize that his true love, and his true talent, lay in writing. His first play, "Removing All Doubt", was not an immediate success, but his second play, "Hidden in This Picture", debuted in 1988 at the West Bank Cafe Downstairs Theater Bar. A longer version of "Hidden in This Picture", called "Making Movies", opened at the Promenade Theater in 1990. Despite his youth and relative inexperience, Sorkin was about to break into the spotlight. In 1989, he received the prestigious Outer Critics Circle award as Outstanding American Playwright for the stage version of A Few Good Men (1992), which was later nominated for a Golden Globe. The idea for the plot of "A Few Good Men" came from a conversation with his older sister, Deborah. Deborah was a Navy Judge Advocate General lawyer sent to Guantanamo Bay on a case involving Marines accused of killing a fellow Marine. Deborah told Aaron of the case and he spent the next year and a half writing a Broadway play, which later led to the movie. Sorkin has gone on to write for many movies and TV shows. Besides A Few Good Men (1992), he has written The American President (1995) and Malice (1993), as well as cooperating on Enemy of the State (1998), The Rock (1996) and Excess Baggage (1997). In addition, he was invited by Steven Spielberg to "polish" the script of Schindler's List (1993). Sorkin's TV credits include the Golden Globe-nominated The West Wing (1999) and Sports Night (1998).
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Sorkin was brought on by Steven Spielberg to polish the script for Schindler's List (1993). It was the first time Sorkin acted as an uncredited script doctor.His sister, Deborah Sorkin, is a Navy Judge Advocate General, who worked with David Iglesias. She told Aaron about a real-life case she had worked on with David, which became the basis of A Few Good Men (1992). The character played by Demi Moore was based on his sister. David Iglesias was a Republican, who would later gain fame as one of the U.S. Attorneys fired by the George W. Bush administration.Describes his writing process as very active; he often stands and acts out every part. As a result of this process, he once accidentally broke his nose by lunging into the mirror while writing a fight scene.He did an uncredited polish on the Jerry Bruckheimer produced action thriller Enemy of the State (1998).Describes his creative process as long brainstorming sessions, followed by short writing periods.He originally wanted to be an actor and did not discover writing until he was in his early twenties.As of 2022, has written four films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: A Few Good Men (1992), The Social Network (2010), Moneyball (2011), and The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020).All of his four television shows feature a season finale episode entitled "What kind of day has it been?".In 19 June 2001, a judge sentenced him to a drug-diversion program as a result of his arrest at a California airport for carrying marijuana, rock cocaine and hallucinogenic mushrooms.He did an uncredited polish on the script for the Warren Beatty political comedy Bulworth (1998).Was paid $700,000 to rewrite Warren Beatty's astronaut love story "Ocean of Storms" in 1996. He worked on several drafts of the script through 1997, which was originally written by Ben Young Mason & Tony Bill, who sold it in 1989.Sorkin has the habit of chain-smoking while he works on scripts for hours.Many of his works contain references to the operas of Gilbert & Sullivan. In Malice (1993), the doctor played by Alec Baldwin boasts that he is "never, ever sick at sea", lyrics from "The HMS Pinafore". In The West Wing (1999), Sam Seaborn (Rob Lowe) says that he was recording secretary of the Princeton Gilbert & Sullivan society, and many of the regular characters welcome Ainsley Hayes (Emily Procter) to her new office by decorating it with G&S posters and singing "He is an Englishman", also from "Pinafore", to her. The second episode of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006) closes with the cast of the show-within-the-show singing a parody of "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General" from "The Pirates of Penzance". In Charlie Wilson's War (2007), he gives Gust a throwaway line of "...and I'm never, never sick at sea", which is a line from "HMS Pinafore".He did an uncredited polish on the 'Jerry Bruckheimer' produced action thriller script for The Rock (1996).His favorite line of any movie is Chief Brody's "You're gonna need a bigger boat," line from Jaws (1975).In July 2000, he signed a four-year deal with Warner Bros. TV for approximately $15 million. The deal marks the first time that he has signed an exclusive long-term production deal.After he wrote the screenplay for A Few Good Men (1992), Sorkin rewrote the Broadway play for the National Touring Company, since there were elements added to the film that weren't originally in the play.Worked odd jobs including limousine driver and singing telegram worker while struggling as an actor.Wrote a 1988 Rolling Stone Magazine article about the top acting schools in the U.S. One of the featured schools was the State University of New York at Purchase (S.U.N.Y. Purchase) where Janel Moloney ("Donna" on The West Wing (1999)) happened to be attending at the time.Graduated from Syracuse University with a BFA in Musical Theatre.Sorkin seems to have an affinity for Nobel prize-winning economists. His fictional President in The American President (1995), "Andrew Shepherd", studied under a Nobel prize-winning economist. His President on The West Wing (1999), "Jed Bartlet", actually was a Nobel prize-winning economist.His play "The Farnsworth Invention" at the TimeLine Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois, was awarded the 2010 Joseph Jefferson Award for Production of a Play (Midsize).He did an uncredited polish on the script for Excess Baggage (1997).He is considered one of Scarsdale High School's "Distinguished Alumni." His picture hangs among the other alumni near the school's cafeteria.Directed 4 actors to an Oscar nomination: Sacha Baron Cohen, Javier Bardem, Nicole Kidman, and J.K. Simmons.Of all his film screenplays, Malice (1993) is the only film to not get an Oscar nomination in any category. All of his other films received at least one Oscar nomination.Sorkin has a program with his undergraduate Alma Mater, Syracuse University's Department of Drama, called "Sorkin Week: LA Practicum" where selected advanced students get to fly out to Los Angeles and participate in a week long intensive meant to prepare students for transition from training into the professional business through several workshops and first hand access to his studio offices at Warner Bros.His daughter, Roxy Sorkin, was born November 17, 2000.On April 29, 2004, his play The Farnsworth Invention was falsely reported to be adapted at New Line Cinema and it's entry was removed from this website. |
| Name: |
Aaron Sorkin |
Type: |
Writer,Producer,Actor (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
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IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Writer,Producer,Actor |
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Writer,Producer,Actor |
| Model rank: |
53 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 04:14:02 |
| Height: |
6' 1?' (1.87 m) |
| Biography: |
Aaron Sorkin grew up in Scarsdale, a suburb of New York City where he was very involved in his high school drama and theater club. After graduating from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater, Sorkin intended to pursue a car |
| Trivia: |
Sorkin was brought on by Steven Spielberg to polish the script for Schindler's List (1993). It was the first time Sorkin acted as an uncredited script doctor.His sister, Deborah Sorkin, is a Navy Judge Advocate General, who worked with David Iglesias. She told Aaron about a real-life case she had worked on with David, which became the basis of A Few Good Men (1992). The character played by Demi Moore was based on his sister. David Iglesias was a Republican, who would later gain fame as one of the U.S. Attorneys fired by the George W. Bush administration.Describes his writing process as very active; he often stands and acts out every part. As a result of this process, he once accidentally broke his nose by lunging into the mirror while writing a fight scene.He did an uncredited polish on the Jerry Bruckheimer produced action thriller Enemy of the State (1998).Describes his creative process as long brainstorming sessions, followed by short writing periods.He originally wanted to be an actor and did not discover writing until he was in his early twenties.As of 2022, has written four films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: A Few Good Men (1992), The Social Network (2010), Moneyball (2011), and The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020).All of his four television shows feature a season finale episode entitled "What kind of day has it been?".In 19 June 2001, a judge sentenced him to a drug-diversion program as a result of his arrest at a California airport for carrying marijuana, rock cocaine and hallucinogenic mushrooms.He did an uncredited polish on the script for the Warren Beatty political comedy Bulworth (1998).Was paid $700,000 to rewrite Warren Beatty's astronaut love story "Ocean of Storms" in 1996. He worked on several drafts of the script through 1997, which was originally written by Ben Young Mason & Tony Bill, who sold it in 1989.Sorkin has the habit of chain-smoking while he works on scripts for hours.Many of his works contain references to the operas of Gilbert & Sullivan. In Malice (1993), the doctor played by Alec Baldwin boasts that he is "never, ever sick at sea", lyrics from "The HMS Pinafore". In The West Wing (1999), Sam Seaborn (Rob Lowe) says that he was recording secretary of the Princeton Gilbert & Sullivan society, and many of the regular characters welcome Ainsley Hayes (Emily Procter) to her new office by decorating it with G&S posters and singing "He is an Englishman", also from "Pinafore", to her. The second episode of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006) closes with the cast of the show-within-the-show singing a parody of "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General" from "The Pirates of Penzance". In Charlie Wilson's War (2007), he gives Gust a throwaway line of "...and I'm never, never sick at sea", which is a line from "HMS Pinafore".He did an uncredited polish on the 'Jerry Bruckheimer' produced action thriller script for The Rock (1996).His favorite line of any movie is Chief Brody's "You're gonna need a bigger boat," line from Jaws (1975).In July 2000, he signed a four-year deal with Warner Bros. TV for approximately $15 million. The deal marks the first time that he has signed an exclusive long-term production deal.After he wrote the screenplay for A Few Good Men (1992), Sorkin rewrote the Broadway play for the National Touring Company, since there were elements added to the film that weren't originally in the play.Worked odd jobs including limousine driver and singing telegram worker while struggling as an actor.Wrote a 1988 Rolling Stone Magazine article about the top acting schools in the U.S. One of the featured schools was the State University of New York at Purchase (S.U.N.Y. Purchase) where Janel Moloney ("Donna" on The West Wing (1999)) happened to be attending at the time.Graduated from Syracuse University with a BFA in Musical Theatre.Sorkin seems to have an affinity for Nobel prize-winning economists. His fictional President in The American President (1995), "Andrew Shepherd", studied under a Nobel prize-winning economist. His President on The West Wing (1999), "Jed Bartlet", actually was a Nobel prize-winning economist.His play "The Farnsworth Invention" at the TimeLine Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois, was awarded the 2010 Joseph Jefferson Award for Production of a Play (Midsize).He did an uncredited polish on the script for Excess Baggage (1997).He is considered one of Scarsdale High School's "Distinguished Alumni." His picture hangs among the other alumni near the school's cafeteria.Directed 4 actors to an Oscar nomination: Sacha Baron Cohen, Javier Bardem, Nicole Kidman, and J.K. Simmons.Of all his film screenplays, Malice (1993) is the only film to not get an Oscar nomination in any category. All of his other films received at least one Oscar nomination.Sorkin has a program with his undergraduate Alma Mater, Syracuse University's Department of Drama, called "Sorkin Week: LA Practicum" where selected advanced students get to fly out to Los Angeles and participate in a week long intensive meant to prepare students for transition from training into the professional business through several workshops and first hand access to his studio offices at Warner Bros.His daughter, Roxy Sorkin, was born November 17, 2000.On April 29, 2004, his play The Farnsworth Invention was falsely reported to be adapted at New Line Cinema and it's entry was removed from this website. |
| Trademarks: |
Appears as an extra in a bar scene in titles that he writes
Rapid quick fire exchange of tightly-scripted dialogue for characters
'Walk and talks' (or 'pedeconferencing') where two characters have a conversation while walking together.
His scripts often represent his liberal political views
Long character-driven speeches representing a character's beliefs and actions |
| Quotes: |
I love writing but hate starting. The page is awfully white and it says, "You may have fooled some of the people some of the time but those days are over, giftless. I'm not your agent and I'm not your mommy, I'm a white piece of paper, you wanna dance with me?" and I really, really don't. I'll go peaceable-like.
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[speaking about freebased cocaine] I had found a drug I absolutely love and that gave me a real break from a certain nervous tension that I kind of carry with me moment to moment.
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When things that are very mean-spirited and voyeuristic go on TV, I think it's [like] bad crack in the schoolyard.
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When I am setting out to do something, I don't consider the state of the culture. I can't possibly conceive of what the most people are going to like. Honest to God, I write something that I like, that I think my friends would like and that I think my father would like, and I keep my fingers crossed that enough other people are going to like it that I can earn a living.
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I am all for everyone having a voice, I just don't think everyone has earned the microphone. And that's what the Internet has done. |
| Job title: |
Writer,Producer,Actor |
| Others works: |
(2002) Print ad for The Gap.
(2002) Published "The West Wing Script Book" containing six teleplays of the NBC hit show The West Wing (1999).
Did uncredited rewrites for Enemy of the State (1998) and Bulworth (1998) (some early posters for &quo |
| Spouse: |
Julia Bingham (April 13, 1996 - 2005) (divorced, 1 child) |
| Parents: |
Claire Sorkin
Bernard R. Sorkin |
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