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Aaron Sorkin

アーロン・ソーキン　/　あーろん・そーきん

American screenwriter

June 9, 1961 (age 65)　・　New York City, New York, United States

New York
screenwriter
film producer
playwright

My Take

Aaron Sorkin writes dialogue the way composers write fugues, and I confess I am a sucker for it. The walk-and-talk, the overlapping arguments, the monologues that build like crescendos: his scripts are meant to be heard as much as understood. The West Wing made institutional idealism thrilling, and his Oscar-winning adapted screenplay work proved the same rhythm could power portraits of brilliant, difficult men. Critics call his style mannered, and they are not wrong, but I would rather watch a writer with too distinctive a voice than one with none. He remains one of the few screenwriters whose name alone gets me into a theater, and that scarcity is worth celebrating.

Overview

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".

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Aaron Sorkin
Name (Japanese): アーロン・ソーキン
Reading: あーろん・そーきん
Born: June 9, 1961 (age 65)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Ox
Origin: New York City, New York, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: screenwriter / film producer / playwright / writer / actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Scarsdale High School
University: Syracuse University

Awards & achievements

Writers Guild of America Award
2011 Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
2011 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay
2010 Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
2000 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
2023 National Humanities Medal

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role
Notable work	The West Wing	—
Notable work	Molly's Game	—
Notable work	To Kill a Mockingbird	—
Notable work	Sports Night	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3

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