Quick Facts
Born:
1956-07-16
Birthplace:
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Credits:
21 Total Roles
Tony Kushner
Writing
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Biography
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 Obama in 2013.
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. He then adapted it into a 2003 miniseries directed by Mike Nichols for which Kushner received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or Movie.
In 2003 he wrote the lyrics and book to the musical Caroline, or Change which earned Kushner Tony Award nominations for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score. The 2021 Broadway revival of Caroline, or Change earned Kushner a nomination for the 2023 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, making Kushner among the few playwrights in history nominated for all four major American entertainment awards: the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards.
He has collaborated with director Steven Spielberg on the films Munich (2005), Lincoln (2012), West Side Story (2021), and The Fabelmans (2022), the former two earning him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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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. He then adapted it into a 2003 miniseries directed by Mike Nichols for which Kushner received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or Movie.
In 2003 he wrote the lyrics and book to the musical Caroline, or Change which earned Kushner Tony Award nominations for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score. The 2021 Broadway revival of Caroline, or Change earned Kushner a nomination for the 2023 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, making Kushner among the few playwrights in history nominated for all four major American entertainment awards: the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards.
He has collaborated with director Steven Spielberg on the films Munich (2005), Lincoln (2012), West Side Story (2021), and The Fabelmans (2022), the former two earning him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Tony Kushner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Spielberg
Self
Angels in America
Rabbi on Bench #1 (uncredited)
Outrage
Self
Wilde Salomé
Self
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
Self
Arthur Miller: Writer
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Finding Your Roots
Self
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Fabelmans: A Family in Film MOVIE | Self |
| 2022 | The Stories of West Side Story MOVIE | Self |
| 2021 | Something's Coming: West Side Story MOVIE | Self |
| 2019 | Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn MOVIE | Self |
| 2017 | Arthur Miller: Writer MOVIE | Self |
| 2017 | Spielberg MOVIE | Self |
| 2016 | Mike Nichols: An American Master MOVIE | Self |
| 2015 | The Royal Road MOVIE | (archive sound) |
| 2013 | Wilde Salomé MOVIE | Self |
| 2013 | Lincoln: An American Journey MOVIE | Self |