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Tony Kushner‌

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Tony Kushner

New York City, New York, USA

Tony Kushner

New York City, New York, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1956-07-16

Popularity

star1.2

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tony Kushner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Arthur Miller: Writer

Arthur Miller: Writer‌
star7.2
calendar 2017

Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film‌
star0.0
calendar 2006

Something's Coming: West Side Story

Something's Coming: West Side Story‌
star7.5
calendar 2021

Theater of War

Theater of War‌
star6.2
calendar 2008

The Stories of West Side Story

The Stories of West Side Story‌
star7.8
calendar 2022

The Fabelmans: A Family in Film

The Fabelmans: A Family in Film‌
star7.2
calendar 2023

Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner

Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner‌
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calendar 2006

The Royal Road

The Royal Road‌
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calendar 2015

Mike Nichols: An American Master

Mike Nichols: An American Master‌
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calendar 2016

Spielberg

Spielberg‌
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calendar 2017

In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway

In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway‌
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calendar 1993

Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn

Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn‌
star6.4
calendar 2019

Lincoln: An American Journey

Lincoln: An American Journey‌
star5.5
calendar 2013

Live to Tell: The First Gay and Lesbian Prom in America

Live to Tell: The First Gay and Lesbian Prom in America‌
star1.0
calendar 1995

Outrage

Outrage‌
star6.3
calendar 2009

Tv Credits

Finding Your Roots

Finding Your Roots‌
star6.3
calendar 2012

The Jewish Americans

The Jewish Americans‌
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calendar 2008

POV

POV‌
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calendar 1988