Tony Kushner
Born: 1956-07-16 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Writing
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.
Filmography
2023
- The Fabelmans: A Family in Film as Self
- מלאכים באמריקה- בנייה מחדש ... (Author)
- Angels in America - Part One: Millennium Approaches ... (Author)
- Angels in America - Part Two: Perestroika ... (Author)
- מלאכים באמריקה- המילניום מתקרב ... (Author)
2022
- The Fabelmans ... (Producer)
- The Stories of West Side Story as Self
2021
- West Side Story ... (Screenplay)
- Something's Coming: West Side Story as Self
- Angels in America ... (Writer)
2020
- The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America ... (Writer)
2019
2017
- Spielberg as Self
- National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika ... (Theatre Play)
- Arthur Miller: Writer as Self
- National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches ... (Theatre Play)
2016
- Mike Nichols: An American Master as Self
2015
- The Royal Road as (archive sound)
2014
- Still Alice ... (Thanks)
2013
- Lincoln: An American Journey as Self
2012
- Finding Your Roots as Self
- Lincoln ... (Screenplay)
2009
- Outrage as Self
2008
- Theater of War as Self
- The Jewish Americans as Self
2006
2005
- Munich ... (Screenplay)
2003
- Angels in America ... (Writer)
1995
- Live to Tell: The First Gay and Lesbian Prom in America as Self - Playwright, "Angels in America"
1988
- POV as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee