About

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36
Birthday:
1956-07-16
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Tony Kushner

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
2023 The Fabelmans: A Family in Film Actor Self 59
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2022 The Stories of West Side Story Actor Self 59
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2021 Something's Coming: West Side Story Actor Self 59
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2019 Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn Actor Self 59
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2017 Arthur Miller: Writer Actor Self 59
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2017 Spielberg Actor Self 65
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2016 Mike Nichols: An American Master Actor Self 59
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2015 The Royal Road Actor (archive sound) 58
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2013 Lincoln: An American Journey Actor Self 59
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2009 Outrage Actor Self 59
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2008 Theater of War Actor Self 59
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2008 The Jewish Americans Actor Self N/A
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2006 Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film Actor Self N/A
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2006 Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner Actor Self 58
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1995 Live to Tell: The First Gay and Lesbian Prom in America Actor Self - Playwright, "Angels in America" N/A
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1993 In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway Actor N/A
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Writing
2023 מלאכים באמריקה- בנייה מחדש Writing Author N/A
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2023 Angels in America - Part One: Millennium Approaches Writing Author N/A
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2023 מלאכים באמריקה- המילניום מתקרב Writing Author N/A
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2023 Angels in America - Part Two: Perestroika Writing Author N/A
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2022 The Fabelmans Writing Writer 73
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2021 West Side Story Writing Screenplay 67
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2021 Angels in America Writing Writer 59
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2020 The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America Writing Writer 59
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2017 National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika Writing Theatre Play 59
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2017 National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches Writing Theatre Play 59
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2012 Lincoln Writing Screenplay 67
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2005 Munich Writing Screenplay 69
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2003 Angels in America Writing Teleplay 74
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2003 Angels in America Writing Theatre Play 74
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The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara Writing Writer N/A
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He Wanted the Moon Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2022 The Fabelmans Production Producer 73
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2021 West Side Story Production Executive Producer 67
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Ultra Production Executive Producer N/A
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Crew
2014 Still Alice Crew Thanks 72
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