Known For
Writing
Born
Jul 16, 1956
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
38 titles
Tony Kushner
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.
Known For
Filmography
מלאכים באמריקה- המילניום מתקרב
Author
מלאכים באמריקה- בנייה מחדש
Author
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
Self
The Fabelmans
Producer
The Stories of West Side Story
Self
West Side Story
Screenplay
Something's Coming: West Side Story
Self
Angels in America
Theatre Play
Hacks
Tony Kushner
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Writer
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
Self
Arthur Miller: Writer
Self
Spielberg
Self
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
Theatre Play
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
Theatre Play
Fences
Co-Producer
Mike Nichols: An American Master
Self
The Royal Road
(archive sound)
Still Alice
Thanks
Wilde Salomé
Self
Lincoln: An American Journey
Self
Lincoln
Screenplay
Finding Your Roots
Self
Outrage
Self
Theater of War
Self
The Jewish Americans
Self
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Self
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Self
Munich
Screenplay
Angels in America
Rabbi on Bench #1 (uncredited)
Live to Tell: The First Gay and Lesbian Prom in America
Self - Playwright, "Angels in America"
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
Point of View
Self
American Playhouse
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Death of a Salesman
Writer
Ultra
Executive Producer
Untitled Nathan Lane Documentary
Self