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Tony Kushner (b. 1956)

Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA

Born:
July 16, 1956

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Production

Author:
2023  מלאכים באמריקה- בנייה מחדש
2023  מלאכים באמריקה- המילניום מתקרב

Executive Producer:
2021  West Side Story
2023  מלאכים באמריקה- בנייה מחדש
2023  מלאכים באמריקה- המילניום מתקרב
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Producer:
2021  West Side Story
2022  The Fabelmans
2023  מלאכים באמריקה- בנייה מחדש
2023  מלאכים באמריקה- המילניום מתקרב
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Screenplay:
2005  Munich
2012  Lincoln
2021  West Side Story
2022  The Fabelmans
2023  מלאכים באמריקה- בנייה מחדש
2023  מלאכים באמריקה- המילניום מתקרב
????  Ultra

Thanks:
2005  Munich
2012  Lincoln
2014  Still Alice
2021  West Side Story
2022  The Fabelmans
2023  מלאכים באמריקה- בנייה מחדש
2023  מלאכים באמריקה- המילניום מתקרב
????  Ultra

Theatre Play:
2005  Munich
2012  Lincoln
2014  Still Alice
2017  National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
2017  National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
2021  West Side Story
2022  The Fabelmans
2023  מלאכים באמריקה- בנייה מחדש
2023  מלאכים באמריקה- המילניום מתקרב
????  Ultra

Writer:
2005  Munich
2012  Lincoln
2014  Still Alice
2017  National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
2017  National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
2020  The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2021  Angels in America
2021  West Side Story
2022  The Fabelmans
2023  מלאכים באמריקה- בנייה מחדש
2023  מלאכים באמריקה- המילניום מתקרב
????  He Wanted the Moon
????  The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara
????  Ultra

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TV Production

Teleplay:
2003  Angels in America

Theatre Play:
2003  Angels in America

Writer:
2003  Angels in America

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