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{{Short description|American filmmaker (born 1961)}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name         = Aaron Sorkin
| image        = Aaron Sorkin (27566400913).jpg
| caption      = Sorkin in 2016
| birth_name   = Aaron Benjamin Sorkin
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1961|6|9}}
| birth_place  = [[Manhattan, New York City]], U.S.
| occupation   = {{Hlist|Film director|screenwriter|playwright}}
| alma_mater   = [[Syracuse University]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])
| spouse       = {{Marriage|Julia Bingham|1996|2005|end=divorced}}
| children     = 1
| years_active = 1984–present
| website      = 
}}

'''Aaron Benjamin Sorkin''' (born June 9, 1961)<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/112161/Aaron-Sorkin/biography |title= Aaron Sorkin biography |quote= Born: June 9, 1961 |access-date= June 2, 2012 |archive-date= March 11, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140311081819/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/112161/Aaron-Sorkin/biography |work= [[The New York Times]] |author= Jason Buchanan |date= 2014 |url-status= dead }}</ref> is an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director. Born in New York City, he developed a passion for writing at an early age. As a writer for stage, television, and film, Sorkin is recognized for his trademark fast-paced dialogue and extended monologues, complemented by frequent use of the storytelling technique called the "[[walk and talk]]". Sorkin has earned [[List of awards and nominations received by Aaron Sorkin|numerous accolades]] including an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]], a [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Award]], five [[Primetime Emmy Awards]], and three [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globes]].

Sorkin rose to prominence as a writer-creator and [[showrunner]] of the television series ''[[Sports Night]]'' (1998–2000), ''[[The West Wing]]'' (1999–2006), ''[[Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip]]'' (2006–07), and ''[[The Newsroom (American TV series)|The Newsroom]]'' (2012–14)''.'' He is also known for his work on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] including the plays ''[[A Few Good Men (play)|A Few Good Men]]'' (1989), ''[[The Farnsworth Invention]]'' (2007), ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird (2018 play)|To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' (2018), and the revival of [[Lerner and Loewe]]'s musical ''[[Camelot (musical)|Camelot]]'' (2023).

He wrote the film screenplays for ''[[A Few Good Men]]'' (1992), ''[[The American President]]'' (1995), and several [[Biographical film|biopics]] including ''[[Charlie Wilson's War (film)|Charlie Wilson's War]]'' (2007), ''[[Moneyball (film)|Moneyball]]'' (2011), and ''[[Steve Jobs (film)|Steve Jobs]]'' (2015). For writing ''[[The Social Network]]'' (2010), he won the [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]]. He made his directorial film debut with ''[[Molly's Game]]'' (2017), followed by ''[[The Trial of the Chicago 7]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being the Ricardos]]'' (2021).

==Early life==
Sorkin was born in [[Manhattan]], New York City,<ref name=SeattlePI/> to a [[American Jews|Jewish]] family,<ref>{{cite news|last=Berrin|first=Danielle|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/a_small_plot_in_aaron_sorkins_jewish_story_20120717|work=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|Jewish Journal]]|title=A small glimpse into Aaron Sorkin's Jewish story|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216165806/http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/a_small_plot_in_aaron_sorkins_jewish_story_20120717|archive-date=December 16, 2014|date=July 17, 2012|quote=I'm Jewish but have never had any religious training. I never went to Hebrew school.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Gross|first=Terry|date=July 16, 2012|title=Aaron Sorkin: The Writer Behind 'The Newsroom'|work=[[NPR]]|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=156841165|url-status=live|access-date=June 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210204216/https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=156841165|archive-date=December 10, 2018|quote=Aaron Sorkin: "I'm Jewish"}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thejc.com/culture/film/why-aaron-sorkin-is-cinema-s-finest-talent-1.63100|title=Why Aaron Sorkin is cinema's finest talent|access-date=June 5, 2018|date=November 26, 2015|last=Lipman|first=Jennifer|work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]]|quote=Sorkin, who comes from a middle-class Jewish family from Scarsdale|archive-date=December 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211010158/https://www.thejc.com/culture/film/why-aaron-sorkin-is-cinema-s-finest-talent-1.63100|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/the--plus-most-influential-jews-in-america/article_0f288065-7b64-5f54-94ed-bc8be16e2e3d.html Cleveland Jewish News: "The 30-plus most influential Jews in America"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317121220/http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/the--plus-most-influential-jews-in-america/article_0f288065-7b64-5f54-94ed-bc8be16e2e3d.html |date=March 17, 2016 }} December 27, 2001</ref> and was raised in the New York suburb of [[Scarsdale, New York|Scarsdale]].<ref name="USWeekly-Jones">{{cite news |title=A Troubled Genius |first=Oliver |last= Jones |date=May 28, 2001 |work=[[Us Weekly]] | url=http://b4a.healthyinterest.net/news/000083.html |access-date=January 22, 2007 | archive-date=November 3, 2004| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041103022901/http://b4a.healthyinterest.net/news/000083.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> His mother was a schoolteacher and his father a copyright lawyer who had fought in [[World War II|WWII]] and went to college on the [[G.I. Bill]]; both his older sister and brother went on to become lawyers.<ref name="DeJonge-interview"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Sorkin to nest at WBTV |author=Josef Adalian|author2=Michael Schneider |date=July 26, 2000 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2000/tv/news/sorkin-to-nest-at-wbtv-1117784231/ |access-date=September 26, 2008 |quote=Sorkin's association with Warner Bros. follows in the footsteps of his father Bernard, a New York–based copyright expert who started with the studio 40 years ago when it was [[Warner Bros.-Seven Arts|Warner Bros.-7 Arts]]. }}</ref><ref name = parker-spitzer-cnn>{{cite news |title=Parker/Spitzer Interview Aaron Sorkin (video: 3:05 – father: WWII vet & college on G.I. Bill) |url=http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2010/10/04/parker.spitzer.aaron.sorkin.cnn.html |work = CNN |access-date=November 13, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101009092118/http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2010/10/04/parker.spitzer.aaron.sorkin.cnn.html| archive-date= October 9, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> His paternal grandfather was one of the founders of the [[International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union]] (ILGWU).<ref name = parker-spitzer-cnn /><ref>{{cite news |title=Awards Watch Roundtable: The Writers part 3 video series |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/awards-watch-roundtable-writers-43426#3 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=November 13, 2010 | first = David | last=Simpson | date=November 10, 2010 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101113023014/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/awards-watch-roundtable-writers-43426| archive-date= November 13, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Buchanan|first=Kyle|date=2010-11-11|title=Aaron Sorkin's Four Big Problems With the WGA|url=https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/11/aaron_sorkin_wga.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113071145/http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/11/aaron_sorkin_wga.html|archive-date=November 13, 2010|access-date=November 13, 2010|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]}}</ref> Sorkin took an early interest in acting. During childhood, his parents took him to the theatre to see shows such as ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]'' and ''[[That Championship Season]]''.<ref name=FarnsworthAndBio/>

Sorkin attended [[Scarsdale High School]] where he became involved in the drama and theatre club.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://patch.com/new-york/scarsdale/aaron-sorkin-to-revisit-scarsdales-social-network |title=Aaron Sorkin to Revisit Scarsdale's 'Social Network' |website=Patch.com |date=May 23, 2011 |first=Kathleen |last=Willcox |access-date=October 24, 2014 |archive-date=October 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024222820/http://patch.com/new-york/scarsdale/aaron-sorkin-to-revisit-scarsdales-social-network |url-status=live }}</ref> In the eighth grade, he played General Bullmoose in the musical ''[[Li'l Abner (musical)|Li'l Abner]]''.<ref name="syracuse-interview"/> At Scarsdale High, he served as vice president of the drama club in his junior and senior years, and graduated in 1979.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scarsdalenews.com/Scarsdale_Inquirer_2011_Archives/SCARSDALE_NEWS_060311-2.html |title=Scarsdale turns out to hear Aaron Sorkin |newspaper=[[The Scarsdale Inquirer]] |date=June 6, 2011 |first=Debra |last=Banerjee |access-date=October 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024231420/http://www.scarsdalenews.com/Scarsdale_Inquirer_2011_Archives/SCARSDALE_NEWS_060311-2.html |archive-date=October 24, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/aaron_sorkin_shs_1979 |title=Aaron Sorkin (SHS 1979) |newspaper=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 |archive-date=November 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109162726/http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/aaron_sorkin_shs_1979 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1979, Sorkin attended [[Syracuse University]]. In his [[freshman year]], he failed a class that was a core requirement, which caused a setback because he wanted to be an actor, and the drama department did not allow students to take the stage until they completed the core classes. Determined to do better, he returned for his sophomore year, and graduated in 1983 with a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] degree in [[musical theatre]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Creation of the Future: The Role of the American University |author=Frank Harold Trevor Rhodes |date=October 2001 |publisher=Cornell University Press |pages=[https://archive.org/details/creationoffutur00rhod/page/75 75–76] |isbn=978-0-8014-3937-7 }}</ref> Recalling the influence of theatre teacher [[Arthur Storch]], Sorkin said: "Arthur's reputation as a director, and as a disciple of [[Lee Strasberg]], was a big reason why a lot of us went to S.U.&nbsp;[Syracuse University]... 'You have the capacity to be so much better than you are', he started saying to me in September of my senior year. He was still saying it in May. On the last day of classes, he said it again, and I said, 'How?', and he answered, 'Dare to fail'. I've been coming through on his admonition ever since".<ref name=TimesVitello>{{cite news|last=Vitello|first=Paul|title=Arthur Storch, Stage Director, Dies at 87|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/03/11/theater/arthur-storch-theater-director-is-dead-at-87.html|access-date=March 12, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 10, 2013|archive-date=March 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312130802/http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/03/11/theater/arthur-storch-theater-director-is-dead-at-87.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Career ==

===1983–1990: Early work and breakthrough===
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Sorkin moved to New York City where he spent much of the 1980s as a struggling, sporadically employed actor who worked odd jobs,<ref name="syracuse-interview">{{cite journal|url=http://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1920&context=sumagazine|title=In the Spotlight: Script Sensation|last=Herzog|first=Brad|journal=Syracuse University Magazine|volume=18|issue=2|pages=17–18|date=2001|access-date=May 27, 2014|archive-date=May 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527212131/http://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1920&context=sumagazine|url-status=live}}</ref> such as delivering [[singing telegram]]s,<ref name="syracuse-interview"/> driving a limousine, touring Alabama with the children's theatre company Traveling Playhouse,<ref name="DeJonge-interview">{{cite news|author=De Jonge|first=Peter|date=October 28, 2001|title=Aaron Sorkin Works His Way Through the Crisis|work=[[The New York Times Magazine]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/28/magazine/aaron-sorkin-works-his-way-through-the-crisis.html|url-status=live|access-date=January 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623091635/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/28/magazine/aaron-sorkin-works-his-way-through-the-crisis.html|archive-date=June 23, 2009}}</ref> handing out flyers promoting a hunting-and-fishing show,<ref name="syracuse-interview"/> and bartending at [[Broadway theatre|Broadway's]] [[Palace Theatre (Broadway)|Palace Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Encounter with Peter Krause |author=Ernio Hernandez |url=http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/87365.html |work=Playbill |access-date=December 25, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114040244/http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/87365.html |archive-date=January 14, 2009 }}</ref> One weekend, while house-sitting for a friend, he found an [[IBM Selectric typewriter]], started typing, and "felt a phenomenal confidence and a kind of joy that [he] had never experienced before in [his] life".<ref name="DeJonge-interview"/>

He continued writing and eventually put together his first play, ''Removing All Doubt,'' which he sent to his former theatre teacher, Arthur Storch, who was impressed. In 1984, ''Removing All Doubt'' was staged for drama students at his alma mater, Syracuse University. After that, he wrote ''[[Hidden in This Picture]]'' which debuted [[Off-Off-Broadway|off-off-Broadway]] at Steve Olsen's [[Laurie Beechman Theatre|West Bank Cafe Downstairs Theatre Bar]] in New York City in 1988. The quality of his first two plays earned him a [[Literary agent|theatrical agent]].<ref name="Weiss-seminar">{{cite web|author=Weiss|first=Valerie|date=December 2003|title=Three days, 15 seminars, one great experience|url=http://www.imaginenews.com/Archive/2003/DEC_2003/01_FEATURES/12_THREE_DAYS.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061220170153/http://www.imaginenews.com/Archive/2003/DEC_2003/01_FEATURES/12_THREE_DAYS.html|archive-date=December 20, 2006|access-date=January 12, 2007|website=ImagineNews.com|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Producer John A. McQuiggan saw the production of ''Hidden in This Picture'' and commissioned Sorkin to turn the one-act into a full-length play called ''Making Movies''.<ref name="NYT-review3"/>

Sorkin was inspired to write his next play, a courtroom drama called ''[[A Few Good Men (play)|A Few Good Men]]'', from a phone conversation with his sister Deborah, who had graduated from [[Boston University School of Law|Boston University Law School]] and signed up for a three-year stint with the [[Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy|U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps]]. Deborah told Sorkin that she was going to [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base|Guantanamo Bay]] to defend a group of [[Marine corps|Marines]] who came close to killing a fellow Marine in a [[hazing]] ordered by a superior officer.<ref>{{cite web|last=Glaberson|first=William|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/nyregion/4-lawyers-claim-to-be-the-hero-in-a-few-good-men.html|title=4 lawyers claim to be the hero in a few good men|work=The New York Times|date=September 15, 2011|access-date=August 9, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612210455/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/nyregion/4-lawyers-claim-to-be-the-hero-in-a-few-good-men.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Sorkin took that information and wrote much of his story on cocktail napkins while bartending at the Palace Theatre.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Few Good Men London theatre tickets and information |website=ThisIsTheatre.com |url=http://www.thisistheatre.com/londonshows/afewgoodmen.html |access-date=January 22, 2007 |archive-date=June 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608152053/http://www.thisistheatre.com/londonshows/afewgoodmen.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He and his roommates had purchased a [[Macintosh 512K]]; when he returned home, he would transcribe the story and notes onto the computer, forming a basis from which he wrote many drafts for ''A Few Good Men''.<ref name="CharlieRose-2003">{{cite interview|last=Sorkin|first=Aaron|interviewer=[[Charlie Rose]]|title=About the Show, Aaron Sorkin|url=http://westwing.bewarne.com/credits/sorkin.html|work=[[Charlie Rose (TV series)|The Charlie Rose Show]]|location=[[New York City]]|date=August 13, 2003|access-date=January 24, 2007|archive-date=July 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716023731/http://westwing.bewarne.com/credits/sorkin.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1988, Sorkin sold the film rights for ''A Few Good Men'' to producer [[David Brown (producer)|David Brown]] before it premiered,<ref name=MovieMoguls/> in a deal that was reportedly "well into six figures".<ref>{{cite news|author=Henry III|first=William A.|date=November 27, 1989|title=Marine Life|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,959129,00.html|url-status=dead|access-date=January 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724195329/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,959129,00.html|archive-date=July 24, 2011}}</ref> Brown had read an article in ''[[The New York Times]]'' about Sorkin's one-act play ''Hidden in This Picture,'' and found out Sorkin had a play called ''A Few Good Men'' that was having Off Broadway readings.<ref name=MovieMoguls/> Brown produced ''A Few Good Men'' on Broadway at the [[Music Box Theatre]]. It starred [[Tom Hulce]] and was directed by [[Don Scardino]]. After opening in late 1989, it ran for 497 performances.<ref>{{cite news|author=Hernandez|first=Ernio|date=June 18, 2004|title=Aaron Sorkin Working on A Few Good Men for London and New Play for Dublin's Abbey|work=Playbill|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/86900.html|url-status=dead|access-date=January 20, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930180614/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/86900.html|archive-date=September 30, 2007}}</ref> Sorkin continued writing ''Making Movies'' and in 1990 it debuted [[Off-Broadway]] at the Promenade Theatre, produced by John A. McQuiggan, and again directed by Don Scardino.<ref name="NYT-review3" /> Meanwhile, Brown was producing for [[TriStar Pictures]], and tried to interest them in adapting ''A Few Good Men'' into a film, but his proposal was declined due to the lack of star actor involvement. Brown later received a phone call from [[Alan Horn]] at [[Castle Rock Entertainment]] who was eager to make the film. [[Rob Reiner]], a Castle Rock producing partner, opted to direct.<ref name="MovieMoguls">{{cite book |title=Movie Moguls Speak: Interviews with Top Film Producers |last=Prigge |first=Steven |date=October 2004 |publisher=McFarland & Company |pages=12–13 |isbn=978-0-7864-1929-6}}</ref>

===1991–1997: Writing for Castle Rock Entertainment===
[[Image:A Few Good Men at Haymarket Theatre London.jpg|thumb|''A Few Good Men'' at London's [[Haymarket Theatre|Theatre Royal Haymarket]] on August 31, 2005.]]
Sorkin worked under contract for Castle Rock Entertainment,<ref name="Reiner">{{cite news|author=Weinraub|first=Bernard|date=December 6, 1992|title=Rob Reiner's March To 'A Few Good Men'|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/06/movies/film-rob-reiner-s-march-to-a-few-good-men.html|url-status=live|access-date=September 26, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108100935/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/06/movies/film-rob-reiner-s-march-to-a-few-good-men.html|archive-date=November 8, 2012}}</ref> where he befriended colleagues [[William Goldman]] and Rob Reiner, and met his future wife Julia Bingham, who was one of Castle Rock's business affairs lawyers.<ref name="Prayer">{{cite news|author=Goldstein|first=Patrick|date=October 10, 1999|title=On a Wing and a Prayer|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-10-ca-20753-story.html|url-status=live|access-date=September 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002040237/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/oct/10/entertainment/ca-20753|archive-date=October 2, 2008}}</ref> Sorkin wrote several drafts of the script for ''[[A Few Good Men]]'' in his Manhattan apartment,<ref name="Reiner" /> learning the craft from a book about [[Screenwriting#Screenwriting formats|screenplay format]].<ref name="Weiss-seminar" /> He then spent several months at the Los Angeles offices of Castle Rock, working on the script with director Rob Reiner.<ref name="Reiner" /> William Goldman (who regularly worked under contract at Castle Rock) became his mentor and helped him to adapt his stage play into a screenplay.<ref>{{cite interview|last=Sorkin |first=Aaron |interviewer=[[Katie Couric]] |work=[[Today (NBC program)|The Today Show]] |publisher=[[NBC]] |location=New York |date=May 22, 2002 |url=http://b4a.healthyinterest.net/news/000124.html |title=Aaron Sorkin |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060512103730/http://b4a.healthyinterest.net/news/000124.html |archive-date=May 12, 2006 }}</ref> The film, directed by Reiner, starred [[Tom Cruise]], [[Jack Nicholson]], [[Demi Moore]] and [[Kevin Bacon]], and was produced by Brown. ''A Few Good Men'' was released in 1992 and was a box office success, grossing $243 million worldwide.<ref name="Buchanan">{{cite web|author=Buchanan|first=Jason|title=Aaron Sorkin Biography|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/aaron-sorkin-p112161|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104223006/http://www.allmovie.com/artist/aaron-sorkin-p112161|archive-date=January 4, 2015|access-date=October 27, 2014|website=[[AllMovie]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=A Few Good Men|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1666418177/|access-date=2020-09-25|website=Box Office Mojo|archive-date=August 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827195004/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1666418177/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Goldman also approached Sorkin with a story premise, which Sorkin developed into the script for the thriller ''[[Malice (1993 film)|Malice]]''. Goldman oversaw the project as [[creative consultant]] while Sorkin wrote the first two drafts. However, he had to leave the project to finish the script for ''A Few Good Men'', so screenwriter [[Scott Frank]] stepped in and wrote two drafts of the ''Malice'' screenplay. When production on ''A Few Good Men'' was completed, Sorkin resumed working on ''Malice'' right through the final [[shooting script]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sharf|first=Zack|date=2017-11-09|title=Aaron Sorkin Was Pushed to Write a 'Steamy' Sexy Scene for Nicole Kidman in 'Malice' and Refused|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/11/aaron-sorkin-refused-write-sex-scene-nicole-kidman-malice-1201895641/|access-date=2020-10-18|website=IndieWire|language=en}}</ref> [[Harold Becker]] directed the 1993 thriller, which starred [[Nicole Kidman]] and [[Alec Baldwin]]. ''Malice'' had mixed reviews; [[Vincent Canby]] in ''The New York Times'' described the film as "deviously entertaining from its start through its finish".<ref>{{cite news|author=Canby|first=Vincent|author-link=Vincent Canby|date=October 1, 1993|title=Reviews/ Film; An Idyll Shattered By Rape and Murder|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F0CEEDD103CF932A35753C1A965958260|url-status=live|access-date=September 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223073303/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F0CEEDD103CF932A35753C1A965958260|archive-date=February 23, 2012}}</ref> Critic [[Roger Ebert]] gave it 2 out of 4 stars,<ref>{{cite news|author=Ebert|first=Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|date=October 1, 1993|title=Malice|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19931001/REVIEWS/310010306/1023|url-status=live|access-date=September 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101201618/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19931001%2FREVIEWS%2F310010306%2F1023|archive-date=January 1, 2009}}</ref> and [[Peter Travers]] in a 2000 ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' review summarized it as having "suspense but no staying power".<ref>{{cite news|author=Travers|first=Peter|author-link=Peter Travers|date=December 8, 2000|title=''Malice''|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/malice-19931001|url-status=live|access-date=March 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628215235/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/malice-19931001|archive-date=June 28, 2011|quote=''Malice'' is way out of that classy league. It's got suspense but no staying power.}}</ref>

Sorkin's last screenplay under Castle Rock was ''[[The American President]];'' once again he worked with William Goldman who served as a creative consultant.<ref name="TheAge-Forrest">{{cite news|author=Forrest|first=Emma|date=May 2, 2002|title=Words fly down the halls of power|work=[[The Age]]|location=Melbourne|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/05/02/1019441403137.html|url-status=live|access-date=January 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070118234722/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/05/02/1019441403137.html|archive-date=January 18, 2007}}</ref> It took Sorkin several years to write the screenplay for ''The American President'', which started off at 385-pages; it was eventually reduced to a standard shooting script of around 120 pages.<ref name=SeattlePI>{{cite news |title=Aaron Sorkin is a man of many words |first=John | last=Levesque |date=March 7, 2000 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/tv/sork07.shtml |access-date=January 10, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101019144914/http://www.seattlepi.com/tv/sork07.shtml | archive-date= October 19, 2010}}</ref> The film, also directed by Reiner, was critically acclaimed; [[Kenneth Turan]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' described it as "genial and entertaining if not notably inspired", and believed its most interesting aspects were the "pipe dreams about the American political system and where it could theoretically be headed".<ref>{{cite news|author=Turan|first=Kenneth|date=November 17, 1995|title=''The American President'': Boy Meets Girl, Brings Along Secret Service 'The American President' is a sentimental fantasy, mixing romance|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie960406-46,0,1355383.story|url-status=live|access-date=September 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616233728/http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie960406-46%2C0%2C1355383.story|archive-date=June 16, 2008|df=mdy}}</ref> ''A Few Good Men'', ''Malice'' and ''The American President'' grossed approximately $400&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref name="SeattlePI" />

In the second half of the 1990s, Sorkin worked as a [[script doctor]]. He wrote some [[Wit|quips]] for [[Sean Connery]] and [[Nicolas Cage]] in 1996's ''[[The Rock (film)|The Rock]]''.<ref name="WW-scriptbook" /> He worked on ''[[Excess Baggage (1997 film)|Excess Baggage]]'', a 1997 comedy about a girl who stages her own kidnapping to get her father's attention, and rewrote some of [[Will Smith]]'s scenes in ''[[Enemy of the State (film)|Enemy of the State]]''.<ref name="WW-scriptbook">{{cite book|author=Sorkin|first=Aaron|title=The West Wing Script Book|date=July 2002|publisher=Newmarket Press|isbn=978-1-55704-549-2}}</ref> Sorkin collaborated with [[Warren Beatty]] on several scripts, one of which was 1998's ''[[Bulworth]]''.<ref name="TheGross-Bart" /> Beatty, known for occasionally personally financing his film projects through pre-production, also hired Sorkin to rewrite a script titled ''Ocean of Storms'' which never went into production. At one point, Sorkin sued Beatty for proper compensation for his work on the ''Ocean of Storms'' script; once the matter was settled, he resumed working on the script.<ref name="TheGross-Bart">{{cite book|author=Bart|first=Peter|title=The Gross: The Hits, the Flops: The Summer That Ate Hollywood|date=February 21, 2000|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|isbn=978-0-312-25391-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/grosshitsflopssu00bart/page/95 95–96]|author-link=Peter Bart}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Biskind|first=Peter|author-link=Peter Biskind|date=March 2006|title=Thunder on the Left: The Making of ''Reds''|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2006/03/reds200603|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008091954/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2006/03/reds200603|archive-date=October 8, 2014|access-date=April 17, 2020|journal=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Petrikin|first=Chris|date=September 1, 1997|title=Beatty's bete noir? scribe makes waves over 'Ocean.'|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Goldstein|first=Patrick|date=May 3, 1998|title=Hanging With Warren B|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-may-03-ca-45719-story.html|url-status=live|access-date=September 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107154625/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/may/03/entertainment/ca-45719|archive-date=January 7, 2009}}</ref>

=== 1998–2006: Television series and theatre work ===
====''Sports Night''====

Sorkin conceived the idea to write about the behind-the-scenes happenings on a sports show while residing at the [[Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts|Four Seasons Hotel]] in [[Los Angeles]] writing the screenplay for ''The American President''.<ref name="DeJonge-interview" /><ref name="CC-interview">{{cite web|date=January 1, 2001|title=Interview with Aaron Sorkin: Creator and Executive Producer of "Sports Night" and "The West Wing"|url=http://b4a.healthyinterest.net/news/000043.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321083324/http://b4a.healthyinterest.net/news/000043.html|archive-date=March 21, 2007|access-date=January 10, 2007|publisher=Comedy Central.com}}</ref> He would work late, with the television tuned into [[ESPN]], watching continuous replays of ''[[SportsCenter]]''.<ref name="CC-interview" /><ref>{{cite news|author=Levesque|first=John|date=October 13, 1998|title=Quality of 'Sports Night' no Laughing Matter|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref> The show inspired him to try to write a feature film about a sports show but he was unable to structure the story for film, so instead he turned his idea into a television comedy series.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jeff Merron|date=November 12, 2002|title=Keeping it real on 'Sports Night'|url=https://www.espn.com/page2/s/merron/021112.html|access-date=December 25, 2010|work=ESPN|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173552/http://espn.go.com/page2/s/merron/021112.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Richard Firstman|title=Their Championship Season: In the Dugout with the MVPs of Sports Night|work=TV Guide|url=http://sportsnight.tktv.net/tvguide3.23.html|url-status=live|access-date=January 19, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621212629/http://sportsnight.tktv.net/tvguide3.23.html|archive-date=June 21, 2007|df=mdy}}</ref> ''[[Sports Night]]'' was produced by [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] and debuted on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC network]] in fall of 1998.<ref name="SportsNight-bark">{{cite news|author=Bark|first=Ed|date=March 10, 1999|title=Huffman is game for 'Sports Night', but is ABC?|work=Dallas Morning News|url=http://www.felicity-huffman.com/articles.php?subaction=showcomments&id=921119214&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&|url-status=dead|access-date=January 28, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928164604/http://www.felicity-huffman.com/articles.php?subaction=showcomments&id=921119214&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&|archive-date=September 28, 2007|df=mdy}}</ref>

Sorkin fought with ABC during the first season over the use of a [[laugh track]] and a [[Studio audience|live studio audience]]. The laugh track was widely decried by critics as jarring, with [[Joyce Millman]] of [[Salon (website)|''Salon'']] magazine describing it as "the most unconvincing laugh track you've ever heard".<ref name="LaughRiot">{{cite magazine|author=Flint|first=Joe|date=September 25, 1998|title=A Laugh Riot|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|url=https://ew.com/article/1998/09/25/laugh-tracks-use-or-not-use/|url-status=live|access-date=January 25, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119094540/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,284963,00.html|archive-date=November 19, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Millman|first=Joyce|date=February 22, 1999|title=Why are "Dilbert" and "Sports Night" like a day at the office? Because watching them is a grind|website=[[Salon (website)|Salon]]|url=http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/mill/1999/02/22mill.html|url-status=dead|access-date=December 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114072243/http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/mill/1999/02/22mill.html|archive-date=January 14, 2009}}</ref> Sorkin commented that: "Once you do shoot in front of a live audience, you have no choice but to use the laugh track. Oftentimes [enhancing the laughs] is the right thing to do. Sometimes you do need a cymbal crash. Other times, it alienates me."<ref name="LaughRiot" /> The laugh track was gradually dialed down and was removed by the end of the first season.<ref>{{cite news|author=Owen|first=Rob|date=March 18, 1999|title=Redundant 'Sports Night' loses its momentum|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|publisher=PG Publishing|url=http://www.postgazette.com/tv/19990318owen6a.asp|url-status=dead|access-date=January 25, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518163219/http://www.postgazette.com/tv/19990318owen6a.asp|archive-date=May 18, 2011}}</ref> Sorkin was triumphant in the second season when ABC agreed to his demands, unburdening the [[Television crew|crew]] of the difficulties of staging a scene for a live audience and leaving the cast with more time to rehearse.<ref name="SportsNight-bark" /> Although ''Sports Night'' was critically acclaimed, ABC canceled the show after two seasons due to low [[Nielsen ratings|ratings]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Owen|first=Rob|date=October 1, 2000|title=Networks are slower to cancel TV series, but viewers are still wary|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|publisher=PG Publishing|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/tv/20001001cancel4.asp|url-status=live|access-date=October 1, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522100432/http://www.post-gazette.com/tv/20001001cancel4.asp|archive-date=May 22, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Rosenberg|first=Howard|date=December 6, 1999|title=News at 9:30: Reprieve for Witty 'Sports Night'|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-dec-06-ca-40968-story.html|url-status=live|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105033259/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/dec/06/entertainment/ca-40968|archive-date=January 5, 2016}}</ref> Sorkin entertained offers to continue the show on other television channels, but declined all the offers because they were dependent on his involvement and he was already working on ''[[The West Wing]]''.<ref name="CC-interview" />

====''The West Wing''====

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Sorkin conceived the political drama ''[[The West Wing]]'' in 1997 when he went unprepared to a lunch with producer [[John Wells (filmmaker)|John Wells]]; in a panic he pitched to Wells a series centered on the senior staff of the White House,<ref name="SeattlePI" /> using leftover ideas from his script for ''The American President''.<ref name="miller">{{cite web|author=Miller|first=Matthew|date=March 1, 2000|title=The Real White House|url=http://b4a.healthyinterest.net/news/2000_03.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313170253/http://b4a.healthyinterest.net/news/2000_03.html|archive-date=March 13, 2007|access-date=January 18, 2007|publisher=[[Brill's Content]]}}</ref> He told Wells about his visits to the White House while doing research for ''The American President'', and they found themselves discussing [[Civil service|public service]] and the passion of the people who serve. Wells took the concept and pitched it to [[NBC]], but was told to wait due to the [[Clinton–Lewinsky scandal]]. There was a concern that television audiences would not be able to take a series about the White House seriously.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pilot episode|url=http://www.westwingepguide.com/S1/Episodes/1_PILOT.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070122122105/http://www.westwingepguide.com/S1/Episodes/1_PILOT.html|archive-date=January 22, 2007|access-date=January 23, 2007|publisher=The West Wing Episode Guide}}</ref> A year later, other networks started showing interest in ''The West Wing.'' NBC decided to give the project the green-light despite their previous reluctance.<ref name="miller" /> The pilot debuted in the fall of 1999 and was produced by [[Warner Bros. Television]].<ref name="miller" />

''The West Wing'' garnered nine [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s for its [[The West Wing (season 1)|debut season]], making the series a record holder for most Emmys won by a series in a single season at the time.<ref>{{cite news|date=May 15, 2006|title=West Wing ends seven-year TV run|work=BBC News Online|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4768639.stm|access-date=February 19, 2009|archive-date=May 12, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512181558/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4768639.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the awards [[52nd Primetime Emmy Awards|ceremony]], there was a dispute about the acceptance speech for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series]]. ''The West Wing'' episode "[[In Excelsis Deo]]" won, which was awarded to Sorkin and [[Rick Cleveland]], but ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that Sorkin ushered Cleveland off the stage before he could say a few words.<ref>{{cite news|author=Weinraub|first=Bernard|date=June 26, 2001|title='West Wing' Producer, a Union Leader, Rules Out Writers' Raises|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/26/arts/west-wing-producer-a-union-leader-rules-out-writers-raises.html|url-status=live|access-date=January 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090818021438/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/26/arts/west-wing-producer-a-union-leader-rules-out-writers-raises.html|archive-date=August 18, 2009}}</ref> The story behind "In Excelsis Deo" is based on Cleveland's father, a [[Korean War]] veteran who spent the last years of his life on the street, as Cleveland explained in an essay titled "I Was the Dumb Looking Guy with the Wire-Rimmed Glasses".<ref>{{cite web|author=Cleveland|first=Rick|title=I Was the Dumb Looking Guy with the Wire-Rimmed Glasses|url=http://www.freshyarn.com/10/essays/cleveland_iwas.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211172121/http://www.freshyarn.com/10/essays/cleveland_iwas.htm|archive-date=February 11, 2007|access-date=January 17, 2007|website=FreshYarn.com}}</ref> Sorkin and Cleveland continued their dispute in a public web forum at [[Television Without Pity|Mighty Big TV]] in which Sorkin explained that he gives his writers "Story By" credit on a rotating basis "by way of a gratuity" and that he had thrown out Cleveland's script and started from scratch.<ref>{{cite news|author=Kaus|first=Mickey|date=July 3, 2001|title=West Wing Web War!|website=Slate.com|url=http://www.slate.com/id/1007932/|url-status=live|access-date=January 17, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208233205/http://www.slate.com/id/1007932/|archive-date=February 8, 2007}}</ref> Sorkin eventually apologized to Cleveland.<ref>{{cite web|title=In Excelsis Deo|url=http://www.westwingepguide.com/S1/Episodes/10_IED.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109190429/http://www.westwingepguide.com/S1/Episodes/10_IED.html|archive-date=January 9, 2007|access-date=January 17, 2007|publisher=The West Wing Episode Guide}}</ref> Cleveland and Sorkin also won the [[Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama]] at the [[Writers Guild of America Awards 2000|53rd Writer Guild of America Awards]] for "In Excelsis Deo".<ref name="WGA 01 Official">{{cite web|year=2010|title=Writers Guild Awards Winners|url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1517|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525050852/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1517|archive-date=May 25, 2012|access-date=April 15, 2010|publisher=WGA}}</ref>

In 2001, after completing the [[The West Wing (season 2)|second season]] of ''The West Wing'', Sorkin had a [[relapse|drug relapse]], and was arrested at [[Hollywood Burbank Airport]] for possession of [[Psilocybin mushroom|hallucinogenic mushrooms]], [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]], and [[crack cocaine]]. He was ordered by a court to attend a drug diversion program.<ref name="CreatorDiverted" /> There was huge media interest but he did make a successful recovery.<ref name="FarnsworthAndBio" /> In 2002, Sorkin criticized [[NBC News]] anchor [[Tom Brokaw]]'s television special about a day in the life of a president, "The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing", comparing it to the act of sending a valentine to President [[George W. Bush]] instead of real news reporting.<ref>{{cite news|last=Friend|first=Tad|date=February 25, 2002|title=West Wing Watch: Snookered by Bush|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|url=https://www.newyorker.com/archive/2002/03/04/020304ta_talk_friend|url-status=live|access-date=January 14, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022052122/http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2002/03/04/020304ta_talk_friend|archive-date=October 22, 2007}}</ref> ''The West Wing'' aired on the same network, and so at the request of NBC's Entertainment President [[Jeff Zucker]], Sorkin apologized, but later said, "there should be a difference between what NBC News does and what ''The West Wing'' TV series does."<ref>{{cite news|author=Elber|first=Lynn|date=March 5, 2002|title='West Wing' Creator Defends Comments|work=Midland Daily News|agency=Associated Press|url=http://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/West-Wing-Creator-Defends-Comments-7092823.php|url-status=live|access-date=November 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111063932/http://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/West-Wing-Creator-Defends-Comments-7092823.php|archive-date=November 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Dickenson|first=Ben|url=https://archive.org/details/hollywoodsnewrad00dick|title=Hollywood's New Radicalism: War, Globalisation and the Movies from Reagan to George W. Bush|date=March 3, 2006|publisher=I. B. Tauris|isbn=978-1-84511-103-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/hollywoodsnewrad00dick/page/n127 111]–112|url-access=limited}}</ref>

Sorkin wrote 87 screenplays for ''The West Wing'', which is nearly every episode during the show's first four Emmy-winning seasons.<ref name="HR-westwingfinale">{{cite news|author=Richmond|first=Ray|author-link=Ray Richmond|date=May 12, 2006|title=Finale: 'West Wing'|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/finale-west-wing-138330|url-status=live|access-date=September 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628033009/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/finale-west-wing-138330|archive-date=June 28, 2012}}</ref> Sorkin described his role in the creative process as "not so much [that of] a [[showrunner]] or a producer. I'm really a writer."<ref name="CC-interview" /> He admitted that this approach can have its drawbacks, saying "Out of 88 [''West Wing''] episodes that I did we were on time and on budget never, not once."<ref name="CharlieRose-2003" /> In 2003, at the end of the [[The West Wing (season 4)|fourth season]], Sorkin and fellow executive producer [[Thomas Schlamme]] left the show due to internal conflicts at Warner Bros. Television, causing John Wells to serve as showrunner.<ref>{{cite news|author=Adalian|first=Josef|date=May 1, 2003|title=Sorkin sulking away from 'Wing'|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/2003/scene/markets-festivals/sorkin-sulking-away-from-wing-1117885506/|access-date=January 14, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Wallenstein|first=Andrew|date=October 15, 2005|title=Sorkin back at NBC with 'Studio' deal NBC gets Sorkin show|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001306595|url-status=dead|access-date=January 27, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930235330/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001306595|archive-date=September 30, 2007}}</ref> Sorkin never watched any episodes beyond his writing tenure apart from a minute of the fifth season's first episode, describing the experience as "like watching somebody make out with my girlfriend."<ref name="Vulture">{{cite news|last=Harris|first=Mark|date=June 16, 2012|title=TV's Best Talker: Aaron Sorkin on The Newsroom, Sorkinism, and Sounding Smart|work=Vulture|url=https://www.vulture.com/2012/06/aaron-sorkin-newsroom-interview.html|access-date=January 24, 2012|archive-date=June 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618023233/http://www.vulture.com/2012/06/aaron-sorkin-newsroom-interview.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Sorkin later returned in the series finale for a [[cameo appearance]] as a guest at the inauguration of Matthew Santos.

====''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'' ====
[[Image:Aaron Sorkin at the Music Box Theatre in 2007.jpg|thumb|Sorkin discussing ''The Farnsworth Invention'' at the [[Music Box Theatre]], November 2007]]

In 2005, Sorkin returned to theatre; he revised his play ''A Few Good Men'' for a production at London's [[West End theatre|West End]]. The play opened at the [[Theatre Royal Haymarket]] in the fall of the same year and was directed by [[David Esbjornson]], with [[Rob Lowe]] of ''The West Wing'' in the lead role.<ref>{{cite news|author=Fleming|first=Michael|date=April 24, 2005|title=West End boys club|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/2005/legit/markets-festivals/west-end-boys-club-1117921624/|access-date=January 10, 2007}}</ref> Sorkin told ''[[Charlie Rose (TV series)|The Charlie Rose Show]]'' that he was developing a television series based on a late-night sketch comedy show similar to ''Saturday Night Live''.<ref name="CharlieRose-2003" /><ref>{{cite news|author=Scott Hettrick|date=September 11, 2003|title=Inside Move: Sorkin scripting play, pic|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/markets-festivals/inside-move-sorkin-scripting-play-pic-1117892324/|access-date=January 14, 2007}}</ref> In October 2005, a pilot script dubbed ''Studio 7 on the Sunset Strip'', written by him and Schlamme as producer, started circulating in Hollywood and online. In that same month, NBC bought the rights from [[Warner Bros. Television]] to air the series on their network for a near-record license fee after a bidding war with CBS.<ref>{{cite news|author=Adalian|first=Josef|date=October 14, 2005|title=Peacock on 'Studio' beat|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/2005/scene/markets-festivals/peacock-on-studio-beat-1117931024/|access-date=January 21, 2007}}</ref> The show's name was later changed to ''[[Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip]]''. Sorkin described the show as having "autobiographical elements" to it and "characters that are based on actual people" but said that it departs from those beginnings to look at the backstage maneuverings at a late night [[sketch comedy]] show.<ref>{{cite news|author=Young|first=Kevin|date=August 27, 2006|title=Sorkin turns his attention to TV|work=BBC News Online|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5290474.stm|url-status=live|access-date=January 21, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307083525/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5290474.stm|archive-date=March 7, 2008}}</ref>

On September 18, 2006, the [[Pilot (Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip)|pilot]] for ''Studio 60'' aired on NBC, directed by Schlamme. The pilot was critically acclaimed and viewed by an audience of over 12&nbsp;million, but the show experienced a significant drop in viewership mid-season. Even before the first episode aired, there was a large amount of thoughtful and scrupulous criticism in the press, as well as negative analysis from [[blog]]gers.<ref>{{cite news|author=Goldstein|first=Patrick|date=July 17, 2007|title=Sorkin takes the blame for '60'|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jul-17-et-goldstein17-story.html|url-status=live|access-date=September 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107185945/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jul/17/entertainment/et-goldstein17|archive-date=January 7, 2009}}</ref> In January 2007, Sorkin spoke out against the press for reporting heavily on the low ratings, and for using blogs and unemployed comedy writers as sources.<ref name="ryan">{{cite news|author=Ryan|first=Maureen|date=January 19, 2007|title=Aaron Sorkin speaks about 'Studio 60,' the press and those pesky bloggers|work=Chicago Tribune|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/01/aaron_sorkin_sp.html|url-status=live|access-date=February 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411093119/http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/01/aaron_sorkin_sp.html|archive-date=April 11, 2008}}<!-- Alternate url=http://tempo.typepad.com/entertainment_tv/2007/01/aaron_sorkin_sp.html --></ref> After two months hiatus, ''Studio 60'' resumed airing the last episodes of season one, which would be its only season.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ayers|first=Mike|date=2012-03-21|title=Amanda Peet returns to television|url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/03/21/showbiz/tv/amanda-peet-tv-bent/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308001502/http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/21/showbiz/tv/amanda-peet-tv-bent/index.html|archive-date=March 8, 2016|access-date=2020-09-25|website=CNN}}</ref>

==== ''The Farnsworth Invention'' ====
As early as 2003, Sorkin was writing a [[spec script]] about inventor [[Philo Farnsworth]]; he was approached by producer [[Fred Zollo]] in the 1990s about adapting Elma Farnsworth's memoir into a [[biographical film]].<ref name="FarnsworthAndBio" /><ref>{{cite news|author=Archerd|first=Army|date=October 29, 2003|title=Inside 'The Alamo'|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/columns/inside-the-alamo-1117894813/|access-date=January 23, 2007}}</ref> The following year, he completed the film screenplay, ''[[The Farnsworth Invention]]'', which was acquired by [[New Line Cinema]] with Schlamme as director. The story is about the [[patent]] battle between Farnsworth and [[RCA]] tycoon [[David Sarnoff]] for the technology that allowed the first television transmissions in the United States.<ref name="NewLine-press">{{cite press release|title=New Line Cinema acquires Aaron Sorkin's The Farnsworth Invention, taps Thomas Schlamme to direct|date=April 28, 2004|publisher=[[New Line Cinema]]|url=http://www.newline.com/press/2004/0428_farnsworth.shtml|access-date=January 21, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070117144245/http://www.newline.com/press/2004/0428_farnsworth.shtml|archive-date=January 17, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> No additional details were released about the film. Shortly, Sorkin was contacted by Jocelyn Clarke of the [[Abbey Theatre]] in [[Dublin]], requesting he write a play for them, a commission which he accepted.<ref name="PlayCommission2003">{{cite news|author=Fricker|first=Karen|date=February 5, 2006|title='Farnsworth' fumble: Abbey drops ball on Sorkin commission|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/2006/legit/news/farnsworth-fumble-1117937383/|access-date=September 26, 2008}}</ref> Sorkin decided to rewrite ''The Farnsworth Invention'' as a play.<ref name="FarnsworthAndBio" /><ref name="PlayCommission2003" /> He delivered a first draft of the play to the Abbey Theatre in early 2005, and a production was planned for 2007 with [[La Jolla Playhouse]] deciding to stage a workshop production of the play in collaboration with the Abbey Theatre. In 2006, Abbey Theatre's new management quit involvement with ''The Farnsworth Invention''.<ref name="PlayCommission2003" /> Despite this, La Jolla Playhouse carried on with [[Steven Spielberg]] serving as a producer.<ref>{{cite news|author=Carter|first=Bill|date=September 11, 2006|title='West Wing' to West Coast: TV's Auteur Portrays TV|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/11/arts/television/11sork.html|url-status=live|access-date=February 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925220425/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/11/arts/television/11sork.html|archive-date=September 25, 2020|quote=Mr. Sorkin's new play, "The Farnsworth Invention," based on the struggle of Philo T. Farnsworth to win recognition for his invention—television again—will begin rehearsals at the La Jolla Playhouse. Steven Spielberg is making his theatrical producing debut.}}</ref> The production opened under La Jolla's signature [[La Jolla Playhouse#Page To Stage|Page To Stage]] program which allowed Sorkin and director [[Des McAnuff]] to develop the play from show-to-show according to audience reactions and feedback; the play ran from February 20, 2007, through March 25, 2007.<ref name="LaJolla">{{cite news|author=BWW News Desk|date=December 15, 2006|title=Sorkin and McAnuff Collaborate on LaJolla's 'Invention'|publisher=BroadwayWorld.com|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Sorkin_and_McAnuff_Collaborate_on_LaJollas_Invention_20061215|access-date=January 2, 2007|archive-date=January 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111130242/http://broadwayworld.com/article/Sorkin_and_McAnuff_Collaborate_on_LaJollas_Invention_20061215|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=BWW News Desk|date=July 25, 2007|title=Azaria & Simpson Set for Farnsworth Invention; Opens 11/14|publisher=BroadwayWorld.com|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Azaria_Simpson_Set_for_Farnsworth_Invention_Opens_1114_20070725|access-date=October 24, 2008|archive-date=January 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111130051/http://broadwayworld.com/article/Azaria_Simpson_Set_for_Farnsworth_Invention_Opens_1114_20070725|url-status=live}}</ref> A Broadway production followed soon after, beginning in [[Preview (theatre)|previews]], and opening on November 14, 2007; however, the play was delayed by the [[2007 Broadway stagehand strike]].<ref name="Back-to-Broadway">{{cite web|date=June 21, 2007|title=Aaron Sorkin's Farnsworth Invention to Open on Broadway in November|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/109037.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626121651/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/109037.html|archive-date=June 26, 2007|access-date=June 22, 2007|work=Playbill}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Cox|first=Gordon|date=November 10, 2007|title='Invention' sparks reinvention: Sorkin's former movie pitch hits Broadway|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/2007/legit/news/invention-sparks-reinvention-1117975689/|url-status=live|access-date=November 10, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211220948/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117975689.html?categoryid=2524&cs=1|archive-date=December 11, 2007}}</ref> ''The Farnsworth Invention'' eventually opened at the Music Box Theatre on December 3, 2007, and closed on March 2, 2008.<ref>{{cite news|author=Gans|first=Andrew|date=November 28, 2007|title=It's Over! Labor Dispute Resolved as Stagehands Strike Ends|work=Playbill|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/113114.html|url-status=dead|access-date=September 25, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071130060249/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/113114.html|archive-date=November 30, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Gans|first1=Andrew|last2=Hernandez|first2=Ernio|date=March 2, 2008|title=Farnsworth Invention Ends Broadway Run March&nbsp;2|work=Playbill|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/115494.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114040339/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/115494.html|archive-date=January 14, 2009}}</ref>

=== 2007–2015: Return to film and ''The Newsroom'' ===
[[File:Aaron Sorkin.jpg|thumb|Sorkin interviewed [[William Goldman]] at the Screenwriting Expo, 2008|alt=|left]]
In 2007, Sorkin was commissioned by [[Universal Pictures]] to adapt [[George Crile III|George Crile's]] non-fiction book ''[[Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History|Charlie Wilson's War]]'' for [[Tom Hanks]]' production company [[Playtone]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Fleming|first=Michael|date=June 17, 2004|title=Sorkin goes from White House to front line: Playtone partners Hanks, Goetzman to produce 'War'|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/markets-festivals/sorkin-goes-from-white-house-to-front-line-1117906666/|access-date=January 23, 2007}}</ref> The biographical comedy, ''[[Charlie Wilson's War (film)|Charlie Wilson's War]],'' is about the colorful Texas congressman [[Charlie Wilson (Texas politician)|Charlie Wilson]] who funded the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]'s secret war against the former [[Soviet Union]] in Afghanistan.<ref>{{cite news|author=Fleming|first=Michael|date=July 20, 2003|title=Playtone goes to 'War' with U: Hanks to play former Texas congressman Wilson|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/markets-festivals/playtone-goes-to-war-with-u-1117889616/|access-date=January 23, 2007}}</ref> Directed by [[Mike Nichols]], and written by Sorkin, the film was released in 2007 and starred Tom Hanks, [[Julia Roberts]] and [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]].<ref name="HR-Grove">{{cite news|author=Martin A.|first=Grove|date=January 12, 2007|title=Holiday weekends will drive 2007 boxoffice|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/holiday-weekends-will-drive-2007-127888|url-status=live|access-date=January 23, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105112958/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/holiday-weekends-will-drive-2007-127888|archive-date=November 5, 2013}}</ref> The film earned five nominations at the Golden Globes, including [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] for Sorkin.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Winners & Nominees 2008|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/2008/all|access-date=2020-10-26|website=www.goldenglobes.com|language=en|archive-date=May 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518194825/https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/2008/all|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In August 2008, Sorkin announced that he had agreed to write a script for [[Sony Pictures]] and producer [[Scott Rudin]] about the beginnings of [[Facebook]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Guynn|first=Jessica|date=August 28, 2008|title=Coming soon: 'Facebook: The Movie'?|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-techblog28-2008aug28,0,4670260.story|url-status=live|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020053604/http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-techblog28-2008aug28,0,4670260.story|archive-date=October 20, 2008}}</ref> [[David Fincher]]'s ''[[The Social Network]]'', based on [[Ben Mezrich]]'s non fiction book ''[[The Accidental Billionaires]]'', was released on October 1, 2010. It was a critical and commercial success; Sorkin won an [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Academy Award]], [[BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|BAFTA]] and a Golden Globe for the screenplay.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=The 83rd Academy Awards {{!}} 2011|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2011|access-date=2020-09-24|website=Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=October 7, 2014 |language=en|archive-date=March 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318133653/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=2011 Film Adapted Screenplay {{!}} BAFTA Awards|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2011/film/adapted-screenplay|access-date=2020-09-24|website=awards.bafta.org|archive-date=March 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325044248/http://awards.bafta.org/award/2011/film/adapted-screenplay|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Aaron Sorkin|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/aaron-sorkin|access-date=2020-09-24|website=www.goldenglobes.com|language=en|archive-date=March 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328051741/https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/aaron-sorkin|url-status=live}}</ref>

A year later, Sorkin received nominations in the same award categories for co-writing ''[[Moneyball (film)|Moneyball]]''.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=The 84th Academy Awards {{!}} 2012|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2012|access-date=2020-09-24|website=Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=October 7, 2014 |language=en|archive-date=April 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417095424/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=2012 Film Adapted Screenplay {{!}} BAFTA Awards|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2012/film/adapted-screenplay|access-date=2020-09-24|website=awards.bafta.org|archive-date=March 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324214421/http://awards.bafta.org/award/2012/film/adapted-screenplay|url-status=live}}</ref> It is based on [[Michael Lewis (author)|Michael Lewis]]'s 2003 non-fiction [[Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game|book of the same name]], an account of the [[Oakland Athletics]] [[baseball]] team's [[2002 Oakland Athletics season|2002 season]] and their general manager [[Billy Beane]]'s attempts to assemble a competitive team. The film was directed by [[Bennett Miller]], and starred [[Brad Pitt]], [[Jonah Hill]], and [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]]. Peter Travers of ''Rolling Stone'' called the script "dynamite", in which Sorkin's "sharply witty touch is everywhere".<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Travers|first=Peter|date=2011-09-22|title=Moneyball|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/moneyball-118741/|access-date=2020-10-26|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2011, Sorkin played himself on the series ''[[30 Rock]],'' episode "[[Plan B (30 Rock)|Plan B]]", where he did a "walk and talk" with [[Liz Lemon]] played by [[Tina Fey]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Forcella|first=Dan|date=2011-03-18|title=30 Rock Review: "Queen of Jordan"|url=https://www.tvfanatic.com/2011/03/30-rock-review-queen-of-jordan/|access-date=2020-09-25|website=TV Fanatic|language=en|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220053/http://www.tvfanatic.com/2011/03/30-rock-review-queen-of-jordan/|url-status=live}}</ref> While still working on the screenplay for ''The Social Network'', Sorkin was contemplating a television drama about the behind-the-scenes events at a [[United States cable news|cable news]] program.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Rice|first=Lynette|date=April 10, 2009|title=Aaron Sorkin: Come back to TV!|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/04/10/sure-well-watch/|access-date=December 22, 2011|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|archive-date=December 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111207081447/http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/04/10/sure-well-watch/|url-status=live}}</ref> Talks had been ongoing between Sorkin and [[HBO]] since 2010.<ref>{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=January 23, 2011|title=Aaron Sorkin's Cable News Network Project Awaits Greenlight At HBO|url=https://deadline.com/2011/01/aaron-sorkins-cable-news-network-project-awaits-green-light-at-hbo-99508/|access-date=December 23, 2011|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|archive-date=October 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025142957/http://www.deadline.com/2011/01/aaron-sorkins-cable-news-network-project-awaits-green-light-at-hbo/|url-status=live}}</ref> To research the news industry, Sorkin observed the production crew at [[MSNBC]]'s ''[[Countdown with Keith Olbermann]]'', and quizzed ''[[Parker Spitzer]]''{{'}}s staff.<ref>{{cite web|last=Weprin|first=Alex|date=January 24, 2011|title=Aaron Sorkin's Next TV Show Tackling Cable News|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/aaron-sorkins-next-tv-show-tackling-cable-news_b49637#more-49637|access-date=December 22, 2011|publisher=TV Newser|archive-date=January 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108133335/http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/aaron-sorkins-next-tv-show-tackling-cable-news_b49637#more-49637|url-status=live}}</ref> He also spent time shadowing ''[[Hardball with Chris Matthews]],'' as well as other programs on [[Fox News]] and [[CNN]].<ref name="dl1">{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=January 28, 2011|title=Aaron Sorkin's Cable News Drama Is A Go At HBO With Pilot Order, Scott Rudin Producing|url=https://deadline.com/2011/01/aaron-sorkins-cable-news-drama-is-a-go-at-hbo-with-pilot-order-101355/|access-date=December 22, 2011|website=Deadline Hollywood|archive-date=January 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105193436/http://www.deadline.com/2011/01/aaron-sorkins-cable-news-drama-is-a-go-at-hbo-with-pilot-order/|url-status=live}}</ref> Sorkin told ''[[TV Guide]]'' that he intended to take a less cynical view of the media: "They're going to be trying to do well in a context where it's very difficult to do well when there are commercial concerns and political concerns and corporate concerns."<ref>{{cite web|last=Huver|first=Scott|date=February 1, 2011|title=Aaron Sorkin Teases Details on His New HBO Pilot|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Aaron-Sorkin-Teases-1028756.aspx|access-date=December 22, 2011|work=TV Guide|archive-date=January 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109141217/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Aaron-Sorkin-Teases-1028756.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Sorkin decided that rather than have his characters react to fictional news events as on his earlier series, it would be set in the recent past and track real-world stories largely as they unfolded, to give a greater sense of realism.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sepinwall|first=Alan|date=June 19, 2012|title=''The Newsroom'' creator Aaron Sorkin on Keith Olbermann and his return to TV|url=http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/the-newsroom-creator-aaron-sorkin-on-keith-olbermann-and-his-return-to-tv|access-date=July 11, 2012|publisher=[[HitFix]]|archive-date=July 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711041237/http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/the-newsroom-creator-aaron-sorkin-on-keith-olbermann-and-his-return-to-tv|url-status=live}}</ref>{{quote box
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}}HBO ordered a pilot episode in January 2011 with the working title ''More as This Story Develops,'' with Scott Rudin serving as an executive producer.<ref name="dl1" /> In September, HBO ordered a 10-episode series of ''[[The Newsroom (American TV series)|The Newsroom]]'' with a premiere date of June 2012.<ref name="ordered">{{cite magazine|last=Hibberd|first=James|date=September 8, 2011|title=Aaron Sorkin's HBO cable news drama ordered to series|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/09/08/aaron-sorkin-cable-news-drama/|access-date=December 22, 2011|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|archive-date=December 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209054830/http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/09/08/aaron-sorkin-cable-news-drama/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Zakarin|first=Jordan|date=September 8, 2011|title=Aaron Sorkin HBO Cable News Pilot Ordered To Series|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/08/aaron-sorkin-hbo-cable-news-pilot_n_954209.html|access-date=December 22, 2011|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|archive-date=December 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222121507/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/08/aaron-sorkin-hbo-cable-news-pilot_n_954209.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ewfonda">{{cite magazine|last=Hibberd|first=James|date=December 14, 2011|title=Jane Fonda joins Aaron Sorkin's HBO drama|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/12/14/jane-fonda-aaron-sorkins-hbo-cable-news-drama/|access-date=December 27, 2011|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|archive-date=January 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106042446/http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/12/14/jane-fonda-aaron-sorkins-hbo-cable-news-drama/|url-status=live}}</ref> A day after the second episode aired, HBO renewed the series for a second season.<ref name="renew">{{cite magazine|last=Rice|first=Lynette|date=July 2, 2012|title=Breaking: HBO renews 'Newsroom,' 'True Blood'|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/07/02/breaking-hbo-renews-newsroom-true-blood/|access-date=July 2, 2012|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|archive-date=July 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703210816/http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/07/02/breaking-hbo-renews-newsroom-true-blood/|url-status=live}}</ref> Sorkin said ''The Newsroom'' "is meant to be an idealistic, romantic, swashbuckling, sometimes comedic but very optimistic, upward-looking look at a group of people who are often looked at cynically. The same as with ''The West Wing'', where ordinarily in popular culture our leaders are portrayed either as Machiavellian or dumb; I wanted to do something different and show a highly competent group of people."<ref name="THR">{{cite web|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|date=June 21, 2012|title=''The Newsroom''{{'}}s' Aaron Sorkin on Idealism, Keith Olbermann and His Private Screening for the Media Elite|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/newsroom-aaron-sorkin-jeff-daniels-hbo-340523|access-date=September 6, 2012|work=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-date=September 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925124848/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/newsroom-aaron-sorkin-jeff-daniels-hbo-340523|url-status=live}}</ref> The series concluded after its third season.

In 2015, [[Danny Boyle]]'s biographical drama ''[[Steve Jobs (film)|Steve Jobs]]'' was released. The screenplay by Sorkin was based on [[Walter Isaacson]]'s biography of [[Steve Jobs]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Kit |first=Borys |title=Aaron Sorkin to Write 'Steve Jobs' Movie for Sony |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=May 15, 2012 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/aaron-sorkin-steve-jobs-sony-324794 |access-date=May 20, 2012 |archive-date=May 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520055955/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/aaron-sorkin-steve-jobs-sony-324794 |url-status=live }}</ref> and starred [[Michael Fassbender]] as Jobs, [[Kate Winslet]] as [[Joanna Hoffman]], [[Jeff Daniels]] as [[John Sculley]], and [[Seth Rogen]] as [[Steve Wozniak]].  Sorkin expressed hesitation for tackling the film, saying "it was a little like writing about the Beatles—that there are so many people out there who know so much about him [Jobs] and who revere him that I just saw a minefield of disappointment.  [...] Hopefully, when I'm done with my research, I'll be in the same ball park of knowledge about Steve Jobs".<ref>{{cite web|author=WSJDigitalNetwork|date=May 30, 2012|title=Aaron Sorkin Talks Steve Jobs Movie, His Digital Life and His New Show "The Newsroom"|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN0yzItFWhU|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110012851/http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&client=mv-google&gl=US&v=kN0yzItFWhU&feature=relmfu&rl=yes|archive-date=January 10, 2013|access-date=July 15, 2013|work=YouTube|publisher=Google, Inc|format=Video upload}}</ref> He won a Golden Globe Award for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]],<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Golden Globes 2016 winners list: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant, Brie Larson & more|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/10/golden-globes-2016-winners-list|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=January 11, 2016|archive-date=January 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111100731/http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/10/golden-globes-2016-winners-list|url-status=live}}</ref> although some journalists were surprised that he did not receive an Academy Award nomination in the same category.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.vox.com/2016/1/14/10771602/oscar-nominations-2016-snubs|title= Oscar nominations 2016: the 7 most surprising snubs of this year's awards|website= [[Vox (website)|Vox]]|date= January 14, 2016|access-date= August 5, 2020|archive-date= March 19, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170319104802/http://www.vox.com/2016/1/14/10771602/oscar-nominations-2016-snubs|url-status= live}}</ref>

=== 2016–present: Film directing debut and Broadway work ===
==== ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' ====
In February 2016, it was announced that Sorkin would adapt [[Harper Lee]]'s ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' for the stage, reuniting with [[Jeff Daniels]], who would portray [[Atticus Finch]]. This would be Sorkin's first collaboration with director [[Bartlett Sher]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 12, 2016|title=Aaron Sorkin and Bartlett Sher Adapt 'To Kill a Mockingbird' to the Stage|url=http://www.classicalite.com/articles/37488/20160212/aaron-sorkin-bartlett-sher-adapt-kill-mockingbird-stage.htm|access-date=February 23, 2016|website=Classicalite|archive-date=February 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214061016/http://www.classicalite.com/articles/37488/20160212/aaron-sorkin-bartlett-sher-adapt-kill-mockingbird-stage.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> His [[To Kill a Mockingbird (2018 play)|Broadway adaptation]] opened on December 13, 2018, to positive reviews at the [[Shubert Theatre (New York City)|Shubert Theatre]].<ref>To Kill A Mockingbird. ''[http://www.playbill.com/production/to-kill-a-mockingbird-2018-2019 Playbill] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701164933/http://www.playbill.com/production/to-kill-a-mockingbird-2018-2019|date=July 1, 2018}}'', July 1, 2018</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=McPhee|first=Ryan|date=December 13, 2018|title=Read the Reviews for Broadway's 'To Kill a Mockingbird'|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/read-the-reviews-for-broadways-to-kill-a-mockingbird|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215091441/http://www.playbill.com/article/read-the-reviews-for-broadways-to-kill-a-mockingbird|archive-date=December 15, 2018|access-date=December 15, 2018|website=Playbill}}</ref> The play received nine [[Tony Award]] nominations, although notably not for [[Tony Award for Best Play|Best Play]]. Despite initial legal disputes with the [[Harper Lee]] estate and controversy regarding actions by producer [[Scott Rudin]], the play was a financial success where it transferred to the [[West End (theatre)|West End]] and embarked on a national tour. The play returned to Broadway following the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], with Daniels returning to the role.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

==== Work as film director ====
Next, Sorkin made his directorial debut with ''[[Molly's Game]]'', an adaptation of entrepreneur [[Molly Bloom (author)|Molly Bloom]]'s memoir. He also wrote the script for the film, which starred [[Jessica Chastain]] and [[Idris Elba]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|title=Aaron Sorkin to Make Directorial Debut With Underground Poker Drama 'Molly's Game'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/aaron-sorkin-make-directorial-debut-853102|access-date=January 8, 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 7, 2016|archive-date=January 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110165254/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/aaron-sorkin-make-directorial-debut-853102|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/idris-elba-mollys-game-aaron-sorkin-movie-jessica-chastain-1201750993/|title=Idris Elba Just Upped Ante Of Aaron Sorkin's 'Molly's Game' Ahead Of Cannes|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=May 6, 2016|access-date=November 10, 2016|archive-date=November 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111061215/http://deadline.com/2016/05/idris-elba-mollys-game-aaron-sorkin-movie-jessica-chastain-1201750993/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/idris-elba-aaron-sorkin-mollys-game-1201760301/|title=Idris Elba in Talks to Join Jessica Chastain in Aaron Sorkin's 'Molly's Game' (EXCLUSIVE)|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Justin|last=Kroll|date=May 6, 2016|access-date=November 10, 2016|archive-date=November 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110235503/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/idris-elba-aaron-sorkin-mollys-game-1201760301/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/cannes-aaron-sorkins-mollys-game-nears-9-million-deal-with-stx-1201773855/|title=Cannes: Aaron Sorkin's 'Molly's Game' Nears $9 Million Deal With STX|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Ramin|last=Seetoodeh|date=May 13, 2016|access-date=November 9, 2016|archive-date=November 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111060811/http://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/cannes-aaron-sorkins-mollys-game-nears-9-million-deal-with-stx-1201773855/|url-status=live}}</ref> Production began in 2016 and the film was released in December 2017 to mostly positive reviews; Sorkin received his third Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.<ref>{{cite web|date=November 9, 2016|title=Principal photography begins on Aaron Sorkin's Molly's Game starring Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba|url=http://entertainmentone.com/about-eone/news-events/principal-photography-begins-on-aaron-sorkin's-mol|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127191555/http://entertainmentone.com/about-eone/news-events/principal-photography-begins-on-aaron-sorkin%E2%80%99s-mol|archive-date=November 27, 2016|access-date=November 9, 2016|website=[[Entertainment One]]|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=The 90th Academy Awards {{!}} 2018|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2018|access-date=2020-09-24|website=Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|language=en|archive-date=March 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310211235/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2018|url-status=live}}</ref> On review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Molly's Game'' garnered an approval rating of 81% based on 297 reviews, with an average rating of 7.07/10.<ref>{{Citation|title=Molly's Game (2018)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mollys_game_2017|work=Rotten Tomatoes|language=en|access-date=2020-09-25|archive-date=January 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111034932/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mollys_game_2017/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Sorkin told ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' in July 2020 that Steven Spielberg offered him a job in 2006 about "a movie about the [[1968 Democratic National Convention protest activity|riots at the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention]] and [[Chicago Seven|the trial that followed]]".<ref name="stillproducer">{{cite web|last=Ansen|first=David|date=July 22, 2020|title=First Look at Aaron Sorkin's The Trial of the Chicago 7|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/07/first-look-at-aaron-sorkins-the-trial-of-the-chicago-7|access-date=August 8, 2020|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|archive-date=August 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803120208/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/07/first-look-at-aaron-sorkins-the-trial-of-the-chicago-7|url-status=live}}</ref> However, after meeting at Spielberg's home, Sorkin said, "I left not knowing what the hell he was talking about."<ref name="stillproducer" /> On July 12, 2007, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' magazine reported that Sorkin had signed a deal with [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]] to write three scripts. The first was ''[[The Trial of the Chicago 7]]'', which Sorkin was already developing with Spielberg, [[Walter Parkes]] and [[Laurie MacDonald]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sorkin on 'Trial' at DreamWorks: Duo to team on possible Spielberg project |author1=Michael Fleming |author2=Pamela McClintock |date=July 12, 2007 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/features/sorkin-on-trial-at-dreamworks-2-1117968411/ |access-date=September 26, 2008}}</ref> In March 2010, Sorkin's agent, [[Ari Emanuel]], had stated that the project was proving "tough to get together".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/organgrinder/2011/mar/16/natalie-portman-actor-fee | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Dan | last=Sabbagh | title=Natalie Portman sparks Hollywood battle | date=March 17, 2011 | access-date=December 10, 2016 | archive-date=February 2, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202052706/https://www.theguardian.com/business/organgrinder/2011/mar/16/natalie-portman-actor-fee | url-status=live }}</ref> In late July 2013, it was announced that [[Paul Greengrass]] would be directing,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/paul-greengrass-talks-aaron-sorkin-590983|title=Paul Greengrass in Talks for Aaron Sorkin-Penned 'The Trial of the Chicago 7'|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 23, 2013|first=Rebecca|last=Ford|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=July 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725053759/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/paul-greengrass-talks-aaron-sorkin-590983|url-status=live}}</ref> but Sorkin eventually both wrote and directed the film.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Justin|last=Kroll|title=Aaron Sorkin to Direct 'Trial of the Chicago 7' With Sacha Baron Cohen in Talks to Star|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/aaron-sorkin-trial-of-the-chicago-7-sacha-baron-cohen-1202986773/|date=26 October 2018|website=Variety|access-date=13 August 2019|archive-date=August 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814045816/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/aaron-sorkin-trial-of-the-chicago-7-sacha-baron-cohen-1202986773/|url-status=live}}</ref> Focusing on the [[Chicago Seven]] (and [[Bobby Seale]]), the film began a [[Limited theatrical release|limited release]] on September 25, 2020, before streaming on [[Netflix]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Beresford|first=Trilby|date=2020-05-01|title=Latest 'Transformers' Lands 2022 Release Date {{!}} Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/transformers-trial-chicago-7-get-release-dates-1292974#:~:text=The%20latest%20installment%20in%20the,release%20on%20June%2024,%202022.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910153335/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/transformers-trial-chicago-7-get-release-dates-1292974#:~:text=The%20latest%20installment%20in%20the,release%20on%20June%2024,%202022.|archive-date=September 10, 2020|access-date=2020-09-25|website=www.hollywoodreporter.com}}</ref> At the [[78th Golden Globe Awards|78th Golden Globes]], Sorkin won Best Screenplay, and was nominated for Best Director.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-02-28|title=Golden Globes 2021: The winners and nominees in full|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55916768|access-date=2021-03-17}}</ref>

In September 2015, ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' reported that Sorkin was writing a [[biopic]] that would focus on the twenty-year marriage of [[Lucille Ball]] and [[Desi Arnaz]], and their work on a comedy series, ''[[I Love Lucy]]''. [[Cate Blanchett]] was originally to star as Ball.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Robinson|first1=Will|date=2015-09-02|title=Cate Blanchett to star in Lucille Ball biopic written by Aaron Sorkin|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/02/cate-blanchett-lucille-ball-biopic-aaron-sorkin|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905004354/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/02/cate-blanchett-lucille-ball-biopic-aaron-sorkin|archive-date=September 5, 2015|access-date=September 6, 2015|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> In 2017, [[Amazon Studios]] acquired the rights to the film.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=7 August 2017|title=Amazon Studios Boards Lucy And Desi: Aaron Sorkin Scripting, Cate Blanchett To Play Lucille Ball|website=Deadline Hollywood|url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/lucille-ball-cate-blanchett-desi-arnaz-movie-aaron-sorkin-amazon-studios-1202143942/|url-status=live|access-date=7 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807200754/http://deadline.com/2017/08/lucille-ball-cate-blanchett-desi-arnaz-movie-aaron-sorkin-amazon-studios-1202143942/|archive-date=August 7, 2017}}</ref> In January 2021, it was announced that Blanchett had been replaced by [[Nicole Kidman]], and [[Javier Bardem]] had been cast as Desi Arnaz. Titled ''[[Being the Ricardos]]'' (2021), it was directed by Sorkin and received a limited theatrical release on December 10, 2021, before streaming on [[Amazon Prime Video|Prime Video]] on December 21.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lenker|first=Maureen Lee|date=2021-10-19|title=Aaron Sorkin shows a new side of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in 'Being the Ricardos' teaser|url=https://ew.com/movies/being-the-ricardos-teaser-trailer-aaron-sorkin-interview/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-08|website=EW.com|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019131102/https://ew.com/movies/being-the-ricardos-teaser-trailer-aaron-sorkin-interview/ |archive-date=October 19, 2021 }}</ref> Paul Byrnes of ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' praised the film's dialogue,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Byrnes|first=Paul|date=2021-12-13|title=Being the Ricardos is near flawless - and Nicole Kidman is magnificent|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/being-the-ricardos-is-near-flawless-and-nicole-kidman-is-magnificent-20211210-p59gnk.html|access-date=2022-01-08|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref> while the critic from ''[[The Irish Times]]'' opined that the film lacked "spark or insight".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Brady|first=Tara|title=Being the Ricardos: A sticky situation but not much comedy|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/being-the-ricardos-a-sticky-situation-but-not-much-comedy-1.4752275|access-date=2022-01-08|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref>

==== ''Camelot'' ====
It was announced that Sorkin would be reuniting with director [[Bartlett Sher]] to write a revised book for the Broadway revival of the [[Lerner and Loewe]] musical ''[[Camelot (musical)|Camelot]]'' starring [[Phillipa Soo]] and [[Andrew Burnap]]. The production was set to begin at [[Lincoln Center]]'s [[Vivian Beaumont Theater]] on November 3, 2022,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/legit/news/aaron-sorkin-camelot-revival-broadway-1235217074/|title= Aaron Sorkin, Bartlett Sher Team for 'Camelot' Revival|website= Variety|date= March 28, 2022|accessdate=April 3, 2022}}</ref> but was moved back to April 13, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aaron Sorkin 'Camelot' Postpones Broadway Opening Until Spring 2023|url=https://deadline.com/2022/06/aaron-sorkin-camelot-broadway-postponed-spring-2023-1235054110/|date=June 29, 2022|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=October 1, 2022}}</ref>

==Prospective projects==
In March 2007, it was reported that Sorkin had signed on to write a musical adaptation of the hit 2002 record ''[[Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots]]'' by psychedelic-rock band [[The Flaming Lips]], collaborating with director [[Des McAnuff]] who had been developing the project.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Endelman|first=Michael|date=March 20, 2007|title=Sorkin Will Script Flaming Lips Musical|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|url=https://ew.com/article/2007/03/25/aaron-sorkin-will-write-flaming-lips-musical/|url-status=live|access-date=June 9, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611102419/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C20015535%2C00.html|archive-date=June 11, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Cox|first=Gordon|date=August 13, 2006|title=McAnuff tries northern exposure: After B'way boom, helmer sets sights on Shakespeare|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/2006/legit/news/mcanuff-tries-northern-exposure-1200342151/|url-status=live|access-date=September 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204235344/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117948337.html|archive-date=December 4, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Cox|first=Gordon|date=June 24, 2007|title=Sorkin eyes Lips show: Writer mulls 'Yoshimi' musical|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/2007/biz/news/sorkin-eyes-lips-show-1117961571/|access-date=September 26, 2008}}</ref> In August 2008, McAnuff announced that Sorkin had been commissioned by the [[Stratford Shakespeare Festival]] to write an adaptation of [[Anton Chekhov|Chekhov's]] ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]''.<ref name="The_Toronto_Star">{{cite news|author=Ouzounian|first=Richard|date=August 19, 2008|title=Top talent in place at Stratford for 2009|work=Toronto Star|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/480906|url-status=live|access-date=September 25, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904065524/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/480906|archive-date=September 4, 2008}}</ref> In 2010, Sorkin reportedly obtained the film rights to Andrew Young's book ''The Politician'' (about Senator [[John Edwards]]), and announced that he would make his debut as a film director while adapting the book for the screen.<ref>{{cite news|last=Marino|first=Mark|date=July 16, 2010|title='West Wing' creator takes on John Edwards|publisher=CNN|url=http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/16/west-wing-creator-takes-on-john-edwards|url-status=dead|access-date=December 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723180906/http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/16/west-wing-creator-takes-on-john-edwards/|archive-date=July 23, 2010}}</ref>

In November 2010, it was reported that Sorkin will write a musical based on the life of [[Harry Houdini|Houdini]], with music by [[Danny Elfman]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Vozick-Levinson |first=Simon |title=Aaron Sorkin writing Hugh Jackman's Houdini musical: Composer Danny Elfman has 'high hopes' |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=November 2, 2010 |url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/11/02/hugh-jackman-houdini-musical/ |access-date=December 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205014923/http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/11/02/hugh-jackman-houdini-musical/ |archive-date=December 5, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In January 2012, [[Stephen Schwartz (composer)|Stephen Schwartz]] was reported to be writing the music and lyrics, with Sorkin making his debut as a [[Libretto|librettist]]. The musical was expected for release in 2013–14; Sorkin said: "The chance to collaborate with Stephen Schwartz [the director], [[Jack O'Brien (director)|Jack O'Brien]], and [[Hugh Jackman]] on a new Broadway musical is a huge gift."<ref>{{cite web|last=Potts|first=Kimberly|date=2012-01-04|title=Hugh Jackman, Aaron Sorkin Teaming for 'Houdini' Musical|url=https://www.thewrap.com/media/article/hugh-jackman-aaron-sorkin-teaming-houdini-musical-34065|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626055542/http://www.thewrap.com/media/article/hugh-jackman-aaron-sorkin-teaming-houdini-musical-34065|archive-date=June 26, 2012|access-date=June 2, 2012|website=The Wrap Media}}</ref> In January 2013, he quit the project, citing film and television commitments.<ref>{{cite news |last=Couch |first=Aaron |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/aaron-sorkin-exits-broadway-musical-416978 |title=Aaron Sorkin Exits Broadway Musical About Houdini |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 30, 2013 |access-date=April 17, 2020 |archive-date=July 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725053834/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/aaron-sorkin-exits-broadway-musical-416978 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In March 2016, it was announced that Sorkin would adapt ''A Few Good Men'' for a live production on NBC, originally slated to air in 2017;<ref>{{cite web|last=Kissell|first=Rick|date=2016-03-30|title=NBC Sets Live Production of Aaron Sorkin's 'A Few Good Men' for 2017|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/nbc-live-production-of-aaron-sorkin-a-few-good-men-1201742121/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602175829/http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/nbc-live-production-of-aaron-sorkin-a-few-good-men-1201742121/|archive-date=June 2, 2016|access-date=June 10, 2016}}</ref> {{as of|2017|11|lc=y}}, "Sorkin is still mulling the project".<ref>{{cite web|last=Rose|first=Lacey|date=2017-11-19|title=Aaron Sorkin Goes Off Script: Fears, the Critics and His Private Battles Behind 'Molly's Game'|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/aaron-sorkin-goes-script-fears-critics-his-private-battles-behind-mollys-game-1062019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127022607/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/aaron-sorkin-goes-script-fears-critics-his-private-battles-behind-mollys-game-1062019|archive-date=November 27, 2018|access-date=November 26, 2018}}</ref>

==Writing process and style==
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}}Sorkin has written for the theater, film, and television, and in each medium his level of collaboration with other creators has varied. He began in theater, which involved a largely solitary writing process, then moved into film, where he collaborated with director Rob Reiner and screenwriter William Goldman, and eventually worked in television, where he collaborated very closely with director [[Thomas Schlamme]] for nearly a decade on the shows ''Sports Night'', ''The West Wing'' and ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip''; he now moves between all three media. He had a habit of [[chain smoking]] while he spent long hours plotting out scripts in his office, though he quit smoking after having a stroke in 2022.<ref name="USWeekly-Jones" /><ref name = White>{{cite news|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/aaron-sorkin-stroke-recovery-1235358353/|title = Aaron Sorkin Reveals He Had a Stroke Last November: "A Loud Wake-Up Call"|newspaper = [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date = March 22, 2023|accessdate = March 22, 2023|last = White|first = Abbey}}</ref> He describes his writing process as physical because he will often stand up and speak the dialogue he is developing.<ref name="ryan" /> 
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A ''New York Times'' article by [[Peter de Jonge]] explained that "''The West Wing'' is never plotted out for more than a few weeks ahead and has no major story lines", which De Jonge believed was because "with characters who have no flaws, it is impossible to give them significant arcs".<ref name="DeJonge-interview" /> Sorkin has stated: "I seldom plan ahead, not because I don't think it's good to plan ahead, there just isn't time."<ref name="WGA_East">{{cite web |title=Interview with Aaron Sorkin |publisher=The Writers Guild of America, East, Inc. |access-date=January 10, 2007 |page=6 |work=On Writing Magazine, Issue 18|date=February 2003 |url=http://www.wgaeast.org/newsletter_and_publications/pdf/onwriting18.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070128072902/http://www.wgaeast.org/newsletter_and_publications/pdf/onwriting18.pdf
| archive-date = January 28, 2007 }}</ref> Sorkin has also said, "As a writer, I don't like to answer questions until the very moment that I have to." The ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]''{{'s}} TV critic John Levesque has commented that Sorkin's writing process "can make for ill-advised plot developments".<ref name="SeattlePI" /> Further complicating the matter, in television, Sorkin will have a hand in writing every episode, rarely letting other writers earn full credit on a script.<ref name="DeJonge-interview" /> De Jonge reported that ex-writers of ''The West Wing'' have claimed that "even by the spotlight-hogging standards of Hollywood, Sorkin has been exceptionally ungenerous in his sharing of writing credit".<ref name="DeJonge-interview" /> In a comment to ''[[GQ (magazine)|GQ]]'' magazine in 2008, Sorkin said, "I'm helped by a staff of people who have great ideas, but the scripts aren't written by committee."<ref>{{cite news|author=Rapkin|first=Mickey|date=August 12, 2008|title=Why Does Aaron Sorkin Feel So Guilty?|work=GQ|url=http://men.style.com/gq/blogs/gqeditors/2008/08/why-does-aaron.html|url-status=dead|access-date=September 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913044449/http://men.style.com/gq/blogs/gqeditors/2008/08/why-does-aaron.html|archive-date=September 13, 2008}}</ref>

Sorkin's long-term collaboration with Schlamme began in early 1998 when they found they shared common creative ground on the soon to be produced ''Sports Night''.<ref name="CC-interview"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Thomas Schlamme, Director and Executive Producer, "Sports Night" |author=Elif Cercel |date=November 11, 1999 |work=Directors World |url=http://b4a.healthyinterest.net/news/archives/1999/11/interview_with.html |access-date=January 21, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626105050/http://b4a.healthyinterest.net/news/archives/1999/11/interview_with.html |archive-date=June 26, 2007 |df=mdy }}</ref> Their successful partnership in television is one in which Sorkin focuses on writing the scripts while Schlamme [[Executive producer#Motion pictures and television|executive produces]] and occasionally directs; they have worked together on ''Sports Night'', ''The West Wing'', and ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip''. Schlamme will create the look of the shows, work with the other directors, discuss the scripts with Sorkin as soon as they are turned in, make design and casting decisions, and attend the budget meetings; Sorkin tends to stick strictly to writing.<ref name="CC-interview"/> In response to what he perceived as unfair criticism of ''The Newsroom'', Jacob Drum of ''Digital Americana'' wrote, "The essential truth that the critics miss is that ''The Newsroom'' is Sorkin being Sorkin as he always has been and always will be: one part pioneer; one part self-conscious romantic; two parts actual Lewis & Clark-style pioneer, trapping his way across an old, old idea of an America that can always stand to raise its game—but most importantly, spinning a good yarn while he does so."<ref name="thedigitalamericana">{{cite web|url=http://thedigitalamericana.com/wall/#/aaron-sorkin-modern-tv-an-ode-to-the-american-playwright-kind-of|publisher=thedigitalamericana.com|title=The Digital Americana Wall|access-date=October 16, 2016|archive-date=October 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029170104/http://thedigitalamericana.com/wall/#/aaron-sorkin-modern-tv-an-ode-to-the-american-playwright-kind-of|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{Blockquote|text=For me, the writing experience is very much like a date. It's not unusual that I'm really funny here and really smart here and maybe showing some anger over here so she sees maybe I have this dark side. I want it to have been worth it for everyone to sit through it for however long I ask them to.|author=Sorkin on his writing as characterized by mentor [[William Goldman]]<ref name=SeattlePI/>|title=|source=}}

As a writer, Sorkin is recognized for his trademark fast-paced dialogue and extended monologues, complemented by frequent collaborator [[Thomas Schlamme]]'s storytelling technique called the "[[walk and talk]]". These sequences consist of single [[tracking shot]]s of long duration involving multiple characters engaging in conversation as they move through the set; characters enter and exit the conversation as the shot continues without any cuts. Sorkin is also known for writing memorable lines, such as "You can't handle the truth!" from ''A Few Good Men'' and the partly Latin tirade against God: "You get [[John Hoynes|Hoynes]]!" in ''The West Wing'' episode "[[Two Cathedrals]]".<ref name="DeJonge-interview"/> For television, one [[hallmark]] of Sorkin's [[writer's voice]] is the repartee that his characters engage in as they small talk and banter about whimsical events taking place within an episode, and interject obscure popular culture references into conversation.<ref>{{cite news |title=West Wing votes in new writers |date=July 25, 2003 |work=BBC News Online |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3095619.stm |access-date=January 25, 2007 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061211125311/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3095619.stm| archive-date= December 11, 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref> Although his scripts are lauded for being literate,<ref name="DeJonge-interview" /><ref name="syracuse-interview" /><ref>{{cite news|author=Berardinelli|first=James|year=1993|title=Malice: A Film Review|publisher=Reelviews.net|url=http://www.reelviews.net/movies/m/malice.html|url-status=live|access-date=January 10, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220154644/http://www.reelviews.net/movies/m/malice.html|archive-date=February 20, 2007}}</ref> Sorkin has been criticized for often turning in scripts that are [[supererogation|overwrought]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/studio-60-doesnt-take-comedy-seriously-wbna15640559 |title='Studio 60' doesn't take comedy seriously: Show's flailing by focusing on issues, not craziness of the writers' room |last=Holmes |first=Linda |date=November 26, 2006 |access-date=January 25, 2007 |publisher=mbnbc.com |author-link=Linda Holmes (writer) |archive-date=September 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925220427/https://www.today.com/popculture/studio-60-doesnt-take-comedy-seriously-wbna15640559 |url-status=live }}</ref> His mentor [[William Goldman]] has commented that normally in visual media speeches are avoided, but that Sorkin has a talent for dialogue and gets away with breaking this rule.<ref name="TheAge-Forrest" /> His portrayal of women has been criticized by several commentators, with female characters in his works often subordinate, written to support the main male characters, ditzy and incompetent or ostensibly professional while still being depicted as overly emotional and needing to be rescued by men.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2022-03-31|title=Decoding Aaron Sorkin: A 'competence porn' expert with a possible 'woman problem'|first=Utkarsh |last=Srivastava|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/decoding-aaron-sorkin-a-competence-porn-expert-with-a-possible-woman-problem-4335511.html|date=9 June 2018|website=Firstpost}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=Elahe |last=Izadi |title=Analysis {{!}} Aaron Sorkin, reportedly unaware of Hollywood's diversity problem, had many chances to become aware |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/03/27/aaron-sorkin-reportedly-unaware-of-hollywoods-diversity-problem-had-many-chances-to-become-aware/ |date=2017-03-27 |access-date=2022-03-31 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[Image:Obama Fundraiser @ Fine Arts Theatre.jpg|thumb|Sorkin at a Generation Obama event, following a screening of ''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]]'', 2008.]]
Sorkin married Julia Bingham in 1996 and divorced in 2005, with his workaholic habits and drug abuse reported to be a partial cause.<ref name="Jay Rayner">{{cite news|author=Rayner|first=Jay|date=July 10, 2005|title=Wing and a prayer|work=The Guardian|location=London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/jul/10/theatre.foodanddrink|url-status=live|access-date=February 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829064014/http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/jul/10/theatre.foodanddrink|archive-date=August 29, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Andrew Gumbel">{{cite news|author=Gumbel|first=Andrew|date=October 22, 2005|title=After the West Wing...|work=The Independent|location=London|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/after-the-west-wing-511996.html|url-status=dead|access-date=February 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410185653/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/after-the-west-wing-511996.html|archive-date=April 10, 2009}}</ref> Sorkin and Bingham have one daughter, Roxy.<ref>{{cite web | title=Sources: Kristin Davis Dating Oscar-Winning Writer Aaron Sorkin | url=http://www.eonline.com/news/sources_kristin_davis_dating/318497 | date=May 23, 2012 | first1=Melanie | last1=Bromley | first2=Marc | last2=Malkin | access-date=May 23, 2012 | archive-date=May 25, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525214815/http://www.eonline.com/news/sources_kristin_davis_dating/318497 | url-status=live }}</ref> He dated [[Kristin Chenoweth]], who played Annabeth Schott on ''The West Wing'', for several years (after Sorkin had left the show).<ref>{{cite book|author=Chenoweth|first=Kristin|title=A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=2009|isbn=978-1-4165-8055-3}}</ref> He has also reportedly dated columnist [[Maureen Dowd]] and actress [[Kristin Davis]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Kurtz|first=Howard|date=November 5, 2005|title=Sex & the Single Stiletto|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/04/AR2005110401996_pf.html|url-status=live|access-date=September 25, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726051110/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/04/AR2005110401996_pf.html|archive-date=July 26, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Kristin Davis, Aaron Sorkin kiss on red carpet, glow with love as they confirm romance | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/kristin-davis-aaron-sorkin-kiss-red-carpet-glowing-love-confirm-romance-article-1.1099956 | date=June 21, 2012 | first=Joyce | last=Chen | location=New York | work=Daily News | access-date=June 26, 2012 | archive-date=June 25, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625004234/http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/kristin-davis-aaron-sorkin-kiss-red-carpet-glowing-love-confirm-romance-article-1.1099956 | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2021, Sorkin and [[Paulina Porizkova]] dated for a few months.<ref>{{cite web | title=Oscars 2021: Aaron Sorkin, Paulina Porizkova make it red carpet official as a couple | last=D'Zurilla |first=Christie |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=April 25, 2021 | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-04-25/oscars-2021-aaron-sorkin-paulina-porizkova-dating | access-date=June 27, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Ross | first=Martha | title=Paulina Porizkova splits from 'funny and sexy' Aaron Sorkin: 'We're a duck and a goose' | website=The Mercury News | date=July 20, 2021 | url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/20/paulina-porizkova-splits-from-funny-and-sexy-aaron-sorkin-were-a-duck-and-a-goose | access-date=July 20, 2021}}</ref>

A consistent supporter of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], Sorkin has made substantial political campaign contributions to candidates between 1999 and 2011, according to CampaignMoney.com.<ref>{{cite web |title=Aaron Sorkin Biography and Political Campaign Contributions |publisher=CampaignMoney.com |url=http://www.campaignmoney.com/biography/aaron_sorkin.asp |access-date=January 29, 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070203192501/http://www.campaignmoney.com/biography/aaron_sorkin.asp| archive-date= February 3, 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> During the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 US presidential election]] campaign, the liberal advocacy group [[MoveOn]]'s [[political action committee]] enlisted Sorkin and Rob Reiner to create one of their anti-[[George W. Bush|Bush]] [[campaign advertising|campaign advertisements]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Cooper|first=Matthew|date=July 3, 2004|title=I'm Rob Reiner, and I Approve this Message|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040712-660923,00.html|url-status=dead|access-date=January 29, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060829230244/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040712-660923,00.html|archive-date=August 29, 2006}}</ref> In August 2008, Sorkin was involved in a [[Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign|Generation Obama]] event at the Fine Arts Theater in Beverly Hills, California, participating in a panel discussion subsequent to a screening of [[Frank Capra]]'s ''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]]''.<ref>{{cite news|author=Johnson|first=Ted|date=August 28, 2008|title=Obama's fresh Hollywood faces: Hollywood team: Vitality and donations|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/2008/scene/markets-festivals/obama-s-fresh-hollywood-faces-1117991314/|access-date=September 15, 2008}}</ref> However, Sorkin does not consider himself a political activist: "I've met political activists, and they're for real. I've never marched anyplace or done anything that takes more effort than writing a check in terms of activism".<ref name="Vulture" /> In 2016, after President [[Donald Trump]] won the election, Sorkin wrote an open letter to his daughter Roxy and her mother Julia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/11/aaron-sorkin-donald-trump-president-letter-daughter|title=Read the Letter Aaron Sorkin Wrote His Daughter After Donald Trump Was Elected President|first=Aaron|last=Sorkin|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=November 10, 2016|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=May 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512202754/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/11/aaron-sorkin-donald-trump-president-letter-daughter|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1987, Sorkin started using marijuana and cocaine. He said cocaine gave him relief from certain nervous tensions that occur on a regular basis.<ref name="DeJonge-interview" /> In 1995, he sought rehabilitation at the [[Hazelden Foundation|Hazelden Institute]] in Minnesota, on the advice of Bingham to combat his addiction.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|author=Rayner|first=Jay|date=July 31, 2005|title=West Wing creator brings his play to West End|work=The Guardian|location=London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/jul/10/theatre.foodanddrink|url-status=live|access-date=January 14, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829064014/http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/jul/10/theatre.foodanddrink|archive-date=August 29, 2013}}</ref> In early 2001, Sorkin and his colleagues [[John Spencer (actor)|John Spencer]] and [[Martin Sheen]] received the Phoenix Rising Award for overcoming their drug abuse. However, on April 15, 2001, Sorkin was arrested when security guards at [[Hollywood Burbank Airport]] found that he was in possession of [[Psilocybin mushroom|hallucinogenic mushrooms]], [[cannabis (drug)|marijuana]], [[crack cocaine]], and a metal [[crack pipe]].<ref name="DeJonge-interview" /><ref>{{cite news|author=Cieply|first=Michael|date=September 2001|title=The Crack-Up|work=Talk magazine}}</ref> He was court-ordered to a [[drug diversion program]],<ref name="FarnsworthAndBio">{{cite news|author=Weber|first=Bruce|date=November 4, 2007|title=Prodigal Returns, Bearing Dialogue|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/theater/04webe.html|url-status=live|access-date=October 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116193356/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/theater/04webe.html|archive-date=January 16, 2018|quote="I've been healthy for six and a half years," he said. "But like any addict I'm one phone call away from that not being true."}}</ref><ref name="CreatorDiverted">{{cite news|title=Aaron Sorkin Says He Used Drugs |agency=Associated Press |url=http://b4a.healthyinterest.net/news/2001_08.html |access-date=June 7, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070504064223/http://b4a.healthyinterest.net/news/2001_08.html |archive-date=May 4, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> while still working on ''The West Wing''.<ref name="Jay Rayner" /><ref name="Andrew Gumbel" /> In a commencement speech for Syracuse University on May 13, 2012, Sorkin said he has not used cocaine for eleven years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aaron Sorkin's Commencement Speech - 13 May 2012|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwvilfPWHYI|work=YouTube|publisher=Google, Inc|access-date=July 15, 2013|author=Syracuse|format=Video upload|date=May 14, 2012|archive-date=July 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714073241/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwvilfPWHYI|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2022, Sorkin had a [[stroke]] which was caused by [[hypertension]]. He later called it "a loud wake-up call" to improve his health, and said he quit smoking, changed his diet, and began exercising daily as a result.<ref name = White/>

In October 2023, Sorkin dropped [[Creative Artists Agency|CAA]] over a post critical of [[Israel]] made by its co-chief of the motion pictures department, Maha Dakhil during the [[Israel–Hamas war]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zee |first=Michaela |date=2023-10-25 |title=Aaron Sorkin Drops CAA After Agent Maha Dakhil's Controversial Israel-Hamas Posts |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/aaron-sorkin-drops-caa-maha-dakhil-israel-hamas-posts-1235767529/ |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Hayden |first1=Kim Masters, Erik |last2=Masters |first2=Kim |last3=Hayden |first3=Erik |date=2023-10-25 |title=Aaron Sorkin Drops CAA After Maha Dakhil's Israel-Hamas Post: "She's Just Wrong" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/aaron-sorkin-drops-caa-after-maha-dakhils-israel-hamas-post-1235626852/ |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
!width=65| Director
!width=65| Writer
!Notes
|-
| 1992
| ''[[A Few Good Men]]'' 
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Malice (1993 film)|Malice]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| With [[Scott Frank]]
|-
| 1995
| ''[[The American President]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Charlie Wilson's War (film)|Charlie Wilson's War]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| 
|-
| 2010
| ''[[The Social Network]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Moneyball (film)|Moneyball]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| With [[Steven Zaillian]] 
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Steve Jobs (film)|Steve Jobs]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| 
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Molly's Game]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
|-
| 2020
| ''[[The Trial of the Chicago 7]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Being the Ricardos]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
|}

'''Acting roles'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
| 1992
| ''[[A Few Good Men]]''
| Man in bar
|-
| 1995
| ''[[The American President]]'' 
| Aide in bar
|-
| 2010
| ''[[The Social Network]]''
| Ad executive
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Molly's Game]]'' 
| Man in bar
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
!width=65| Writer
!width=65| Executive<br>producer
!width=65| Creator
|-
| 1998–2000
| ''[[Sports Night]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 1999–2006
| ''[[The West Wing]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 2006–07
| ''[[Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 2012–14
| ''[[The Newsroom (American TV series)|The Newsroom]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 2020
| ''[[A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|}

'''Acting roles'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
!Ref.
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Sports Night]]'' 
| Man at bar
| Episode "[[Small Town (Sports Night)|Small Town]]"
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[The West Wing]]'' 
| Man in crowd
| Episode "Tomorrow"
|
|-
| 2009–10
| ''[[Entourage (American TV series)|Entourage]]'' 
| Himself
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[30 Rock]]'' 
| Himself
| Episode "[[Plan B (30 Rock)|Plan B]]"
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gerstein |first=Julie |date=2011-03-24 |title=Watch Aaron Sorkin's Cameo on 30 Rock - Clickable |url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/03/watch_aaron_sorkin_compete_wit.html |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|}

===Plays===
'''Playwright'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Venue
! Ref.
|-
| 1984
| ''Removing All Doubt''
| [[Syracuse University]]
| 
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Hidden in This Picture]]''
| [[Laurie Beechman Theatre|West Bank Cafe Downstairs Theatre Bar]]
|<ref name="NYT-review1">{{cite news |title=Review/Theater; Three Plays on Desire |author=Mel Gussow |date=August 24, 1988 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=940DE7D9173DF937A1575BC0A96E948260 |access-date=January 12, 2007 |archive-date=September 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925220429/https://www.nytimes.com/section/theater?res=940DE7D9173DF937A1575BC0A96E948260 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 1989
| ''[[A Few Good Men (play)|A Few Good Men]]''
| [[Music Box Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref name="NYT-review2">{{cite news |title=Review/Theater; Honor, Bullying and Conformity in the Trial in 'A Few Good Men' |author=Frank Rich |author-link=Frank Rich |date=November 16, 1989 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=950DE4D61338F935A25752C1A96F948260 |access-date=January 12, 2007 |archive-date=September 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925220459/https://www.nytimes.com/section/theater?res=950DE4D61338F935A25752C1A96F948260 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 1990
| ''Making Movies''
| Promenade Theatre
|<ref name="NYT-review3">{{cite news|author=Gussow|first=Mel|date=March 28, 1990|title=Review/Theater; 'Making Movies,' a Satire Of the Celluloid World|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9C0CEFDD1139F93BA15750C0A966958260|url-status=live|access-date=January 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925220431/https://www.nytimes.com/section/theater?res=9C0CEFDD1139F93BA15750C0A966958260|archive-date=September 25, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 2007
| ''[[The Farnsworth Invention]]''
| [[La Jolla Playhouse]], San Diego <br/>[[Music Box Theatre]], Broadway
|<ref name=LaJolla/>
|-
| 2018
| ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird (2018 play)|To Kill a Mockingbird]]''
| [[Shubert Theatre (New York City)|Shubert Theatre]], Broadway (2018) <br/>[[Gielgud Theatre]], London (2022)
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-aaron-sorkin-reworked-to-kill-a-mockingbird-for-broadway|title= How Aaron Sorkin reworked 'To Kill a Mockingbird' for Broadway|website= [[PBS]]|date= May 9, 2019|accessdate= April 3, 2022}}</ref> <br/> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tokillamockingbird.co.uk/|title=To Kill a Mockingbird London|accessdate= April 1, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Camelot (musical)|Camelot]]''
| [[Vivian Beaumont Theater]], Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2022/03/aaron-sorkin-bartlett-sher-broadway-camelot-revival-1234989228/|title= Aaron Sorkin & Bartlett Sher To Reunite For Broadway Revival Of 'Camelot'|website= [[Deadline Hollywood]]|date= March 28, 2022|accessdate= April 3, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Aaron Sorkin}}

Sorkin has been recognized by the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] for the following films:
*[[83rd Academy Awards]]: [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]], '''win''', ''[[The Social Network]]'' (2010)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The 83rd Academy Awards {{!}} 2011|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2011|access-date=2022-01-08|website=Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=October 7, 2014 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[84th Academy Awards]]: Best Adapted Screenplay, nomination, ''[[Moneyball (film)|Moneyball]]'' (2011)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The 84th Academy Awards {{!}} 2012|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2012|access-date=2022-01-08|website=Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=October 7, 2014 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[90th Academy Awards]]: Best Adapted Screenplay, nomination, ''[[Molly's Game]]'' (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The 89th Academy Awards {{!}} 2018|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2018|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-08|website=Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029012409/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2018 |archive-date=October 29, 2017 }}</ref>
*[[93rd Academy Awards]]: [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]], nomination, ''[[The Trial of the Chicago 7]]'' (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The 93rd Academy Awards {{!}} 2021|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2021|access-date=2022-01-08|website=Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|language=en}}</ref>

Sorkin has been nominated for ten [[Golden Globe Award]]s, winning three for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] for: ''The Social Network'' (2011), ''[[Steve Jobs (film)|Steve Jobs]]'' (2015), and ''The Trial of the Chicago Seven'' (2020).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aaron Sorkin|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/aaron-sorkin|access-date=2022-01-08|website=www.goldenglobes.com|language=en}}</ref> He has also received five [[British Academy Film Awards]] nominations, winning one for ''The Social Network'' (2010).<ref>{{Cite web|others=Search for "Aaron Sorkin"|title=BAFTA Awards Search {{!}} BAFTA Awards|url=http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-08|website=awards.bafta.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213123523/http://awards.bafta.org:80/keyword-search? |archive-date=February 13, 2013 }}</ref> He has also received fourteen [[Writers Guild of America Award]] nominations winning twice for ''The West Wing'', and ''The Social Network'' (2010).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Writers Guild Awards Winners 2012-2006|url=https://awards.wga.org/awards/nominees-winners/2012-2006|access-date=2022-01-08|website=awards.wga.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Writers Guild Awards Winners 2005-1996|url=https://awards.wga.org/awards/nominees-winners/2005-1996|access-date=2022-01-08|website=awards.wga.org}}</ref> He has received seven [[Critics' Choice Movie Awards]] nominations winning consecutively for [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] for ''The Social Network'' and ''Moneyball''.

For his work on television Sorkin has received nine [[Primetime Emmy Award]] nominations winning four awards for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]] for ''[[The West Wing (TV series)|The West Wing]]'' in [[52nd Primetime Emmy Awards|2000]], [[53rd Primetime Emmy Awards|2001]], [[54th Primetime Emmy Awards|2002]], and [[55th Primetime Emmy Awards|2003]]. He also won the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series]] for ''The West Wing'' episode: "[[In Excelsis Deo]]" in 2000.

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book |title=The West Wing Script Book |author=Aaron Sorkin |date=July 2002 |publisher=[[Newmarket Press]] |isbn=978-1-55704-549-2 }}
* {{cite book |title=The West Wing Seasons 3 & 4: The Shooting Scripts: Eight Teleplays |author=Aaron Sorkin |date=February 2004 |publisher=Newmarket Press |isbn=978-1-55704-612-3 |url=https://archive.org/details/westwingseasons30000sork }}
* {{cite web |title=Interview with Aaron Sorkin |publisher=The Writers Guild of America, East, Inc. |access-date=January 10, 2007 |page=6 |work=On Writing Magazine, Issue 18|date=February 2003 |url=http://www.wgaeast.org/newsletter_and_publications/pdf/onwriting18.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070128072902/http://www.wgaeast.org/newsletter_and_publications/pdf/onwriting18.pdf
| archive-date = January 28, 2007 }}
* {{cite web|title=Early draft of the ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'' pilot script |author=Aaron Sorkin |url=http://www.geocities.com/seekergurl/studio60.html |access-date=February 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025231720/http://geocities.com/seekergurl/studio60.html |archive-date=October 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}
* {{cite video |people=Aaron Sorkin and Rob Reiner |title=From Stage to Screen with Aaron Sorkin and Rob Reiner, A Few Good Men (Special Edition DVD) |date=2001 |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005B6JZ/ |medium=Documentary}}
* {{cite podcast|title=Aaron Sorkin, in his own words |date=January 21, 2007 |website=TV Barn |host=Aaron Barnhart |url=http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/files/TVBP8.mp3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221073400/http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/files/TVBP8.mp3|archive-date=21 February 2007}}

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* [https://www.huffpost.com/author/aaron-sorkin Blog Entries by Aaron Sorkin] at ''[[HuffPost]]''
* ''[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aaron-Sorkin Aaron Sorkin]'', on ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'', Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc
* ''[https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL667257A/Aaron_Sorkin Aaron Sorkin]'', on ''[[Open Library]]'', [[Internet Archive]]
* ''[https://www.allmovie.com/artist/aaron-sorkin-vn6779381 Aaron Sorkin]'', on ''[[AllMovie]]'', All Media Network
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20111226141851/http://www.tv.com/people/aaron-sorkin/ Aaron Sorkin]'', on ''[[TV.com]]'', Red Ventures <small>(archived 1º January 2012)</small>
* ''[https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=3871 Aaron Sorkin]'', on ''[[Internet Broadway Database]]'', The Broadway League

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