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List of awards and nominations received by Aaron Sorkin

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Aaron Sorkin is an American writer, director and producer known for his work in film, television and theatre.

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Sorkin is known for the television series, Sports Night (1998-2000), The West Wing (1999-2006), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006-2007), and The Newsroom (2013-2015). For The West Wing, Sorkin received five Primetime Emmy Awards. He is also known for writing the screenplays for the films, A Few Good Men (1992), The American President (1995), Charlie Wilson's War (2007), The Social Network (2010), Moneyball (2011), and Steve Jobs (2015). Sorkin received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Social Network. Sorkin wrote and directed Molly's Game (2017), and The Trial of the Chicago Seven (2020).

Sorkin made his Broadway debut in 1989 with A Few Good Men. He followed it up with his original play The Farnsworth Invention (2007) and with the stage adaptation of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird in 2018 starring Jeff Daniels as Atticus Finch. The latter play ran for a year with Daniels in the lead role and received nine Tony Award nominations.

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Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2011	Best Adapted Screenplay	The Social Network	Won	^[1]
2012		Moneyball	Nominated	^[2]
2018		Molly's Game	Nominated	^[3]
2021	Best Original Screenplay	The Trial of the Chicago 7	Nominated

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2011	Best Adapted Screenplay	The Social Network	Won	^[4]
2012		Moneyball	Nominated	^[5]
2016		Steve Jobs	Nominated	^[6]
2018		Molly's Game	Nominated	^[7]
2021	Best Original Screenplay	The Trial of the Chicago 7	Nominated
2022	Best Original Screenplay	Being the Ricardos	Nominated

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1993	Best Screenplay – Motion Picture	A Few Good Men	Nominated	^[8]
1996		The American President	Nominated
2008		Charlie Wilson's War	Nominated
2011		The Social Network	Won
2012		Moneyball	Nominated
2016		Steve Jobs	Won
2018		Molly's Game	Nominated
2021		The Trial of the Chicago 7	Won
2022		Being the Ricardos	Nominated
2022

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1999	Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series ("The Apology")	Sports Night	Nominated	^[9]
2000	Outstanding Drama Series	The West Wing	Won
	Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series ("Pilot")		Nominated
	Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series ("In Excelsis Deo")		Won
2001	Outstanding Drama Series		Won
2001	Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series ("In the Shadow of Two Gunmen")		Nominated
2002	Outstanding Drama Series		Won
2002	Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series ("Posse Comitatus")		Nominated
2003	Outstanding Drama Series		Won
2003	Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series ("Twenty Five")		Nominated
2021	Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)	A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote	Nominated

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2018	Outstanding Achievement in First-Time Feature Film	Molly's Game	Nominated	^[10]
2021	Outstanding Directional Achievement in Feature Film	The Trial of the Chicago Seven	Nominated

List of awards and nominations received by Aaron Sorkin

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1995	Best Original Screenplay	The American President	Nominated	^[11]
2000	Episodic Drama ("In Excelsis Deo")	The West Wing	Won
2000	Episodic Drama ("Take This Sabbath Day")		Nominated
2001	Episodic Drama ("Two Cathedrals" & "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail")		Nominated
2002	Episodic Drama ("Game On")		Nominated
2005	Dramatic Series		Nominated
2006	New Series	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Nominated	^[12]
2006	Episodic Drama ("Pilot")	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Nominated
2010	Best Adapted Screenplay	The Social Network	Won
2011	Best Adapted Screenplay	Moneyball	Nominated
2012	New Series	The Newsroom	Nominated	^[13]
2015	Best Adapted Screenplay	Steve Jobs	Nominated
2017	Best Adapted Screenplay	Molly's Game	Nominated
2020	Best Original Screenplay	The Trial of the Chicago 7	Nominated	^[14]
2021	Best Original Screenplay	Being the Ricardos	Nominated

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2008	Best Writer	Charlie Wilson's War	Nominated	^[15]
2011	Best Adapted Screenplay	The Social Network	Won	^[16]
2012		Moneyball	Won	^[17]
2016		Steve Jobs	Nominated	^[18]
2018		Molly's Game	Nominated	^[19]
2021	Best Director	The Trial of the Chicago 7	Nominated	^[20]
2021	Best Original Screenplay	The Trial of the Chicago 7	Nominated	^[20]
2022	Best Original Screenplay	Being the Ricardos	Nominated	^[21]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2011	Best Screenplay (shared with Steven Zaillian)	Moneyball	Won	^[22]
2021	Best Director	The Trial of the Chicago 7	Nominated	^[23]
2021	Best Original Screenplay		Nominated	^[23]