List of awards and nominations received by Aaron Sorkin

Awards and nominations
Award
Wins
Nominations
Academy Awards
1
4
BAFTA Awards
1
6
Emmy Awards
5
11
Golden Globes
3
9
2
14
Totals[infobox 1]Wins12Nominations44
Note
  1. ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Aaron Sorkin is an American writer, director and producer known for his work in film, television and theatre. Over his career he has received several awards including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, five Primetime Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and two Writers Guild of America Awards as well as a nomination for a Laurence Olivier Award and two Directors Guild of America Awards.

Sorkin gained stardom and acclaim for creating and writing the ABC drama series Sports Night (1998-2000), the NBC political drama series The West Wing (1999-2006), the NBC comedy-drama series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006-2007), and the HBO political comedy-drama series The Newsroom (2013-2015). For The West Wing, Sorkin received four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series in 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for "In Excelsis Deo" in 2000.

On film, Sorkin won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the David Fincher drama The Social Network (2010). He was Oscar-nominated for the sports drama Moneyball (2011), the thriller Molly's Game (2017), and the political drama The Trial of the Chicago Seven (2020). He is also known for writing the screenplays for the legal drama A Few Good Men (1992), the romantic comedy The American President (1995), the political drama Charlie Wilson's War (2007), and the biographical dramas Steve Jobs (2015), and Being the Ricardos (2021).

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. The play transferred to the West End where it was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play. He adapted the Broadway musical revival of the Lerner and Loewe musical Camelot (2022).

Major associations

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2010 Best Adapted Screenplay The Social Network Won [1]
2011 Moneyball Nominated [2]
2017 Molly's Game Nominated [3]
2020 Best Original Screenplay The Trial of the Chicago 7 Nominated [4]
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
2010 Best Adapted Screenplay The Social Network Won [5]
2011 Moneyball Nominated [6]
2015 Steve Jobs Nominated [7]
2017 Molly's Game Nominated [8]
2020 Best Original Screenplay The Trial of the Chicago 7 Nominated [9]
2021 Being the Ricardos Nominated [10]
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
1999 Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Sports Night (episode: "The Apology") Nominated [11]
2000 Outstanding Drama Series The West Wing (season one) Won [12]
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series The West Wing (episode: "Pilot") Nominated
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series The West Wing (episode: "In Excelsis Deo") Won
2001 Outstanding Drama Series The West Wing (season two) Won [13]
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series The West Wing (episode: "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen") Nominated
2002 Outstanding Drama Series The West Wing (season three) Won [14]
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series The West Wing (episode: "Posse Comitatus") Nominated
2003 Outstanding Drama Series The West Wing (season four) Won [15]
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series The West Wing (episode: "Twenty Five") Nominated
2021 Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote Nominated [16]
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1992 Best Screenplay – Motion Picture A Few Good Men Nominated [17]
1995 The American President Nominated [17]
2007 Charlie Wilson's War Nominated [17]
2010 The Social Network Won [17]
2011 Moneyball Nominated [17]
2015 Steve Jobs Won [17]
2017 Molly's Game Nominated [17]
2020 The Trial of the Chicago 7 Won [17]
2021 Being the Ricardos Nominated [17]
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2023 Best New Play To Kill a Mockingbird Nominated

Guild awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2018 Outstanding Achievement in First-Time Feature Film Molly's Game Nominated [18]
2021 Outstanding Directional Achievement in Feature Film The Trial of the Chicago Seven Nominated
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1995 Best Original Screenplay The American President Nominated [19]
2000 Episodic Drama ("In Excelsis Deo") The West Wing Won
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 [20]
Episodic Drama ("Pilot") Nominated
2010 Best Adapted Screenplay The Social Network Won
2011 Moneyball Nominated
2012 New Series The Newsroom Nominated [21]
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 [22]
2021 Being the Ricardos Nominated

Critics awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2008 Best Writer Charlie Wilson's War Nominated [23]
2011 Best Adapted Screenplay The Social Network Won [24]
2012 Moneyball Won [25]
2016 Steve Jobs Nominated [26]
2018 Molly's Game Nominated [27]
2021 Best Director The Trial of the Chicago 7 Nominated [28]
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
2022 Being the Ricardos Nominated [29]
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2011 Best Screenplay (shared with Steven Zaillian) Moneyball Won [30]
2021 Best Director The Trial of the Chicago 7 Nominated [31]
Best Original Screenplay Nominated

References

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  31. ^ "The 2020 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Archived from the original on April 17, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
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