# List of awards and nominations received by Aaron Sorkin

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
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2010 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Social Network | Won |
| 2011 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Moneyball | Nominated |
| 2017 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Molly's Game | Nominated |
| 2020 | Best Original Screenplay | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Nominated |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| British Academy Film Awards |||||
| 2010 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Social Network | Won |
| 2011 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Moneyball | Nominated |
| 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 |
| 2021 | Best Original Screenplay | Being the Ricardos | Nominated |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 1999 | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | Sports Night (episode: "The Apology") | Nominated |
| 2000 | Outstanding Drama Series | The West Wing (season one) | Won |
| 2000 | Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | The West Wing (episode: "Pilot") | Nominated |
| 2000 | Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | The West Wing (episode: "In Excelsis Deo") | Won |
| 2001 | Outstanding Drama Series | The West Wing (season two) | Won |
| 2001 | 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 |
| 2002 | Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | The West Wing (episode: "Posse Comitatus") | Nominated |
| 2003 | Outstanding Drama Series | The West Wing (season four) | Won |
| 2003 | 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 |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1992 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | A Few Good Men | Nominated |
| 1995 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | The American President | Nominated |
| 2007 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Charlie Wilson's War | Nominated |
| 2010 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | The Social Network | Won |
| 2011 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Moneyball | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Steve Jobs | Won |
| 2017 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Molly's Game | Nominated |
| 2020 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Won |
| 2021 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Being the Ricardos | Nominated |

### Laurence Olivier Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2023 | Best New Play | To Kill a Mockingbird | Nominated | |

## Guild awards
### Directors Guild of America Award

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

### Writers Guild of America Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1995 | Best Original Screenplay | The American President | Nominated |
| 2000 | Episodic Drama ("In Excelsis Deo") | The West Wing | Won |
| 2000 | Episodic Drama ("Take This Sabbath Day") | The West Wing | Nominated |
| 2001 | Episodic Drama ("Two Cathedrals" & "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail") | The West Wing | Nominated |
| 2002 | Episodic Drama ("Game On") | The West Wing | Nominated |
| 2005 | Dramatic Series | The West Wing | Nominated |
| 2006 | New Series | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Nominated |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2021 | Best Original Screenplay | Being the Ricardos | Nominated |

## Critics awards
### Critics' Choice Movie Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2008 | Best Writer | Charlie Wilson's War | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Social Network | Won |
| 2012 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Moneyball | Won |
| 2016 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Steve Jobs | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Molly's Game | Nominated |
| 2021 | Best Director | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Nominated |
| 2021 | Best Original Screenplay | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Nominated |
| 2022 | Best Original Screenplay | Being the Ricardos | Nominated |

### Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2011 | Best Screenplay (shared with Steven Zaillian) | Moneyball | Won |
| 2021 | Best Director | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Nominated |
| 2021 | Best Original Screenplay | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Nominated |