List of awards and nominations received by Aaron Sorkin

Aaron Sorkin awards and nominations

Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 1 4 BAFTA Awards 1 6 Emmy Awards 5 11 Golden Globes 3 9 WGA Awards 2 14
Totals [lower-alpha 1]
Wins	12
Nominations	44
Note 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

Academy Awards

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]

BAFTA Awards

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]

Emmy Awards

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]

Golden Globe Awards

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]

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	[18]
2021	Outstanding Directional Achievement in Feature Film	The Trial of the Chicago Seven	Nominated

Writers Guild of America Awards

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

Critics' Choice Movie 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]

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

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

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