Aaron Sorkin
Aaron Sorkin (birthname: Aaron Benjamin Sorkin) is an Oscar and Emmy-winning screenwriter and director who made his big-screen debut with his screenplay adaptation of his play, A Few Good Men (1992), co-starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson (Oscar nominated for Best Supporting Actor) and Demi Moore, directed and produced (in part) by Rob Reiner via Castle Rock Entertainment and delivering a potent $243 million gross (based on estimated costs) for Columbia Pictures. Sorkin co-wrote the screenplay of director/producer Harold Becker’s drama, Malice (1993), with screenwriter Scott Frank and co-write the story with Jonas McCord, co-starring Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, Bill Pullman, Bebe Neuwirth, Peter Gallagher, Anne Bancroft and George C. Scott, produced by Castle Rock Entertainment/New Line Cinema and earned a solid $61 million gross (based on estimated costs) for distributor Columbia Pictures.
Sorkin reunited with director/producer Rob Reiner as screenwriter of the romantic comedy-drama, The American President (1995), starring Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, David Paymer, Samantha Mathis and Michael J. Fox, and which was released by Sony-Columbia (U.S., Canada)/Universal Pictures via United International Pictures (International). Sorkin as screenwriter adapted George Cole’s 2003 non-fiction book under the book’s title, Charlie Wilson’s War (2007), directed by Mike Nichols (his final movie), starring and produced (in part) by Tom Hanks, co-starring Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman (Oscar-nominated for Best Supporting Actor), Amy Adams and Ned Beatty, and which was released by Universal Pictures.
Aaron Sorkin won his first Oscar by continuing his run as a screenwriter of true-life stories with the David Fincher-directed The Social Network (2010), adapted from Ben Mezrich’s non-fiction book about the creation of Facebook, The Accidental Billionaires, starring Jesse Eisenberg (winner of the Best Actor Oscar), Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer and Max Minghella, produced (in part) by Scott Rudin, premiering at the New York Film Festival and released by Sony Pictures Releasing to a strong $225 million (based on estimated costs). Sorkin joined co-writer Steven Zaillian for their Oscar-nominated screenplay adaptation of Michael Lewis’s baseball book, Moneyball (2011), directed by Bennett Miller, starring and produced (in part) by double Oscar-nominated Brad Pitt, with Jonah Hill (also Oscar nominated), Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright and Chris Pratt, produced (in part) by Rudin and Columbia Pictures, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing.
Sorkin’s next non-fiction book-to-screen adaptation was for director/producer Danny Boyle’s biopic based on Walter Isaacson’s 2011 book, Steve Jobs (2015), starring the Oscar-nominated Michael Fassbender (as Jobs) and Kate Winslet, with Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels, Katherine Waterston, Michael Stuhlbarg and Sarah Snook, and which was produced (in part) and released by Universal Pictures after premiering at the Telluride Film Festival. Sorkin began a run as a big-screen director/writer with his next biopic, Molly’s Game (2017), based on Molly Bloom who was portrayed by star Jessica Chastain, with Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Jeremy Strong, Chris O’Dowd and Bill Camp, launching at the Toronto Film Festival, earning Sorkin an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, and produced (in part) and released by STX Entertainment (U.S., China) and Sierra/Affinity (International).
Aaron Sorkin earned another screenwriting Oscar nomination as director/writer of the Best Picture-nominated historical 1968 drama, The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), co-starring the ensemble of Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sacha Baron Cohen (nominated for the Best Supported Actor Oscar), Daniel Flaherty, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Keaton, Frank Langhella, John Carroll Lynch, Eddie Redmayne, Mark Rylance and Jeremy Strong, and which was released theatrically and on streaming by Netflix. Sorkin was director/writer of a dramatization of Lucille Ball’s creation of the legendary sitcom, I Love Lucy, titled Being the Ricardos (2021), starring the Oscar-nominated co-stars Nicole Kidman (as Ball) and Javier Bardem (as Desi Arnaz), with J.K. Simmons (Oscar-nominated for Best Supporting Actor), Nina Arianda, Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat and Clark Gregg, and which was produced and distributed theatrically and on streaming by Amazon Studios.
Sorkin was director/writer/producer for the first time in his theatrical movie career with the Social Network follow-up and legal thriller, The Social Reckoning (2026), co-starring Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong, produced (in part) by Sorkin’s frequent producing partner, Todd Black along with Columbia Pictures and Alcon Entertainment, and released wide by Sony Pictures Releasing.
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Aaron Sorkin Movies
Director
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- 2026 |
The Social Reckoning
Explores Facebook's internal practices, spread of false information, impact on teen mental health, and connection to January 6 Capitol events.
- 2021 |
Being the Ricardos
Follows Lucy and Desi as they face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.
- 2017 |
Molly's Game
The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target.
Writer
Previous (5)
- 2021 |
Being the Ricardos
Follows Lucy and Desi as they face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.
- 2017 |
Molly's Game
The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target.
- 2015 |
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac.
- 2011 |
- 2010 |
The Social Network
As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
Actor
Previous (1)
- 2025 |
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
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Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
Explores Marlee Matlin's life as a groundbreaking performer.
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