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Aaron Sorkin Martin Sheen as President Josiah Bartlet stands at a desk on the phone, gesturing, with Richard Schiff as Toby Ziegler and Rob Lowe as Sam Seaborn reviewing a folder beside him in the Oval Office on The West Wing. Charlie Wilson's War Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg sits at a computer in a dorm room, wearing a gray GAP hoodie, with another young man seated and smiling in the background. Jeff Daniels and Olivia Munn sit at a news desk with laptops and mugs in a colorful newsroom set in a publicity still from the television series The Newsroom. Sacha Baron Cohen as Abbie Hoffman and Jeremy Strong as Jerry Rubin walk handcuffed together through a marble courthouse lobby, surrounded by reporters and photographers, in The Trial of the Chicago 7. Aaron Sorkin smiling in a suit and tie at an event, with a backdrop featuring VH1 and Movie Awards logos.
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Aaron Sorkin
Aaron Sorkin American writer, producer, and director Aaron Sorkin, 2018.

Aaron Sorkin

American writer and producer
Also known as: Aaron Benjamin Sorkin
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Aaron Sorkin (born June 9, 1961, New York, New York, U.S.) is an American writer, producer, and director who brought an astute intelligence and sharp dialogue to films, television series, and plays that were often set within the combative backstage world of politics, law, or entertainment. He is perhaps best known for creating the television drama The West Wing (1999–2006) and for writing the screenplays for the films A Few Good Men (1992) and The...

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