Aaron Sorkin
The writer who created The West Wing and wrote most of its first four seasons.
Aaron Sorkin is an American screenwriter and playwright, born on 9 June 1961. He created The West Wing and was its lead writer for the first four seasons.
He wrote or co-wrote 85 of the first 88 episodes.
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Aaron Benjamin Sorkin
- Born
- 9 June 1961
- Birthplace
- New York City, U.S.
- Occupation
- Film director
- screenwriter
- playwright
- Education
- Syracuse University (BFA)
- Children
- 1
- Years active
- 1984–present
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Background
He came up with the show in 1997, when he pitched a series about the White House senior staff to producer John Wells over lunch. His fast dialogue and walk-and-talk scenes became its trademark.
Sorkin left at the end of the fourth season, amid tensions over budgets and late scripts.
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