Tony Kushner
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July 16, 1956
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Tony Kushner Bio
Tony Kushner is an author and screenwriter born on 16th July 1956 in New York City, United States. He is the recipient of several awards, including the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. He is also known for his work in a two-part play called “Angels in America,” which was adapted into an HBO miniseries. He has also written for film. He joined the writing staff for the historical drama film “Munich” in 2005. A documentary about Kushner titled “Wrestling with Angels” was released at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2006.
In 2016, he worked on a screenplay version of the 1985 play “Fences,” which was released in December 2016. It was announced in 2018 that he was working on a new script of a remake of the musical romantic drama “West Side Story.” In 2013, he received the National Medal of Arts from U.S President Barack Obama.
