Tony Kushner

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tony Kushner
Occupation	Screenwriter
Date Of Birth	Jul 16, 1956(1956-07-16)
Age	68
Birthplace	New York City
Country	United States
Birth City	New York State
Horoscope	Cancer

Tony Kushner Biography

Tony Kushner is one of the most popular and richest Screenwriter who was born on July 16, 1956 in New York City, New York State, United States. Nominated for Oscars for his screenplays for 2005’s Munich and 2012’s Lincoln. He also received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his 1993 play Angels in America.

His screenplays for Munich and Lincoln were both made into films directed by Steven Spielberg.

Kushner was born in Manhattan, the son of Sylvia (née Deutscher), a bassoonist, and William David Kushner, a clarinetist and conductor. His family is Jewish, descended from immigrants from Russia and Poland. Shortly after his birth, Kushner’s parents moved to Lake Charles, Louisiana, the seat of Calcasieu Parish where he spent his childhood. During high school Kushner was active in policy debate. In 1974, Kushner moved back to New York to begin his undergraduate college education at Columbia University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Medieval Studies in 1978. He attended the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, graduating in 1984. During graduate school, he spent the summers of 1978–1981 directing both early original works (Masque of the Owls and Incidents and Occurrences During the Travels of the Tailor Max) and plays by Shakespeare (A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Tempest) starring the children attending the Governor’s Program for Gifted Children (GPGC) in Lake Charles.

In the early 2000s, Kushner began writing for film. His co-written screenplay Munich was produced and directed by Steven Spielberg in 2005. In January 2006, a documentary feature about Kushner entitled Wrestling With Angels debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. The film was directed by Freida Lee Mock. In April 2011 it was announced that he was working with Spielberg again, writing the screenplay for an adaptation of historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. The screenplay for Lincoln would go on to receive multiple awards, in addition to nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Golden Globes and The Oscars.

His marriage to Mark Harris was the first same-sex marriage to be featured in the Vows column of The New York Times.

Tony Kushner Net Worth

Tony Kushner is one of the richest Screenwriter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tony Kushner 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Medieval Studies from Colombia in 1978.

He received a National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in 2013.

Anthony Robert Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an American playwright, author and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1993 for his play Angels in America, then adapted it for HBO in 2003. He co-authored the screenplay for the 2005 film Munich, and he wrote the screenplay for the 2012 film Lincoln. Both films were critically acclaimed, and he received Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay. He received a National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in 2013.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Tony Kushner height 6 feet 1 inches Tony weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Tony Kushner Dating?

According to our records, Tony Kushner married to Mark Harris. As of December 1, 2023, Tony Kushner’s is not dating anyone.

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In summer 2008, Kushner and Harris were legally married at the town hall in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Facts & Trivia

Tony Ranked on the list of most popular Screenwriter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Tony Kushner celebrates birthday on July 16 of every year.

Kushner was quoted in the 2010 book “It All Changed in an Instant: More Six- Word Memoirs” on page 76. His six-word memoir was “At least I never voted Republican.”

Is Tony Kushner religious?

Born in New York City in 1956, Kushner was raised in a Jewish family transplanted to Lake Charles, Louisiana. His family’s ambivalent Judaism rubbed up against deep-fried southern Christianity, a dynamic that potently contributes to the passion for the cultural collisions irradiating his plays.

When did Tony Kushner come out?

Tony Kushner marks the date of his coming out as September, 1981 , when he called his mother from an East Village pay phone to tell her he was gay. That was about the time doctors first detected a strange new syndrome afflicting male homosexuals and eight months before Kushner met and then moved in with his first lover.

Where does Tony Kushner live now?

Tony Kushner was born in New York in 1956 and raised in Louisiana. He moved back to Manhattan to attend Columbia College in 1974. He has lived on the Upper West Side more or less ever since.

Why is Tony Kushner important?

Tony Kushner, (born July 16, 1956, New York, New York, U.S.), American dramatist who became one of the most highly acclaimed playwrights of his generation after the debut of his two-part play Angels in America (1990, 1991).

What is the story behind Angels in America?

At its core, it is the fantastical story of Prior Walter, a gay man living with AIDS who is visited by an angel. The film explores a wide variety of themes, including Reagan era politics, the spreading AIDS epidemic, and a rapidly changing social and political climate.