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Aaron Benjamin Sorkin (born June 9, 1961) is an American screenwriter, playwright and film director. Born in New York City, he developed a passion for writing early on. As a writer for stage, television, and film, Sorkin is recognised for his trademark fast-paced dialogue and extended monologues, complemented by frequent use of the "walk and talk" storytelling technique. Sorkin has earned numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, five Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Golden Globes. Sorkin rose to prominence as a writer-creator and showrunner of the television series Sports Night (1998–2000), The West Wing (1999–2006), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006–07), and The Newsroom (2012–14). He is also known for his work on Broadway, including the plays A Few Good Men (1989), The Farnsworth Invention (2007), To Kill a Mockingbird (2018), and the revival of Lerner and Loewe's musical Camelot (2023). He wrote the film screenplays for A Few Good Men (1992), The American President (1995), and several biopics, including Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Moneyball (2011), and Steve Jobs (2015). For writing The Social Network (2010), he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He made his directorial film debut with Molly's Game (2017), followed by The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) and Being the Ricardos (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Aaron Sorkin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Aaron Sorkin
Writer
for Writer in Day After Day: The Pete Ham Story
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Day After Day: The Pete Ham Story brings the untold story of one of rock’s greatest underdog talents to the big screen. Set in the golden era of rock in the 1970s, it follows Pete Ham, the gifted and hopeful young singer-songwriter from Wales, who—alongside his band, Badfinger—is taken under the wings of The Beatles. Fueled by passion and trust in the industry, Ham pens enduring classics like “No Matter What,” “Day After Day,” and “Baby Blue.” Yet, as the band ascends to stardom, they are betrayed by a system built to exploit them, leading Pete down a dark path of mistrust, broken dreams, and deep personal anguish. This story is as much a celebration of Ham’s music as it is a tale of the era’s music industry manipulation, where the very institutions promising young artists success could also destroy them. Viewers will experience the thrill of creation in Pete’s songwriting process, the exhilaration of performance, and the tension within Badfinger as their success is dampened by financial mismanagement and legal battles. But at its core, this is the story of Pete’s unbreakable spirit, his deep love for his craft, and his haunting struggle to reconcile his success with his exploitation.
