Biography
Anthony Robert Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter. Lauded for his work on stage he's most known for his seminal work Angels in America which earned a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award. At the turn of the 21st Century he became known for his numerous film collaborations with Steven Spielberg. He received the National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in 2013. Kushner made his Broadway debut in 1993 with both Angels in America: Millennium Approa...
Known For
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מלאכים באמריקה- המילניום מתקרב
2023
Author

מלאכים באמריקה- בנייה מחדש
2023
Author

Angels in America - Part One: Millennium Approaches
2023
Author
America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, six New Yorkers with interconnect lives grapple wi...

Angels in America - Part Two: Perestroika
2023
Author
In the second part, Perestroika, Prior, Joe, Louis, Harper, and Roy continue to navigate love, loss, and loneliness in their attempts to pick up the p...

The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
2023
as Self
A fascinating behind-the-scenes special about Steven Spielberg's "The Fabelmans."

The Fabelmans
2022
Producer, Writer
Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shatte...

The Stories of West Side Story
2022
as Self
Rejoice in the astonishing all-new footage of Spielberg at work in documentary filmmaker Laurent Bouzereau’s revealing The Stories of West Side Story....

West Side Story
2021
Screenplay, Executive Producer
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.

Something's Coming: West Side Story
2021
as Self
Incredible video behind-the-scenes with the stars, Steven Spielberg, and see one of the last interviews with the legendary Stephen Sondheim.

Angels in America
2021
Writer
New York, 1985. Against the backdrop of AIDS - divine punishment inflicted on gays according to puritan America -, angels, who epilogue on the emptine...

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
Writer
An all-star livestream benefit performance of scenes from Angels in America in support of amfAR’s Fund to Fight COVID-19.

Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
2019
as Self
Legendary and controversial attorney Roy Cohn was a power broker in the rough and tumble world of New York City business and politics. Senator Joseph ...

Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
as Self
One of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century, Arthur Miller created such celebrated works as Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, which contin...

Spielberg
2017
as Self
A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.

National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
2017
Theatre Play
America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and ...

National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
2017
Theatre Play
The National Theatre's live theatrical production of Tony Kushner's two-part play 'Angels In America' about New Yorkers grappling with the AIDS crisis...

Mike Nichols: An American Master
2016
as Self
With charm and wit, Nichols discusses his life and 50-year career as a performer and director.

The Royal Road
2015
as (archive sound)
A fascinating and unlikely reinvention story, The Royal Road simultaneously explores cinematic spiritual channeling, the conquest and colonization of ...

Still Alice
2014
Thanks
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastat...

Lincoln: An American Journey
2013
as Self
Documentary on the making of Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" (2012).

Lincoln
2012
Screenplay
The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln p...

Outrage
2009
as Self
An indictment of closeted politicians who lobby for anti-gay legislation in the US.

Theater of War
2008
as Self
A behind-the-scenes look at The Public Theater's production of Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage" that examines the playwright's life and ideas.

Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006
as Self
Eugene O'Neill tells the haunting story of the life and work of America's greatest and only Nobel Prize-winning playwright -- set within the context o...

Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
2006
as Self
Filmmaker Freida Lee Mock explores the life and work of playwright Tony Kushner. Starting in 2001, when Kushner was mounting the production of his pla...

Munich
2005
Screenplay
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black Septem...

Live to Tell: The First Gay and Lesbian Prom in America
1995
as Self - Playwright, "Angels in America"
Documentary about the first gay prom in America, that took place in West Hollywood, promoted by students of the EAGLES center, an alternative high sch...

In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
1993
Backstage documentary chronicling the Original Broadway Production of “Angels in America.”
The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara
N/A
Writer
The story of a young Jewish boy in Bologna, Italy in 1858 who, having been secretly baptized, is forcibly taken from his family to be raised as a Chri...
Ultra
N/A
Executive Producer
Feature adaptation of ‘Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra’ podcast.