List of awards and nominations received by Tony Kushner explained

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Kushner in 2010
Award	Wins	Nominations
Academy Awards
Emmy Awards
Grammy Awards
Tony Awards

Tony Kushner is an American 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 which have garnered him a Golden Globe Award and nominations for two Academy Awards, and a BAFTA Award. He received the National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in 2013.^[1]

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
		Munich		^[2]
		Lincoln		^[3]
		The Fabelmans		^[4]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
		Lincoln		^[5]
		The Fabelmans

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
Primetime Emmy Award
		Angels in America		^[6]

Grammy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
		Caroline, Or Change		^[7]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
		Munich		^[8]
		Lincoln		^[9]
		The Fabelmans		^[10]

Olivier Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
		Angels in America
		Caroline, or Change

Tony Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
		Angels in America: Millennium Approaches		^[11]
		Angels in America: Perestroika		^[12]
		Caroline, or Change		^[13]

Honours

• 1990 Whiting Award
• 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Drama – Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
• 2002 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for a playwright in mid-career
• 2008 Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award
• 2011 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship^[14]
• 2012 St. Louis Literary Award from the Saint Louis University Library Associates^[15]
• 2012 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay – Lincoln
• 2012 Paul Selvin Award – Lincoln
• 2013 Elected Member, American Philosophical Society
• 2013: The Lincoln Forum's Richard Nelson Current Award of Achievement^[16]
• American Academy of Arts and Letters Award
• Lila Wallace/Reader's Digest Fellowship
• National Foundation of Jewish Culture, Cultural Achievement award

Miscellaneous

• 1993 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play –
• 1994 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play –
• 2004 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical – Caroline, or Change
• 2012 AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay – Lincoln
• 2012 Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay – Lincoln
• 2021 Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay – West Side Story

Notes and References

1. Web site: White House to honor Star Wars' Lucas, playwright Kushner among others. washingtontimes.com.
2. Web site: 78th Academy Awards. Oscars.org. January 11, 2023.
3. Web site: 85th Academy Awards. Oscars.org. January 11, 2023.
4. Web site: 85th Academy Awards. Oscars.org. January 11, 2023.
5. Web site: 66th BAFTA Awards. awards.bafta.org. January 11, 2023.
6. Web site: 56th Primetime Emmy Awards. Emmy Awards. January 11, 2022.
7. Web site: 2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List. Grammy Awards. January 11, 2023.
8. Web site: 63rd Golden Globe Awards. goldenglobes.com. January 11, 2023.
9. Web site: 70th Golden Globe Awards. goldenglobes.com. January 11, 2023.
10. Web site: 80th Golden Globe Awards. goldenglobes.com. January 11, 2023.
11. Web site: 1993 Tony Awards. YouTube. January 11, 2023.
12. Web site: 1994 Tony Awards. YouTube. January 11, 2023.
13. Web site: 2004 Tony Award Winners – Complete List. BroadwayWorld. January 11, 2023.
14. http://www.nationinstitute.org/puffinnation/recip.html Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship
15. Web site: Saint Louis Literary Award – Saint Louis University. July 25, 2016. August 23, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160823003924/http://www.slu.edu/libraries/associates/award.html. dead.
16. https://www.thelincolnforum.org/richard-nelson-current-award-of-achievement The Lincoln Forum