Aaron Sorkin has been named the recipient of the Writers Guild of America, West’s 2017 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement for his outstanding career and body of work in writing for television.
The Emmy-winning creator of “The West Wing” and Academy Award-winning screenwriter of “The Social Network” will be honored at the WGAW’s 2017 Writers Guild Awards West Coast ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 19, at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.
“Starting with ‘Sports Night,’ through ‘The West Wing,’ ‘Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,” The Newsroom’ and beyond, Aaron Sorkin has changed the language of television.