Awards & Winners

John Weidman

Date of Birth 25-September-1946
Place of Birth New York City
(New York, United States of America, Area code 917)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as John W. Weidman, John Whitney Weidman
Profession Librettist, Writer
John Weidman is an American librettist. He is the son of Peggy Wright and librettist and novelist Jerome Weidman. He has written the books for a wide variety of stage musicals, three in collaboration with Stephen Sondheim: Pacific Overtures, Assassins, and Road Show. In 1999 he co-created the Tony Award-winning musical Contact with choreographer/director Susan Stroman. He has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Book for a Musical three times. In the 1970s, Weidman wrote for National Lampoon. Since 1986, Weidman has been a writer for Sesame Street, for which he has won more than a dozen Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing for a Children's Program. From 1999 to 2009 he was president of the Dramatists Guild of America. Weidman received a B.A. from Harvard University and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

Awards by John Weidman

Check all the awards nominated and won by John Weidman.

2014


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

2013


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

2012


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

2011


Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

2010


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

2009


Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway and Off-Broadway Road Show
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

2008


Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

2006


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

2005


Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

2004


Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

2002


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

2001


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

2000


Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical Contact
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1999


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1998


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1997


Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1996


Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical Big: the musical
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical Big: the musical
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1995


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1994


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1993


Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1992


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1991


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical Assassins
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1990


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1989


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1988


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1976


Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical Pacific Overtures
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Pacific Overtures