Awards & Winners

Scott Wittman

Date of Birth 1955
Place of Birth Nanuet
(Rockland County, New York)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Screenwriter, Lyricist, Television Producer, Television Director, Composer, Film Score Composer
Scott Wittman is an American director, lyricist, and writer for Broadway, concerts, and television. Wittman was raised in Nanuet, New York, graduated high Nanuet Senior High School in 1972 and attended Emerson College in Boston for two years before leaving to pursue a career in musical theatre in New York City. While directing a show for a Greenwich Village club he met Marc Shaiman, and the two became collaborators and life partners. While Shaiman wrote for television shows, including Saturday Night Live, Wittman directed concerts for such artists as Bette Midler, Christine Ebersole, Raquel Welch, Dame Edna Everage, and Lypsinka, among others. In 2002, Shaiman and Wittman collaborated on Hairspray, which won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics, the Tony Award for Best Original Score, and a Grammy Award. In addition to Hairspray, Wittman conceived, wrote lyrics for, and directed Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me and conceived and directed Matters of the Heart, a solo concert by Patti LuPone. The partners worked on Catch Me If You Can, a musical adaptation of the 2002 Steven Spielberg film, together with Terrence McNally. They again worked together on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the Musical.

Awards by Scott Wittman

Check all the awards nominated and won by Scott Wittman.

2014


Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical Charlie And The Chocolate Factory - The Musical
MasterCard Best New Musical

2013


Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics Smash
The Parents","Song Title: Hang The Moon

2012


Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Let Me Be Your Star
from Smash (Katharine McPhee & Megan Hilty)
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics Smash
Let Me Be Your Star

2011


Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics Catch Me If You Can

2010


Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety, Music Or Comedy Special The Academy Awards
82nd Annual Academy Awards

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me

2003


Tony Award for Best Original Score
Honored for : Hairspray
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
Honored for : Hairspray

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score Hairspray
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics Hairspray

2002


Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
Honored for : Hairspray

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album Hairspray