Moisés Kaufman - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	21-November-1963
Place of Birth	Caracas (Venezuela, Libertador Bolivarian Municipality, Capital District)
Nationality	Venezuela, United States of America
Also know as	Moises Kaufman
Profession	Writer, Playwright, Author, Theatre Director, Television Director
MoisÃ©s Kaufman is a playwright, director and founder of Tectonic Theater Project. He is best known for writing The Laramie Project with other members of Tectonic Theater Project. He is also the author of Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde and 33 Variations. He was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela and moved to New York City in 1987. Kaufman is of Romanian and Ukrainian Jewish descent. He described himself in an interview by saying "I am Venezuelan, I am Jewish, I am gay, I live in New York. I am the sum of all my cultures. I couldnâ€™t write anything that didnâ€™t incorporate all that I am." Kaufman was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2002. He made his Broadway directing debut in the 2004 production of I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright, for which he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Direction of a Play.

Awards by Moisés Kaufman

Check all the awards nominated and won by Moisés Kaufman.

2011

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play	Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

2009

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Play	33 Variations
Tony Award for Best Play	33 Variations

2008

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical	33 Variations

2004

Obie Award for Direction

Honored for : I Am My Own Wife

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Play	I Am My Own Wife
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play	I Am My Own Wife
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play	I Am My Own Wife

2002

Stonewall Book Award-Barbara Gittings Literature Award

Honored for : The Laramie Project

Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada

(Drama & Performance Art)

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Stonewall Book Award-Barbara Gittings Literature Award
Gotham Open Palm Award	The Laramie Project
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special	The Laramie Project
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing - Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special	The Laramie Project

1997

Lambda Literary Award for Drama

Honored for : Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Lambda Literary Award for Drama	Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde

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