Awards & Winners

William Mastrosimone

Date of Birth 19-August-1947
Place of Birth Trenton
(Mercer County, United States of America, New Jersey)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Playwright, Screenwriter, Television Producer
William Mastrosimone is an American playwright and screenwriter from Trenton, New Jersey. He attended high school at The Pennington School and received a graduate degree in playwrighting from Mason Gross School of the Arts, a part of Rutgers University. His plays include The Woolgatherer, Extremities, Shivaree, and Cat's Paw. He also wrote Bang Bang You're Dead, which was once able to be downloaded from the Internet and performed by students for free. Other plays include The Afghan Women and Nanawatai, upon which the film The Beast is based. Two recent plays are Sleepwalk, a story again focusing on the traumas of modern teenage life, and "Dirty Business", a play about a party girl caught between the mafia and the newly elected President of the United States. Mastrosimone's first play was The Woolgatherer which premiered at Rutgers Theatre Company in New Jersey of 1979. His screenwriting credits include, With Honors, Into the West and the adaptation of his play Extremities. He won 2 Daytime Emmy Awards for Bang, Bang You're Dead and was nominated for a Prime Time Emmy for Into the West and The Burning Season. His play "Bang Bang You're Dead" is being toured by 'The Premiere American Touring Company' with students from Actor's Playground School of Theatre, directed by Ralph Colombino, based in the Tri-State Area. This company goes to middle schools, high schools, and universities to prevent violence.

Awards by William Mastrosimone

Check all the awards nominated and won by William Mastrosimone.

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries Into the West

2003


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children/Youth/Family Special
Honored for : Bang Bang You're Dead
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children/Youth/Family Special
Honored for : Bang Bang You're Dead

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children/Youth/Family Special Bang Bang You're Dead
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children/Youth/Family Special Bang Bang You're Dead

1995


Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special The Burning Season

1983


Outer Critics Circle Award for John Gassner Playwriting Award
Honored for : Extremities

Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Outer Critics Circle Award for John Gassner Playwriting Award Extremities
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play Extremities