Awards & Winners

Moisés Kaufman

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
Moisés 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 couldn’t write anything that didn’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