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Peter Morgan Biography

Birth Name:Peter Morgan

Birth Place:London, England, United Kingdom

Profession Writer, Producer, Actor, Script department

Fast Facts

  • In 2007, he won Kanbar Award for Excellence in Screenwriting at the San Francisco International Film Festival
  • Earned a degree in fine arts from the University of Leeds
  • Got his start in writing when he was asked to write training videos about the strength of a sudent play he had staged at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
  • Frequently collaborates with actor Michael Sheen on his various projects
  • Is the son of two refugees who fled to England from persecution
  • Often creates screenplays based on the lives of real-life events and people
  • Was originally set to write the screenplay for "Skyfall," but dropped out of the project in 2010

Awards

  • 2004BAFTA TV Award-Best Single Drama: winner
  • 2006ACCA-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2006BSFC Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2006British Independent Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2006British Independent Film Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2006CFCA Award-Best Screenplay, Original: winner
  • 2006ICP Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2006LAFCA Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2006NYFCC Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2006NYFCO Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2006Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Original: winner
  • 2006SLFCA Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2006TFCA Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2006Golden Osella-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2007Oscar-Best Writing, Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2007Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film-: winner
  • 2007BAFTA TV Award-Best Writer: winner
  • 2007BAFTA TV Award-Best Single Drama: nominated
  • 2007BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay - Adapted: winner
  • 2007BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay - Original: nominated
  • 2007Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film-: nominated
  • 2007BAFTA Scotland Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2007Writer's Award-: nominated
  • 2007Critics Choice Award-Best Writer: nominated
  • 2007European Film Award-European Screenwriter: nominated
  • 2007Evening Standard British Film Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2007Gold Derby Film Award-Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2007Golden Globe-Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: winner
  • 2007Humanitas Prize-90 Minute Category: winner
  • 2007ICS Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
  • 2007INOCA-Best Original Screenplay: winner
  • 2007IOMA-Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale): nominated
  • 2007ALFS Award-Screenwriter of the Year: winner
  • 2007Golden Nymph-Television Films - Best Script: winner
  • 2007NSFC Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2007OFTA Film Award-Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: winner
  • 2007OFCS Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2007Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Made for Television Movie: nominated
  • 2007RTS Television Award-Best Writer - Drama: winner
  • 2007USC Scripter Award-: nominated
  • 2007WGA Award (Screen)-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2007Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award-Best Original TV Drama: nominated
  • 2007Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award-Best Feature Film Screenplay: nominated
  • 2008EDA Award-Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: winner
  • 2008CFCA Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
  • 2008Sierra Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2008SFFCC Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
  • 2008Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: winner
  • 2008SLFCA Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2008TFCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2009Oscar-Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2009BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay - Adapted: nominated
  • 2009COFCA Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
  • 2009Critics Choice Award-Best Writer: nominated
  • 2009Evening Standard British Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2009Golden Globe-Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: nominated
  • 2009IOMA-Best Adapted Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura non originale): nominated
  • 2009ALFS Award-Screenwriter of the Year: nominated
  • 2009OFTA Film Award-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: nominated
  • 2009OFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2009WGA Award (Screen)-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2009Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award-Best Feature Film Screenplay: nominated
  • 2010OFTA Television Award-Best Writing of a Motion Picture or Miniseries: nominated
  • 2010Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special: nominated
  • 2010Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Made for Television Movie: nominated
  • 2011Saturn Award-Best Writing: nominated
  • 2013IFJA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2014AACTA International Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2014Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film-: nominated
  • 2015BAFTA TV Award-Best Mini-Series: winner
  • 2016RTS Television Award-Writer - Drama: winner
  • 2017BAFTA TV Award-Best Writer: Drama: nominated
  • 2017BAFTA Television Craft Award-Writer: Drama: nominated
  • 2017British Screenwriters' Award-Best British TV Drama Writing: nominated
  • 2017Broadcasting Press Guild Award-Best Writer: nominated
  • 2017Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: nominated
  • 2017Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 2018BAFTA Television Craft Award-Writer: Drama: nominated
  • 2018Broadcasting Press Guild Award-Best Writer: nominated
  • 2018PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
  • 2018Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: nominated
  • 2018Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 2019WGA Award (TV)-Drama Series: nominated
  • 2020BAFTA TV Award-Drama Series: nominated
  • 2020Gold Derby TV Award-Drama Episode: nominated
  • 2020PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
  • 2020Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 2020Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: nominated
  • 2020WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: nominated
  • 2021BAFTA TV Award-Drama Series: nominated
  • 2021Gold Derby TV Award-Drama Episode: nominated
  • 2021Gold Derby TV Award-Drama Episode: nominated
  • 2021Gold Derby TV Award-Drama Episode: nominated
  • 2021Gold Derby TV Award-Drama Episode: nominated
  • 2021PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: winner
  • 2021Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: winner
  • 2021Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: winner
  • 2021WGA Award (TV)-Drama Series: winner
  • 2023Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 2023Septimius Award-Best Series: nominated
  • 2023USC Scripter Award-Television: nominated
  • 2023WGA Award (TV)-Drama Series: nominated
  • 2024Astra TV Award-Best Writing in a Streaming Drama Series: nominated
  • 2024Gold Derby TV Award-Drama Episode: nominated
  • 2024Gold Derby TV Award-Drama Episode: nominated
  • 2024Tribute Award-Creator Tribute: winner
  • 2024PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
  • 2024Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 2024Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: nominated
  • 2024USC Scripter Award-Television: nominated
  • 2024WGA Award (TV)-Drama Series: nominated
  • 2024WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: nominated