Peter Morgan
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 FilmWinner
- 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 FilmNominated
- 2007BAFTA Scotland Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2007Writer's AwardNominated
- 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 AwardNominated
- 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 FilmNominated
- 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