Peter Morgan

Peter Morgan is a writer for stage and screen. As well as receiving Oscar and BAFTA Award nominations for his screenplay for Stephen Frears' The Queen , Morgan won a host of international awards including Golden Globe, British Independent Film and Evening Standard British Film Awards. The award-winning and Tony-nominated play Frost/Nixon received critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic before being adapted into a multi- Academy Award-nominated film of the same name. The film garnered...See more

Peter Morgan is a writer for stage and screen. As well as receiving Oscar and BAFTA Award nominations for his screenplay for Stephen Frears' The Queen , Morgan won a host of international awards including Golden Globe, British Independent Film and Evening Standard British Film Awards. The award-winning and Tony-nominated play Frost/Nixon received critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic before being adapted into a multi- Academy Award-nominated film of the same name. The film garnered five Oscar nominations, including Best Screenplay. Morgan's many other film credits include the award-winning The Last King of Scotland , The Damned United and Rush . His extensive television credits include The Lost Honour of Christopher Jeffries , the critically acclaimed The Deal - the first part of Morgan's 'Tony Blair Trilogy' (BAFTA Award for Best Drama) - The Special Relationship and Longford . In 2013, Peter wrote the award-winning West End play The Audience , starring Helen Mirren. He is the creator and showrunner of The Crown , which debuted on Netflix in 2016. The series has won numerous awards, including two Golden Globes for Best Television Series - Drama and many Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. The sixth, and final, season is scheduled to air in 2023. See less