1. Peter Julian Robin Morgan was born on 10 April 1963 and is a British screenwriter and playwright.
27 Facts About Peter Morgan
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Peter Morgan has written for theatre, films and television, often writing about historical events or figures such as Queen Elizabeth II, whom he has covered extensively in all major media.
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Peter Morgan has received a number of accolades including five BAFTA Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a Tony Award and a Laurence Olivier Award.
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In February 2017, Morgan was awarded a British Film Institute Fellowship.
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Peter Morgan wrote the screenplays for The Last King of Scotland, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Damned United, and Rush.
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Peter Morgan is known for his work in television writing the ITV series The Jury, the Channel 4 film The Deal, and the HBO films Longford, and The Special Relationship.
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Peter Morgan served as creator and show-runner of the Netflix series The Crown.
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Peter Morgan's mother, Inga, was a Catholic Pole who fled the Soviets, and his father, Arthur Morgenthau, was a German Jew who fled the Nazis, arriving in London in 1933.
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Peter Morgan's father died when Morgan was nine years old.
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Peter Morgan attended St Paul's School in London and boarding school at Downside School, Somerset, and gained a degree in Fine Art from the University of Leeds.
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Peter Morgan wrote television scripts during the 1990s, including an episode of Rik Mayall Presents.
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Peter Morgan wrote the screenplay to the romantic comedy Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence.
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Peter Morgan served as additional writer for Madame Sousatzka, co-writer on the short film Dear Rosie, and wrote re-writes for the comedy King Ralph.
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In 2002, Peter Morgan had some success with the TV series The Jury.
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In 2003, Peter Morgan broke through with The Deal, a television drama about the power-sharing deal between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown that was struck in the Granita restaurant in London in 1994.
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Peter Morgan received the Golden Globe Award for his screenplay from the Hollywood Foreign Press, and Helen Mirren won numerous awards for playing the title role including the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award.
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Peter Morgan was scheduled to direct the film but pulled out a month before filming began.
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Peter Morgan was nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or Television Movie losing to Adam Mazer for another HBO television movie You Don't Know Jack.
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In 2008, Peter Morgan was initially set to adapt the John le Carre's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy into a screenplay for Working Title Films but dropped out and served as the film's executive producer.
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The Daily Telegraphs Mandrake diary reported in April 2010 that Peter Morgan had quit the production after Sam Mendes was hired to direct, and that Patrick Marber would replace him.
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Peter Morgan has since finished the script for Hereafter, a supernatural thriller "in the vein of The Sixth Sense".
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The film was directed by Ron Howard and written by Peter Morgan and starred Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl, and Olivia Wilde.
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Peter Morgan is the creator and writer of the Netflix fictional historical drama series The Crown, a biographical story about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
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In September 2021, the fourth season won in all 7 Emmys Drama Categories and earned Netflix its first major win in the history of the streaming giant, with Peter Morgan receiving the award for Outstanding Writing.
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Peter Morgan was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to drama.
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In July 2016, Peter Morgan was presented with an honorary degree in Letters by the University of Leeds, his alma mater.
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In November 2019, Peter Morgan was honoured by the American Film Institute with a tribute to his career at the AFI FEST 2019.