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 Fim 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.