Peter Morgan | |
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Full Name |
Peter Morgan |
Date of Birth |
10 April 1963 |
Occupation |
Screenwriter |
Nationality |
British |
Biography
Peter Morgan (born 10 April 1963) is an Academy Award nominated English screenwriter and playwright, best known for writing the plays and films The Deal, The Queen, The Last King of Scotland, and Frost/Nixon.
Morgan was born in London, and attended boarding school at Downside School, Somerset. He gained a degree in Fine Art from the University of Leeds.
He lives with his Austrian wife Lila Schwarzenberg and their daughters and three sons in Vienna.
Career
Television
- Shalom Joan Collins (1989) (co-writer)
- Rik Mayall Presents… (1993) (1 episode: "Mickey Love")
- Comedy Premieres: The Chest (1997)
- Metropolis (2000)
- The Jury (2002)
- The Deal (2003)
- Henry VIII (2003)
- Colditz (2005)
- Longford (2006)
Theatre
- Frost/Nixon (2006)
Film
- Dear Rosie (1990) (short; co-writer)
- King Ralph (1991) (rewrites)
- The Silent Touch (1992) (co-writer)
- Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (1998)
- The Queen (2006)
- The Last King of Scotland (2006) (co-writer)
- The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
- Frost/Nixon (2008)
- The Damned United (2009)
- State of Play (2009) (rewrites)
- The Special Relationship (2010)
- Bond 23 (co-writer)
- Hereafter
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy