+ Peter Morgan awards and nominations Award Wins NominationsAcademy Awards BAFTA Awards Emmy Awards Olivier Awards Tony Awards
Peter Morgan is a British playwright and screenwriter.
He is known for his works on the stage and screen. He often tackles historical events or figures such as Queen Elizabeth II who he has covered extensively in all major mediums. He received numerous accolades including five BAFTA Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series and four Golden Globe Awards. Morgan has also nominations for two Academy Awards for both Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay for The Queen (2006) and Frost/Nixon (2008) respectively. For his work on the Broadway stage he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Play for Frost/Nixon (2005) and for his work on the West End a Laurence Olivier Award for Frost/Nixon and The Audience (2013). For his work on Patriots, in 2023 he won the Critics' Circle Award for Best New Play and received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination. In February 2017, Morgan was awarded a British Film Institute Fellowship, and in November 2019, the American Film Institute honoured him with a tribute to his career at the AFI FEST 2019. In June 2024 he was honoured with the special Creator Award at the 1st Gotham TV Awards for his remarkable creation of The Crown.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2006 Best Original Screenplay The Queen 2008 Best Adapted Screenplay Frost/Nixon
BAFTA Awards British Academy Film Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.2006Best Original ScreenplayThe Queen Outstanding British Film The Last King of Scotland Best Adapted Screenplay 2008 Frost/Nixon 2013Outstanding British Film Rush British Academy Television Awards 2004Best Single Drama The Deal 2007Longford Best Writer 2015 Best Mini Series The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies 2017Best Writer for a Drama SeriesThe Crown 2020Best Drama Series 2021
Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2007Outstanding Television Movie Longford 2010The Special RelationshipOutstanding Writing for a Limited Series or TV Movie2017Outstanding Drama SeriesThe CrownOutstanding Writing for a Drama Series – Assassins2018Outstanding Drama SeriesOutstanding Writing for a Drama Series – Mystery Man2020Outstanding Drama SeriesOutstanding Writing for a Drama Series – Aberfan2021Outstanding Drama SeriesOutstanding Writing for a Drama Series - War2023Outstanding Drama Series2024Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series - RitzInternational Emmy Awards 2003Best TV Movie or Mini SeriesHenry VIII
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2006Best Screenplay The Queen 2007 Best Miniseries or TV Film Longford 2009Best Screenplay Frost/Nixon 2016Best TV Series – Drama The Crown Season 1 2017 The Crown Season 2 2019 The Crown Season 3 2020 The Crown Season 4
Laurence Olivier Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2007Best New Play Frost/Nixon 2013 The Audience Patriots
Tony Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2007 Best Play Frost/Nixon
Miscellaneous accolades AFI Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2016AFI Television Program of the Year The Crown – Season One 2017 The Crown – Season Two 2019 The Crown – Season Three 2020 The Crown – Season Four
Critics' Choice Awards Critics' Choice Movie Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2009Best WriterFrost/Nixon 2007The Queen Critics' Choice Television Awards 2017Best Drama SeriesThe Crown 2018 2020 2021
Gold Derby Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2021 Drama SeriesThe Crown – Season Four Drama Episode - Fagan Drama Episode - Fairytale Drama Episode - Terra Nullius Drama Episode - War
Humanitas Prize Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2008 90-Minute Teleplay Longford 2024 DramaTeleplay The Crown (for "Ritz")
Producers Guild of America Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2018Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama The Crown – Season Two 2020 The Crown – Season Three 2021 The Crown – Season Four
Venice Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2006 Golden Osella The Queen
Writers Guild of America Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2018Drama Series The Crown – Season Two 2019 The Crown – Season Three 2020 The Crown – Season Four
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