“When I started writing the screenplay for 'The Queen,' about the aftermath of the death of Princess Diana, both Stephen Frears, the director, and Andy Harries, the producer, begged me not to put Tony Blair in it.”

British playwright and screenwriter

Peter Julian Robin Morgan is a British playwright and screenwriter. He is known for work across stage and screen, especially for writing about history and public figures, including Elizabeth II, whom he has portrayed extensively in major media. His writing often returns to political power, public life, and the making of modern history. He has received five BAFTA Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards, and has also been nominated for two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award. In February 2017, he received a British Film Institute Fellowship.