List of awards and nominations received by Peter Morgan

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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.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2006	Best Original Screenplay	The Queen	Nominated	^[1]
2008	Best Adapted Screenplay	Frost/Nixon	Nominated	^[2]

British Academy Film Awards
Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2006	Outstanding British Film	The Queen	Nominated	^[3]
	Best Original Screenplay	The Queen	Nominated	^[3]
	Outstanding British Film	The Last King of Scotland	Won	^[4]
	Best Adapted Screenplay	The Last King of Scotland	Won	^[4]
2008	Best Adapted Screenplay	Frost/Nixon	Nominated	^[5]
2013	Outstanding British Film	Rush	Nominated	^[6]
British Academy Television Awards
2004	Best Single Drama	The Deal	Won	^[7]
2007	Best Single Drama	Longford	Nominated	^[8]
2007	Best Writer	Longford	Won	^[8]
2015	Best Mini Series	The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies	Won	^[9]
2017	Best Writer for a Drama Series	The Crown	Nominated	^[10]
2020	Best Drama Series	The Crown	Nominated	^[11]
2021	Best Drama Series	The Crown	Nominated	^[12]

Primetime Emmy Award
Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2007	Outstanding Television Movie	Longford	Nominated	^[13]
2010	Outstanding Television Movie	The Special Relationship	Nominated	^[14]
2010	Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or TV Movie	The Special Relationship	Nominated	^[14]
2017	Outstanding Drama Series	The Crown	Nominated	^[15]
2017	Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series – Assassins		Nominated	^[15]
2018	Outstanding Drama Series		Nominated	^[16]
2018	Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series – Mystery Man		Nominated	^[16]
2020	Outstanding Drama Series		Nominated	^[17]
2020	Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series – Aberfan		Nominated	^[17]
2021	Outstanding Drama Series		Won	^[18]
2021	Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series - War		Won	^[18]
2023	Outstanding Drama Series		Nominated
2024	Outstanding Drama Series		Nominated	^[19]
2024	Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series - Ritz		Nominated	^[19]
International Emmy Awards
2003	Best TV Movie or Mini Series	Henry VIII	Won

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2006	Best Screenplay – Motion Picture	The Queen	Won	^[20]
2007	Best Miniseries or Television Film	Longford	Won	^[21]
2009	Best Screenplay – Motion Picture	Frost/Nixon	Nominated	^[22]
2016	Best Television Series – Drama	The Crown – Season One	Won	^[23]
2017		The Crown – Season Two	Nominated	^[24]
2019		The Crown – Season Three	Nominated	^[25]
2020		The Crown – Season Four	Won	^[26]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2007	Best New Play	Frost/Nixon	Nominated
2013		The Audience	Nominated
2023		Patriots	Nominated	^[27]

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