Peter Morgan / Biography

Has a degree in Fine Art from the University of Leeds.
His father Arthur Morgenthau, a German Jew, fled the Nazis, while his Polish mother Inga fled the Soviets. After they had emigrated to the UK, they chose the new surname Morgan, an Anglicization of Morgenthau.
Has lived in Vienna with his Austrian wife Lila and six children (three daughters and three sons) since 2006.
Went to a kindergarten in Wimbledon Village along with Martin Clunes.
Is fluent in English and German.
Tends to write screenplays about real-life characters and events.
Probably the only screenwriter in AMPAS history to have written the scenarios for both Best Actor & Best Actress in the same year in two (2) different films: Forest Whitaker for "The Last King of Scotland" Helen Mirren for "The Queen".
One of 115 invitees to join AMPAS in 2007.