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Peter Shaffer

Screenwriter / Playwright / Dramaturge / Writer | * 05/15/1926 († 90, 06/06/2016) | Liverpool / City of Liverpool (United Kingdom (UK))
Sir Peter Levin Shaffer (15 May 1926 – 6 June 2016) was an English playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He wrote numerous award-winning plays, of which several were adapted into films. ()

Peter Shaffer was an English playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He wrote numerous award-winning plays, most notably Equus and Amadeus, of which several were adapted into films.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Music | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

A psychiatrist, Martin Dysart, investigates the savage blinding of six horses with a metal spike in a stable in Hampshire, England. The atrocity was committed by an unassuming seventeen-year-old stabl ...

Equus

R

1977 | 3.6/5 | 2h 17min
Drama, Mystery
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A strait-laced British banker hires an eccentric private detective to follow his free-spirited American wife, whom he suspects is cheating on him. ...

Follow Me!

G

1972 | 3.8/5 | 1h 35min
Comedy, Drama
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a remarkably talented young Viennese composer who unwittingly finds a fierce rival in the disciplined and determined Antonio Salieri. Resenting Mozart for both his hedonisti ...

Amadeus

R

1984 | 4.0/5 | 2h 40min
History, Music, Drama
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young prodigy, arrives in Vienna, the music capital of the world – and he’s determined to make a splash. Awestruck by his genius, court composer Antonio Salieri ha ...

National Theatre Live: Amadeus

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2017 | 3.8/5 | 2h 46min
Drama
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The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate ...

Midsomer Murders

TV-14

1997- | 3.8/5 | 1h 30min per episode
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Awards & Nominations for Peter Shaffer

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Commander of The Order of The British Empire Knight Bachelor Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature Honorary Doctor of The University of Bath 2x Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Movies with Peter Shaffer as Actor(1)

as Himself - Writer2002 The Making of 'Amadeus'

Movies with Peter Shaffer as Crew(10)

Writing/Theatre Play2018 Amadeus
Writing/Theatre Play2017 National Theatre Live: Amadeus
Writing/Theatre Play1984 Amadeus
Writing/Screenplay1984 Amadeus
Writing/Writer1977 Equus
Writing/Screenplay1972 Follow Me!
Writing/Novel1972 Follow Me!
Writing/Writer1969 The Royal Hunt of the Sun
Writing/Theatre Play1962 Five Finger Exercise
Writing/Theatre Play1957 Balance of Terror

Full Name: Peter Levin Shaffer
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Saturday, 05/15 1926 (May) in Liverpool / City of Liverpool (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Monday, 06/06 2016 (June) in County Cork (aged: 90)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Cambridge, Trinity College, St Paul's School, Hall School
Member of: Royal Society of Literature
Siblings: Anthony Shaffer
Other names for Peter Shaffer (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Sir Peter Levin Shaffer"
Peter Shaffer frequently works together with these people:
Giuseppe Cannas (3x, Crew)
Elizabeth Berridge (2x, Actress)
James Donald (2x, Actor)
Jeffrey Jones (2x, Actor)
Patrizia von Brandenstein (2x, Crew)
Saul Zaentz (2x, Crew)
Twyla Tharp (2x, Actress)
Michael Longhurst (2x, Crew)
Tony Walton (2x, Crew)
Simon Slater (2x, Actor)
Theodor Pištěk (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:616143, Added: 10/21/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024