---
name: "Peter Shaffer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-shaffer"
fi1m_id: "peter-shaffer"
imdb_id: "nm0787323"
tmdb_id: 3975
wikidata_id: "Q318188"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "15 May 1926"
died: "6 June 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:13:04.522258+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Peter Shaffer

## Identity

Peter Shaffer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-shaffer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-shaffer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0787323
- **TMDB ID:** 3975
- **Wikidata ID:** Q318188
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Shaffer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q318188, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0787323/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3975

Producer. Born 15 May 1926 in Liverpool, England, UK. Died 6 June 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 15 May 1926, Liverpool, England, UK
- **Died:** 6 June 2016
- **Active:** 1984–2025
- **Also known as:** Sir Peter Levin Shaffer
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 writing, 1 producing
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 91 (1), 2020s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Shaffer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q318188, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0787323/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3975

## Biography

Sir Peter Shaffer was an English playwright and screenwriter. Born in Liverpool in 1926, he died in 2016. He is best known for his plays *Equus* (1973) and *Amadeus* (1979), both of which he adapted as screenplays for their film versions.

The 1977 film of *Equus* and the 1984 film of *Amadeus*, directed by Miloš Forman, brought his work to wider audiences. Shaffer received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for *Amadeus*. He was knighted for services to drama.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Wrote (1)

- *Amadeus* (1984), Fi1m 91, Theatre Play, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/amadeus.md)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Amadeus* (2025), Fi1m 70, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/amadeus-2025.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Amadeus* (2025), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/amadeus-2025.md)
- *Amadeus* (2018), Theatre Play
- *National Theatre Live: Amadeus* (2017), Theatre Play
- *A Sleuthian Journey with Anthony Shaffer* (2002), Thanks
- *Amadeus* (1984), Theatre Play, Screenplay — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/amadeus.md)
- *Equus* (1977), Writer, Theatre Play
- *Follow Me!* (1972), Screenplay, Novel
- *The Royal Hunt of the Sun* (1969), Writer
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, Writer
- *Five Finger Exercise* (1962), Theatre Play
- *Balance of Terror* (1957), Theatre Play

## Gallery

- ![Peter Shaffer](https://film.one/media/person/102805/gallery-cac836fc6628.jpg) Peter Shaffer — AP Newsfeatures Photo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Peter_Shaffer%2C_1966.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![The signature of Peter Shaffer](https://film.one/media/person/102805/gallery-d0a362fe139d.jpg) The signature of Peter Shaffer — Peter Shaffer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Signature_of_Peter_Shaffer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 1985: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (won), for *Amadeus*
- 1978: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Equus*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Play 1990: Tony Award for Best Play (nominated), for *Lettice and Lovage*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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