Peter Shaffer

Sir Peter Levin Shaffer (born in Liverpool, May 15, 1926 - June 6, 2016) was an English playwright known for many successful plays, including "Five Finger Exercise" (1958), "The Public Eye" (1962), "The Royal Hunt of the Sun" (1964), "Equus" (1973), "Amadeus" (1979), among others. Several of his plays were adapted into films by Shaffer himself. The film "Amadeus" (1984), directed by Miloš Forman and based on his play of the same name, won 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.