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Lee Hall (born 20 September 1966) is an English writer and lyricist. He is best known for writing the screenplay for the film Billy Elliot (2000) and the book and lyrics for its adaptation as a stage musical of the same name. In addition, he wrote the play The Pitmen Painters (2007), and the screenplays for the films War Horse and Rocketman (2019).
Lee Hall is a writer whose work is firmly rooted in the expression of the political through the personal. He is perhaps most associated with the film Billy Elliot (2000), for which he wrote the screenplay, and with Spoonface Steinberg (1997), written for radio and later adapted for the stage.
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Nov 20, 2018 · Entertainment. Newsweek Magazine. Madder Still: How Playwright Lee Hall Adapted the Prophetic Film 'Network' for the Stage. Nov 20, 2018 at 9:00 AM EST. Bryan Cranston steps out onto the...
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Lee Hall is a playwright and screenwriter best known for the musical Billy Elliot for which he won a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England in 1966, he still lives in England and is married to film director Beeban Kidron.
Lee Hall has been the recipient of many awards for all aspects of his work. He won the Alfred Bradley Bursary and the Richard Imison Prize with his first play for radio, "I Luv You Jimmy Spud", which he adapted for the screen as "Gabriel and Me" and which premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival.
- Writer, Composer, Music Department
- September 20, 1966
- Lee Hall
Jul 25, 2011 · News. Interview: Lee Hall, playwright. When Lee Hall stumbled across the story of a group of miners who became celebrated painters, he found its strong personal resonance impossible to...
Mar 26, 2012 · Playwright Lee Hall on the thrill of bringing Close the Coalhouse Door to 21st-century audiences. Lee Hall. Mon 26 Mar 2012 13.30 EDT.
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