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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.
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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Mar 29, 2016 · Playwright Lee Hall. Lee was a rising star. He’d had the switchboard buzzing at BBC Radio 4 with his play Spoonface Steinberg and had written a BBC1 play, Prince of Hearts, based on something...
Aug 7, 2015 · Playwright Lee Hall is best known for Billy Elliot, the inspirational, heart-warming film and musical about a boy who wants to be a ballet dancer and who overcomes the odds to achieve his...
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.
His first screenplay for a feature film was 'Billy Elliot' which was nominated for a Best Original Screenplay 'Oscar' and screened at Cannes 2000 in the closing slot of 'Directors' Fortnight' and since then he's written a script every year.
Jul 25, 2011 · When Lee Hall stumbled across the story of a group of miners who became celebrated painters, he found its strong personal resonance impossible to resist. LEE HALL was browsing in a second-hand...
