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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.
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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.
- Newcastle, England
- Methuen Publishing Ltd
Mar 29, 2016 · Lee Hall on the journey of Billy Elliot, from 'little vision' to big show. The Newcastle-born writer says he is delighted that his story set in the North East is finally coming back to his ...
Jul 25, 2011 · Interview: Lee Hall, playwright. By The Newsroom. Published 25th Jul 2011, 01:00 BST. When Lee Hall stumbled across the story of a group of miners who became celebrated painters, he found its...
May 12, 2015 · Billy Elliot – The Musical celebrates its tenth birthday with a star-studded gala at the Victoria Palace Theatre tonight (12 May 2015). The show has just announced it will tour the UK from February next year. Video unavailable.
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.
Oct 2, 2011 · The award-winning writer explains why The Pitmen Painters is a very different slice of colliery life to Billy Elliot. Like his most famous creation, Billy Elliot, Lee Hall left his native North East to pursue what turned out to be a glittering career in the arts.
