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Lee Hall
Highest Rated: 89% Rocketman (2019)
Lowest Rated: 19% Cats (2019)
Birthday: Sep 20, 1966
Birthplace: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
An extremely gifted and prolific playwright and screenwriter, Lee Hall garnered an Oscar nomination for his feature debut effort, the crowd-pleasing "Billy Elliot" (2000). Born and raised in the coal mining region, Hall drew on personal memories to flesh out this tale of a miner's son who has aspirations to become a ballet dancer. Set against the backdrop of a 1984 strike that nearly economically crippled the area, "Billy Elliot" functioned on several levels. It was at its core a family story but the scenes of the striking miners served as an historical reminder to British audiences and an education to those in other countries.
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19% | 53% | Cats | Screenwriter | $27.2M | 2019 |
| 89% | 88% | Rocketman | Screenwriter | $96.3M | 2019 |
| 66% | 68% | Victoria & Abdul |
Screenwriter, Executive Producer |
$22.2M | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Billy Elliot the Musical | Writer | - | 2014 |
| 75% | 74% | War Horse | Screenwriter | $79.9M | 2011 |
| 63% | 52% | Toast | Screenwriter | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | Hippie Hippie Shake | Writer | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 59% | Wind in the Willows | Writer | - | 2006 |
| 87% | 89% | Pride & Prejudice | Screenwriter | $38.4M | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 11% | Gabriel & Me | Writer | - | 2001 |
| 85% | 89% | Billy Elliot | Writer | $22.0M | 2000 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Theatre | Writer | 1998 |