Lee Hall is the husband of Beeban Kidron.
He is an English playwright, television writer, screenwriter, and lyricist. Hall 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.
Hall was born on September 20, 1966, in Newcastle upon Tyne. He attended Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he studied English literature and was taught by poet Paul Muldoon.
After his education at Cambridge, Hall first worked as a youth theatre fundraiser in Newcastle and at the Gate Theatre in London.
Hall’s playwriting career was launched with the broadcast of his radio play, Spoonface Steinberg, on BBC Radio 4 in 1997.
He was the originator writer on the screenplay for a film adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s War Horse; he shares credit on the finished film with Richard Curtis, who was brought in by Steven Spielberg.
Hall’s other projects include a biopic of Elton John, Rocketman, released in May 2019, a stage musical adaptation of Pink Floyd’s The Wall, and a film adaptation of George Orwell’s 1933 memoir Down and Out in Paris and London.
Hall has been married to film director Beeban Kidron since 2003 till date.