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name: "Kelly Masterson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kelly-masterson"
roles: ["Writer","Screenwriter"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T07:53:09.783392+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Kelly Masterson

Writer and screenwriter. Born 1 January 1950 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Screenwriter
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, United States
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6386184, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1031176/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53455

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Snowpiercer*](https://film.one/film/snowpiercer.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Kelly Masterson is an American screenwriter and playwright. He studied theology at the University of California, Davis, before moving to New York City, where he staged several of his early plays.

His screenplay for the 2007 film *Before the Devil Knows You're Dead*, directed by Sidney Lumet, marked his first produced feature credit. He later collaborated with director Bong Joon-ho on the screenplay for the 2013 film *Snowpiercer*, adapted from a French graphic novel. Other credits include the 2013 television film *Killing Kennedy* and the 2014 film *Good People*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, collider.com, wikimili.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Snowpiercer* (2013), Fi1m 80, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/snowpiercer.md)

## Also known for

- *Before the Devil Knows You're Dead* (2007), Writer
- *Snowpiercer* (2020), Original Story
- *Good People* (2014), Writer
- *Killing Kennedy* (2013), Screenplay

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