---
name: "Lee Hall"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lee-hall"
fi1m_id: "lee-hall"
imdb_id: "nm0355822"
tmdb_id: 470
wikidata_id: "Q1811812"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "20 September 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-03T00:11:10.436844+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."
---

# Lee Hall

## Identity

Lee Hall

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lee-hall
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lee-hall
- **IMDb ID:** nm0355822
- **TMDB ID:** 470
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1811812
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Hall_(playwright), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1811812, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355822/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/470

Writer. Born 20 September 1966 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 20 September 1966, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
- **Active:** 2000–2019
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 writing, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Jamie Bell](https://film.one/person/jamie-bell.md), [Judi Dench](https://film.one/person/judi-dench.md), [Tim Bevan](https://film.one/person/tim-bevan.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 81 (1), 2010s 66 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 59 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 2, Music 2, Fantasy 1, History 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $531m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Hall_(playwright), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1811812, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355822/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/470

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Rocketman*](https://film.one/film/rocketman.md) (78)
- **Netflix:** [*Cats*](https://film.one/film/cats.md) (38)

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

## Biography

Lee Hall is an English writer and lyricist. He was born on 20 September 1966 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Hall wrote the screenplay for the film *Billy Elliot* (2000), which was later adapted into a stage musical with music by Elton John. He also wrote the book and lyrics for the musical and the play *The Pitmen Painters* (2007). His other screenplays include *War Horse* (2011), *Victoria & Abdul* (2017), *Rocketman* (2019) and *Cats* (2019). He began his career with radio plays, including *Spoonface Steinberg* (1997).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, bbc.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Wrote (4) — the average rests on these

- *Cats* (2019), Fi1m 38, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/cats.md)
- *Rocketman* (2019), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/rocketman.md)
- *War Horse* (2011), Fi1m 62, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/war-horse.md)
- *Billy Elliot* (2000), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/billy-elliot.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Ida* (2013), Fi1m 85, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/ida.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Better Man* (2024), Thanks — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/better-man.md)
- *Cats* (2019), Screenplay — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/cats.md)
- *Rocketman* (2019), Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/rocketman.md)
- *Network* (2018), Writer
- *Victoria & Abdul* (2017), Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Billy Elliot: The Musical Live* (2014), Musical, Original Film Writer, Writer
- *Ida* (2013), Thanks — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/ida.md)
- *War Horse* (2011), Screenplay — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/war-horse.md)
- *Toast* (2010), Writer
- *The Wind in the Willows* (2006), Screenplay
- *Gabriel & Me* (2001), Screenplay
- *Billy Elliot* (2000), Writer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/billy-elliot.md)
- *The Student Prince* (1998), Writer
- *Spoonface Steinberg* (1998), Screenplay
- *Untitled Ozzy & Sharon Osbourne Biopic*, Writer
- *Untitled Fred Astaire Biopic*, Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2001: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Billy Elliot*

### Other awards — 3 won, 2 nominated

- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2018: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Victoria and Abdul*
- honorary master's degree 2011: honorary master's degree (won)
- Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical 2009: Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical (won), for *Billy Elliot the Musical*
- Tony Award for Best Original Score 2009: Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *Billy Elliot the Musical*
- Richard Imison Award 1995: Richard Imison Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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