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. In addition, he wrote the play The Pitmen Painters (2007), and the screenplays for the films War Horse and Rocketman (2019). Description above from the Wikipedia article Lee Hall (playwright), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
- Writer, also producer
- 9 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Lee Hall's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 4 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2
A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 1 · Intense 1
A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Lee Hall's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Lee Hall's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
16 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Better Man(2024)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Cats(2019)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Rocketman(2019)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Network (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Victoria & Abdul(2017)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Billy Elliot: The Musical Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Ida(2013)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
War Horse(2011)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Toast(2010)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
The Wind in the Willows(2006)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Gabriel & Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Billy Elliot(2000)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Student Prince (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Spoonface Steinberg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Untitled Fred Astaire Biopic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Untitled Ozzy & Sharon Osbourne Biopic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 16 titles, 14 of them dated from 1998 to 2024.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Lee Hall's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 86th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th3
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 9 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 52/100 and the plot and story 44/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Lee Hall's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Lee Hall work with?
People who share at least 2 of Lee Hall's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jamie Bell shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Jamie BellShared titles: Rocketman (2019), Billy Elliot (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Jamie Bell
- Judi DenchShared titles: Cats (2019), Victoria & Abdul (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Judi Dench
Editors
- Melanie OliverShared titles: Cats (2019), Victoria & Abdul (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Melanie Oliver
Producers
- Eric FellnerShared titles: Cats (2019), Victoria & Abdul (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Eric Fellner
- Liza ChasinShared titles: Cats (2019), Victoria & Abdul (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Liza Chasin
- Tim BevanShared titles: Cats (2019), Victoria & Abdul (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Tim Bevan
