Dennis Kelly

Dennis Kelly is a British writer and producer He has worked in theatre television and film His play DNA published in 2007 and first performed in 2008 became a core GCSE text in 2010 and has been studied by about 400000 students each year He wrote the book for Matilda the Musical which featured music and lyrics from musician and comedian Tim Minchin The musical went on to win multiple awards with Kelly receiving a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical A film adaptation of the musical with a screenplay by Kelly was released in December 2022 For television he is known for cocreating and cowriting the BBC Three sitcom Pulling the Channel 4 conspiracy thriller Utopia and the HBO and Sky Atlantic thriller The Third Day Kelly also wrote the screenplay for the 2014 film Black Sea Description above from the Wikipedia article Dennis Kelly licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia