Director
Stephen Daldry
Producers
Greg Brenman, Jon Finn
Writer
Lee Hall
Studios
Universal, BBC Films, StudioCanal, Working Title Films
Dneg VFX Supervisor
Rudi Holzapfel
Release date
29th September 2000
Daldry’s film is pure social-realism: set during the miners’ strike of 1984-1985 and focusing on the travails of a working-class family.
– The Guardian –
Billy Elliot has a freshness that makes it a pleasure to watch; it's a very emphatic success.The Guardian
A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family. The life of 11-year-old Billy Elliot, a coal miner’s son in Northern England, is forever changed one day when he stumbles upon a ballet class during his weekly boxing lesson.