Kelly Masterson is an American screenwriter, playwright and writer who lives in New York. He wrote the screenplay for the film ''

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ''Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'' is a 2007 American crime thriller film directed by Sidney Lumet. The film was written by Kelly Masterson, and stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, and Albert Finney. The title comes fro ...

'', for which he is perhaps best known. Before moving to New York to stage several of his early plays, he studied

Theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

at the

University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The inst ...

. He tried to get the script for ''Before the Devil Knows You're Dead,'' made seven years before director Sidney Lumet agreed to direct it. In describing his script he has said: :"I don't know. It was winter, and I was depressed I guess when I was writing it. I'm fascinated by the folly of human nature. I love characters who we understand and sympathize with, but we just shake our heads at how stupidly they act. This probably comes from my theology background but I love the big themes of good and evil and how we're such a combination of both. We try to chart a path that's on the side of good, but we all have evil impulses in us." Subsequent to his success with ''Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'', he has worked in several media including stage plays, film and television. Masterson's play ''Edith.'' about Woodrow and Edith Wilson premiered at the Berkshire Theater Festival in 2012. He also collaborated with Korean director Bong Joon-ho on the critically acclaimed ''

Snowpiercer ''Snowpiercer'' () is a 2013 post-apocalyptic science fiction action film based on the French climate fiction graphic novel ''Le Transperceneige'' by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette. The film was directed by Bong Joon-ho a ...

'', an English-language production that received a North American release in 2014. Masterson wrote the teleplay for the television movie, ''Killing Kennedy'', which aired in November 2013 on the National Geographic Channel.

Filmography

* ''

'' (2007) * ''

'' (2013) * ''

Killing Kennedy ''Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot'' is a 2012 non-fiction book by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard about the assassination of the 35th President of the United States John F. Kennedy. It is a follow-up to O'Reilly's 2011 book ''Killing Linco ...

'' (2013) * '' Good People'' (2014)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Masterson, Kelly American dramatists and playwrights American male screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people) Living people University of California, Davis alumni American male dramatists and playwrights