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{{short description|2000 film directed by Stephen Daldry}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Billy Elliot
| image          = Billy Elliot movie.jpg
| alt            =
| caption        = US theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Stephen Daldry]]
| producer       = {{ubl|[[Greg Brenman]]|Jon Finn}}
| writer         = [[Lee Hall (playwright)|Lee Hall]]
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Julie Walters]]
* [[Gary Lewis (actor)|Gary Lewis]]
* [[Jamie Bell]]
* Jamie Draven
* [[Adam Cooper (dancer)|Adam Cooper]]}}<!--As per poster block, Bell is credited below Walters and Lewis-->
| music          = [[Stephen Warbeck]]
| cinematography = [[Brian Tufano]]
| editing        = John Wilson
| studio         = {{ubl|[[Universal Pictures]]|[[StudioCanal]]|[[BBC Films]]|[[Working Title Films]]|[[Tiger Aspect Productions|Tiger Aspect Pictures]]}}
| distributor    = [[United International Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|df=y|2000|09|29}}
| runtime        = 110 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 110:09--><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/CFF163566 | title=Billy Elliot (15) |work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] |date=21 August 2000 |access-date=7 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107210122/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/billy-elliot-1970-1 |archive-date=7 November 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| country        = United Kingdom
| language       = English
| budget         = $5 million<ref name="box off mojo">{{cite web | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0249462/?ref_=bo_se_r_1 | title=Billy Elliot |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] | date=2020-01-03 | access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref>
| gross          = $109.3 million<ref name="box off mojo" />
}}
'''''Billy Elliot''''' is a 2000 British [[coming-of-age]] [[Comedy film|comedy]]-[[drama film]] directed by [[Stephen Daldry]] and written by [[Lee Hall (playwright)|Lee Hall]]. Set in [[County Durham]] in [[North East England]] during the [[1984–1985 miners' strike]], the film is about a working-class boy who has a passion for [[ballet]]. His father objects, based on [[Western stereotype of the male ballet dancer|negative stereotypes of male ballet dancers]]. The film stars [[Jamie Bell]] as 11-year-old Billy, [[Gary Lewis (actor)|Gary Lewis]] as his father, Jamie Draven as Billy's older brother, and [[Julie Walters]] as his ballet teacher.

Adapted from a play called ''Dancer'' by Lee Hall, development on the film began in 1999. Around 2,000 boys were considered for the role of Billy before Bell was chosen. Filming began in the North East of England in August 1999. [[Greg Brenman]] and Jon Finn served as producers, while [[Stephen Warbeck]] composed the film's score. ''Billy Elliot'' is a co-production among [[BBC Films]], [[Tiger Aspect Productions|Tiger Aspect Pictures]] and [[Working Title Films]].

The film premiered at the [[2000 Cannes Film Festival]],<ref name=cannespremiere>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/advice/billy-elliot-and-the-miners-strike-97mfqfh3kw7|title=Billy Elliot and the miners' strike|date=2005-03-13|work=The Times|access-date=2020-01-02|language=en|issn=0140-0460|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102205048/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/billy-elliot-and-the-miners-strike-97mfqfh3kw7|archive-date=2 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>  and began a wider theatrical release in the United Kingdom on 29 September 2000 by [[Universal Pictures]] through [[United International Pictures]]. ''Billy Elliot'' received positive critical response and commercial success, earning $109.3&nbsp;million worldwide on a $5&nbsp;million budget. At the [[54th British Academy Film Awards]], the film won three of thirteen award nominations. Jamie Bell became the youngest winner of [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor in a Leading Role]]. The film also earned three nominations at the [[73rd Academy Awards]] for [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Best Original Screenplay]] and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]].

In 2001, the film was adapted as a novel by [[Melvin Burgess]]. The story was also adapted for the [[West End theatre|West End]] stage as ''[[Billy Elliot the Musical]]'', first produced in 2005. It opened in Australia in 2007 and on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in [[New York City]] in 2008.