Kelly Masterson

Kelly Masterson is an American playwright and screenwriter who lives in New York City.

He is known for writing the screenplay for the 2007 film Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.

Education and career Before moving to New York City to stage several of his early plays, he studied theology at the University of California, Davis.

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 Theatre Festival in 2012.

Masterson wrote the teleplay for the television movie, Killing Kennedy, which aired in November 2013 on the National Geographic Channel.

Cowriting with Bong Joon-ho, Masterson adapted the French climate fiction graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand, and Jean-Marc Rochette into the film Snowpiercer, which was also released in 2013.

Filmography Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) Snowpiercer (2013) Killing Kennedy (2013) Good People (2014)