Kelly Masterson

Kelly Masterson is an American screenwriter, playwright and writer who lives in New Jersey. He wrote the screenplay for the film Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, for which he is best known. Before moving to New York to stage several of his early plays, he studied Theology at the University of California, Davis.^[1] In describing his script for Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, 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."^[2]

He tried to get the script made for seven years before director Sidney Lumet agreed to direct it.

Masterson is currently working on "Good People" to be produced by Tobey Maguire, "Mixed Blood" to be directed by Phil Noyce with Samuel L. Jackson starring and "Brother Jack" to be directed by Barry Levinson.

References

^ Dylan Callaghan, Writers Guild of America, West, "The Devil Is in the Dialogue," http://www.wga.org/subpage.aspx?id=2525
^ Id.

External links

Kelly Masterson at the Internet Movie Database

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