| Began writing plays while at Cambridge |
1993 | Began work on what was eventually produced as "Billy Elliot" |
1996 | Penned and produced the radio play "I Luv You Jimmy Spud" |
1997 | Adapted Georg Büchner's "Leonce and Lena," which played at London's Gate Theatre |
1997 | Earned accolades for the radio play "Spoonface Steinberg," about a nine-year-old autistic girl dying of leukemia |
1997 | Wrote the well-received TV drama "The Student Prince" |
1998 | Translated Bertolt Brecht's play "Mr. Puntilla and His Man Matti" |
1999 | Wrote the play "Cooking With Elvis"; first performed at the Edinburgh Festival and later moved to London's West End in 2000 |
2000 | Made feature debut as a screenwriter with "Billy Elliot"; received Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay |
2000 | Received acclaim for his translation of the Italian stage comedy "A Servant to Two Masters" |
2000 | Translated Bertolt Brecht's play "Mother Courage and Her Children" |
2000 | Wrote the stage adaptation of "Spoonface Steinberg" |
2005 | Co-wrote the screenplay for a film version of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" |
2009 | Earned two Tony Award nominations for Best Book of a Musical and Best Score for "Billy Elliot the Musical" |
2011 | Co-wrote (with Richard Curtis) the screenplay for "War Horse," directed by Steven Spielberg; film was based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo and the 2007 stage adaptation of the same name |
