Billy Ray (screenwriter)

Billy Ray
Ray in 2007
Born1962 (age 63–64)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationsFilm director, screenwriter
SpouseStacy Sherman

Billy Ray (born 1962) is an American screenwriter and film director. He began writing for television and movies in 1994 with Color of Night. He has written numerous successful films, including the first Hunger Games movie (2012), Captain Phillips (2013), and Richard Jewell (2019), earning an Oscar nomination for the second film.