Brian Yorkey is an American playwright, lyricist, and theatre director. He shared the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2009 Tony Award for Best Original Score with composer Tom Kitt, and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Next to Normal. Yorkey graduated from Columbia University. Prior to bringing Next to Normal to Broadway, Yorkey was affiliated with Village Theatre, where he eventually progressed to a six-year tenure as associate artistic director. He is currently writing an untitled musical for Paramount. Brian's first feature film pitch, Time After Time, sold in a bidding war for high six figures to Universal.