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Simon Beaufoy (/ˈboʊfɔɪ/; born 26 December 1966) is a British screenwriter. Born in Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, he was educated at Malsis School in Glusburn, Ermysted's Grammar School and Sedbergh School, he read English at St Peter's College, Oxford and graduated from Arts University Bournemouth. In 1997, he earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay for The Full Monty. He went on to win the 2009 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Slumdog Millionaire as well as winning a Golden Globe and a BAFTA award. Beaufoy also earned further Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for his co-written adaptation of Aron Ralston's autobiography Between a Rock and a Hard Place titled 127 Hours.

Beaufoy has also completed adaptations of The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall and the 2011 film version of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday, as well as new adaptations of The Full Monty as both a stage play and limited television series.

Filmography

• Yellow (1996) (short film)
• The Full Monty (1997)
• Among Giants (1998)
• Closer (1998) (short film)
• The Darkest Light (1999)
• This Is Not a Love Song (2001)
• Blow Dry (2001)
• Yasmin (2004)
• Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
• Burn Up (2008) (miniseries)
• Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
• 127 Hours (2010)
• Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
• Everest (2015)
• Battle of the Sexes (2017)
• Trust (2018) (TV series)
• The Full Monty (2023) (TV series)
• The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (TBA) (TV miniseries) (adaptation)

References

1. Witherow, John, ed. (26 December 2018). "Birthdays today". The Times. No. 72727. p. 33. ISSN 0140-0460.
2. McFarlane, Brian. "Beaufoy, Simon". Encyclopedia of British Film. BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
3. The New York Times
4. Telegraph.co.uk
5. The Full Monty on stage: the boys are back in town The Guardian, 10 February 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
6. Petski, Denise (20 July 2016). "John le Carré's 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' In Works As Series". Deadline. Retrieved 5 December 2016.

External links

• Simon Beaufoy at IMDb
• Slumdog Millionaire

• 1966 births
• Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award winners
• Best Adapted Screenplay BAFTA Award winners
• British male screenwriters
• Living people
• People educated at Sedbergh School
• People educated at Malsis School
• People from Keighley
• Writers from Bradford
• Writers Guild of America Award winners
• Alumni of St Peter's College, Oxford
• People educated at Ermysted's Grammar School
• Alumni of Arts University Bournemouth
• Best Screenplay Golden Globe winners