Simon Beaufoy

Simon Beaufoy

Personal Info

  • Name:

    Simon Beaufoy

  • Birthday:

    1966-12-26

  • Place of Birth: Keighley, England, UK
  • Gender:

    Male

  • Know For:

    Writing

  • Popularity: 1.767
  • Also Known As

Simon Beaufoy

Biography

Simon Beaufoy (born 26 December 1966) is a British screenwriter. Born in Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, he was educated at Malsis School in Cross Hills, 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.

Top Movie Crew

Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionairetrue

Writing

2008-11-12

7.7
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Daytrue

Writing

2008-03-07

6.8
127 Hours
127 Hourstrue

Writing

2010-11-12

7.1
Blow Dry
Blow Drytrue

Writing

2001-03-01

5.9
This Is Not a Love Song
This Is Not a Love Songtrue

Writing

2002-01-01

6.2
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Salmon Fishing in the Yementrue

Writing

2012-03-09

6.4
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Hunger Games: Catching Firetrue

Writing

2013-11-15

7.4
Everest
Everesttrue

Writing

2015-09-10

6.8
Among Giants
Among Giantstrue

Writing

1998-06-24

5.0
The Full Monty
The Full Montytrue

Writing

1997-08-13

7.0
Battle of the Sexes
Battle of the Sexestrue

Writing

2017-09-22

6.8
The Darkest Light
The Darkest Lighttrue

Directing

2000-01-14

6.0
The Darkest Light
The Darkest Lighttrue

Writing

2000-01-14

6.0
A Bunch of Amateurs
A Bunch of Amateurstrue

Production

2022-11-11

5.8

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