# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-beaufoy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:40:23.868Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-beaufoy"
name: "Simon Beaufoy"
slug: "simon-beaufoy"
description: "Simon Beaufoy 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."
tagline: "British screenwriter and producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simon_Beaufoy_on_RealTVfilms.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1966-12-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump