Simon Beaufoy

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British screenwriter and producer

United Kingdom WritersBorn 1966 · age 59

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2009Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

2009European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best European Film

Writers Guild of America Award

Connected to Simon 6

Kate BurtonAlso in 127 Hours (2010)

Lennie JamesAlso in Among Giants (1998)

Tom MisonAlso in Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012)

Beatie EdneyAlso in Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

Enuka OkumaAlso in Battle of the Sexes (2017)

Hugo SpeerAlso in The Full Monty (1997)

About this person

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.

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