Simon Beaufoy

Simon Beaufoy
Born	1967 (age 44–45) Keighley, West Yorkshire, England

Simon Beaufoy (born 1967) is a British screenwriter. Born in Keighley, 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 The Arts Institute at Bournemouth. In 1997 he earned an Academy Award 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 has recently completed adaptations of The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday.

Filmography

• Yellow (1996)
• The Full Monty (1997)
• Among Giants (1998)
• Closer (1998)
• 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) (won a Golden Globe for Best Screenplay and an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay)
• 127 Hours (2010)
• Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)
• Catching Fire (2013)

External links

• Simon Beaufoy at the Internet Movie Database
• Slumdog Millionaire