Simon Beaufoy
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| Simon Beaufoy | |
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| Born | 1966 Keighley |
Simon Beaufoy (born 1966) 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. He won 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 adaptatations of The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday.[1]
[edit] 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 and Best Picture)
