Simon Beaufoy (; born 26 December 1966) is a British screenwriter. Born in

Keighley Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford. Keighley is north-west of Bradford city centre, north-west of ...

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, he was educated at Malsis School in

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Ermysted's Grammar School Ermysted's Grammar School is an 11-18 boys voluntary aided grammar school in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England. It was founded by Peter Toller in the 15th century and is the seventh oldest state school in Britain. The first official record of t ...

and

Sedbergh School Sedbergh School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) in the town of Sedbergh in Cumbria, in North West England. It comprises a junior school for children aged 4 to 13 and the main school for 13 to 18 year olds. I ...

, he read English at

St Peter's College, Oxford St Peter's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford and is located in New Inn Hall Street, Oxford, United Kingdom. It occupies the site of two of the university's medieval halls, dating back to at least the 14th ...

and graduated from

Arts University Bournemouth Arts University Bournemouth (abbreviated AUB) is a further and higher education university based in Poole, England, specialising in art, performance, design, and media. It was formerly known as The Arts University College at Bournemouth and T ...

. In 1997, he earned an

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nomination for

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for ''

The Full Monty ''The Full Monty'' is a 1997 British comedy film directed by Peter Cattaneo, starring Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber and Hugo Speer. The screenplay was written by Simon Beaufoy. The film ...

''. He went on to win the 2009

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for ''

Slumdog Millionaire ''Slumdog Millionaire'' is a 2008 British drama film that is a loose adaptation of the novel '' Q & A'' (2005) by Indian author Vikas Swarup. It narrates the story of 18-year-old Jamal Malik from the Juhu slums of Mumbai. Starring Dev Pa ...

'' as well as winning a Golden Globe and a BAFTA award. Beaufoy has recently completed adaptations of '' The Raw Shark Texts'' by Steven Hall, ''Salmon Fishing in the Yemen'' by

Paul Torday Paul Torday (; 1 August 1946 – 18 December 2013) was a British writer and the author of the comic novel ''Salmon Fishing in the Yemen''. The book was the winner of the 2007 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic writing and was seria ...

, and a new adaptation of ''The Full Monty'' as a stage play. In March 2014, Spanner Films announced that Beaufoy will be one of the writers for ''Undercovers'', a television drama series about the undercover police officers who spied on activists, and the women who unknowingly had long-term relationships and even children with the spies.

Filmography

*''Yellow'' (1996) (short film) *''

'' (1997) *'' Among Giants'' (1998) *''Closer'' (1998) (short film) *''The Darkest Light'' (1999) *''

This Is Not a Love Song "This Is Not a Love Song" is a single released by English post-punk band Public Image Ltd in 1983. It is the band's biggest commercial hit, peaking at No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart and at No. 3 on the Irish Singles Chart. The 12" remixed versi ...

'' (2001) *'' Blow Dry'' (2001) *'' Yasmin'' (2004) *''

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day ''Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day'' is a 2008 romantic comedy film directed by Bharat Nalluri, starring Frances McDormand and Amy Adams. The screenplay by David Magee and Simon Beaufoy is based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Winifred W ...

'' (2008) *'' Burn Up'' (2008) (miniseries) *''

'' (2008) (won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, a BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay) *''

127 Hours ''127 Hours'' is a 2010 biographical psychological survival drama film co-written, produced and directed by Danny Boyle. The film stars James Franco, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn and Clémence Poésy. In the film, canyoneer Aron Ralston mus ...

'' (2010) *''

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen ''Salmon Fishing in the Yemen'' is a 2011 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lasse Hallström and starring Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas and Amr Waked. Based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Paul Torday ...

'' (2011) *'' The Hunger Games: Catching Fire'' (2013) *''

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'' (2015) *'' Battle of the Sexes'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2018) (TV series) *'' The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'' (TBA) (TV miniseries) (adaptation)

References

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Slumdog Millionaire
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