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'''Simon Beaufoy''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|oʊ|f|ɔɪ}}; born 26 December 1966)<ref>{{cite news |title=Birthdays today |work=The Times |issue=72727 |date=26 December 2018 |editor-last=Witherow|editor-first=John|page=33|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> is a British [[screenwriter]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia| last=McFarlane| first=Brian| title=Beaufoy, Simon| url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/841348/| encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of British Film| publisher=BFI Screenonline| access-date=16 September 2011}}</ref> 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 [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|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 Award|Golden Globe]] and a [[BAFTA]] award.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090208154128/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/231030/Simon-Beaufoy The New York Times]</ref> Beaufoy also earned further [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Oscar]], [[BAFTA]] and [[Golden Globe]] nominations for his co-written adaptation of [[Aron Ralston]]'s autobiography ''[[Between a Rock and a Hard Place (book)|Between a Rock and a Hard Place]]'' titled ''[[127 Hours]]''.

Beaufoy has also completed adaptations of ''[[The Raw Shark Texts]]'' by [[Steven Hall (author)|Steven Hall]] and the 2011 film version of ''[[Salmon Fishing in the Yemen]]'' by [[Paul Torday]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090216155743/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/4612235/Saturday-Interview-Simon-Beaufoy.html Telegraph.co.uk]</ref> as well as new adaptations of ''The Full Monty'' as both a [[The Full Monty (play)|stage play]] and [[The Full Monty (TV series)|limited television series]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/feb/10/the-full-monty-on-stage#comment-21216067 The Full Monty on stage: the boys are back in town] [[The Guardian]], 10 February 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.</ref>


==Filmography==
*''Yellow'' (1996) (short film)
*''[[The Full Monty]]'' (1997)
*''[[Among Giants]]'' (1998)
*''Closer'' (1998) (short film) 
*''The Darkest Light'' (1999)
*''[[This Is Not a Love Song (film)|This Is Not a Love Song]]'' (2001)
*''[[Blow Dry]]'' (2001)
*''[[Yasmin (2004 film)|Yasmin]]'' (2004)
*''[[Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day]]'' (2008)
*''[[Burn Up (TV miniseries)|Burn Up]]'' (2008) (miniseries)
*''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' (2008) 
*''[[127 Hours]]'' (2010)
*''[[Salmon Fishing in the Yemen]]'' (2011)
*''[[The Hunger Games: Catching Fire]]'' (2013)
*''[[Everest (2015 film)|Everest]]'' (2015)
*''[[Battle of the Sexes (2017 film)|Battle of the Sexes]]'' (2017)
* ''[[Trust (American TV series)|Trust]]'' (2018) (TV series)
* [[The Full Monty (TV series)|''The Full Monty'']] (2023) (TV series)
*''[[The Spy Who Came in from the Cold#Miniseries|The Spy Who Came in from the Cold]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-10-12|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=The Spy Who Came in from the Cold#Miniseries|reason= The anchor (Miniseries) [[Special:Diff/959826683|has been deleted]].}}''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2016/07/john-le-carre-the-spy-who-came-in-from-the-cold-limited-series-paramount-tv-1201789173/|title=John le Carré's 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' In Works As Series|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=20 July 2016|work=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|access-date=5 December 2016}}</ref> (TBA) (TV miniseries) (adaptation)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0064479|name=Simon Beaufoy}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090317083850/http://www.slumdogmillionaire.eu/ Slumdog Millionaire]

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