Biography
The Full Monty was Simon Beaufoy's first screenplay. It was nominated for four Academy Awards® as well as winning a BAFTA for Best Film in 1997. He has adapted his script as a stage play which will open in London's West End in February after a hugely successful regional run in Sheffield.
In 2009, Slumdog Millionaire won eight Academy Awards®, including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture. Beaufoy won WGA, Golden Globe® and National Board of Review awards for the film as well. Beaufoy and Danny Boyle were nominated again for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay for 127 Hours in 2010.
His film Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, was nominated for three Golden Globes® including Best Picture. Simon Beaufoy adapted National Book Award finalist Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk for Film Four.
His other films include Among Giants, This is Not a Love Song, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, the BBC miniseries Burn Up and Yasmin.
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Screenwriter
Movies | |
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2017 |
Battle of the Sexes |
2016 |
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk |
2015 |
Everest |
2013 |
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire |
2011 |
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen |
2010 |
127 Hours |
2008 |
Burn Up (TV movie) |
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day |
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Slumdog Millionaire |
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2004 |
Yasmin |
2002 |
This Is Not a Love Song |
2001 |
Blow Dry |
2000 |
Running Time |
1999 |
The Darkest Light |
1998 |
Among Giants |
1997 |
Full Monty |
Series | ||
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2025 |
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold |
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2023 |
The Full Monty |
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It's Not the Waking, It's the Rising (E08) |
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Homing (E04) |
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La Vie en rose (E03) |
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more episodes (2) | ||
2018 |
Trust |
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John, Chapter 11 (E06) |
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La Dolce Vita (E03) |
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Lone Star (E02) |
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The House of Getty (E01) |
Short | |
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1998 |
Yellow |
Creator
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2023 |
The Full Monty |
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It's Not the Waking, It's the Rising (E08) |
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No Man Left Behind (E07) |
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Welcome to the Job of Your Dreams (E06) |
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more episodes (5) | ||
2018 |
Trust |
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Consequences (E10) |
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White Car in a Snowstorm (E09) |
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In the Name of the Father (E08) |
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more episodes (7) |
Director
Performer
Actor
Documentaries | |
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2009 |
Slumdog Dreams: Danny Boyle and the Making of 'Slumdog Millionaire' (TV movie) |
2007 |
British Film Forever (series) |
1981 |
Forty Minutes (series) |