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Simon Beaufoy

Highest Rated: 100% A Bunch of Amateurs (2022)

Lowest Rated: 19% Blow Dry (2001)

Birthday: Not Available

Birthplace: Keighley, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Screenwriter Simon Beaufoy authored two of the most winning, crowd-pleasing feature films in movie history - the Oscar-nominated "Full Monty" (1997) and "Slumdog Millionaire," which won the hearts of moviegoers in 2008. Both projects were distinguished by the considerable warmth and excitement of their underdog stories, as well as a latent streak of social commentary about the ability of the disenfranchised to rise above their situation, despite the worst intentions of the establishment. In addition to these hits, Beaufoy worked extensively in independent British cinema on films like "Among Giants" (1998) and "Darkest Light" (1999). The success of "Monty" and especially "Slumdog" assured Beaufoy's status as one of the international scene's most promising screenwriters.

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Highest rated movies

100% 100% A Bunch of Amateurs
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96% 79% The Full Monty
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93% 85% 127 Hours
Watchlist 91% 90% Slumdog Millionaire Watchlist 90% 89% The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Watchlist 84% 71% Battle of the Sexes Watchlist
80% Folie à deux - A Madness Made of Two
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77% 71% Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Watchlist 73% 68% Everest Watchlist
68% 64% Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
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Simon Beaufoy

Simon Beaufoy Simon Beaufoy Screenwriter, Simon Beaufoy, Winner Best Adapted Screenplay for SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE in the press room for 81st Annual Academy Awards - PRESS ROOM, Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles, CA 2/22/2009. Photo By: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection Screenwriter, Simon Beaufoy, Winner Best Adapted Screenplay for SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE in the press room for 81st Annual Academy Awards - PRESS ROOM, Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles, CA 2/22/2009. Photo By: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection Screenwriter, Simon Beaufoy, Winner Best Adapted Screenplay for SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE in the press room for 81st Annual Academy Awards - PRESS ROOM, Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles, CA 2/22/2009. Photo By: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection Simon Beaufoy at arrivals for SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN Premiere, Directors Guild of America (DGA) Theater, Los Angeles, CA March 5, 2012. Photo By: Michael Germana/Everett Collection Screenwriter, Simon Beaufoy, Winner Best Adapted Screenplay for SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE in the press room for 81st Annual Academy Awards - PRESS ROOM, Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles, CA 2/22/2009. Photo By: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection Screenwriter, Simon Beaufoy, Winner Best Adapted Screenplay for SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE in the press room for 81st Annual Academy Awards - PRESS ROOM, Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles, CA 2/22/2009. Photo By: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection Screenwriter, Simon Beaufoy, Winner Best Adapted Screenplay for SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE in the press room for 81st Annual Academy Awards - PRESS ROOM, Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles, CA 2/22/2009. Photo By: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection Tina Fey, Dustin Lance Black, Steve Martin, Best Adapted Screenplay for Milk in the press room for 81st Annual Academy Awards - PRESS ROOM, Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles, CA 2/22/2009. Photo By: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection View more photos

Filmography

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Credit
100% 100% A Bunch of Amateurs Executive Producer - 2022
84% 71% Battle of the Sexes Writer $12.6M 2017
73% 68% Everest Screenwriter $43.2M 2015
90% 89% The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Screenwriter - 2013
80% No Score Yet Folie à deux - A Madness Made of Two Executive Producer - 2012
68% 64% Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Screenwriter $73.0K 2011
93% 85% 127 Hours Screenwriter $18.3M 2010
91% 90% Slumdog Millionaire Screenwriter $141.3M 2008
77% 71% Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Screenwriter $12.3M 2008
No Score Yet 87% Yasmin Writer - 2004
No Score Yet 88% This Is Not a Love Song Executive Producer,
Writer 		- 2002
19% 55% Blow Dry Writer $637.8K 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Darkest Light Director - 1999
64% 40% Among Giants Writer $64.4K 1998
96% 79% The Full Monty Writer $45.9M 1997

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68% 76% The Full Monty Creator,
Executive Producer,
Writer 		2023
78% 79% Trust Creator,
Executive Producer,
Writer 		2018