Simon Beaufoy

Simon Beaufoy

geb. 1967
England, Großbritannien

Biografie

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.

Lionsgate

Drehbuchautor

Stoffentwickler

Regisseur

Filme
1999

The Darkest Light

Serien
1994

Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge

Kurzfilme
1998

Yellow

Gast

Schauspieler