British screenwriter
(1966-12-26 ) 26 December 1966 (age 54) Screenwriter
Simon Beaufoy (; born 26 December 1966)[1] is a British screenwriter .[2] Born in Keighley , West Riding of Yorkshire , he was educated at Malsis School in Cross Hills , 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 Oscar nomination for 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 and a BAFTA award.[3]
Beaufoy has recently completed adaptations of The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall , Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday ,[4] and a new adaptation of The Full Monty as a stage play.[5]
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.[6]
Filmography [ edit ] References [ edit] ^ Witherow, John, ed. (26 December 2018). "Birthdays today". The Times (72727). p. 33. ISSN 0140-0460. ^ McFarlane, Brian. "Beaufoy, Simon". Encyclopedia of British Film . BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 16 September 2011 . ^ The New York Times ^ Telegraph.co.uk ^ The Full Monty on stage: the boys are back in town The Guardian, 10 February 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013. ^ "Spanner Films press release". 7 March 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-13 . ^ Petski, Denise (20 July 2016). "John le Carré's 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' In Works As Series". Deadline . Retrieved 5 December 2016 . External links [ edit] Simon Beaufoy at IMDb Slumdog Millionaire The Full Monty (1997)Among Giants (1998)Blow Dry (2001)This Is Not a Love Song (2002)Yasmin (2004)Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)Slumdog Millionaire (2008)127 Hours (2010)Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)Everest (2015)Battle of the Sexes (2017)Burn Up (2008)Trust (2018–present)
Benjamin Glazer (1928) Hanns Kräly (1929) Frances Marion (1930) Howard Estabrook (1931) Edwin J. Burke (1932) Victor Heerman and Sarah Y. Mason (1933) Robert Riskin (1934) Dudley Nichols (1935) Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney (1936) Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg, and Norman Reilly Raine (1937) Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Arthur Lewis, W. P. Lipscomb, and George Bernard Shaw (1938) Sidney Howard (1939) Donald Ogden Stewart (1940) Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller (1941) George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West, and Arthur Wimperis (1942) Philip G. Epstein, Julius J. Epstein, and Howard Koch (1943) Frank Butler and Frank Cavett (1944) Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder (1945) Robert Sherwood (1946) George Seaton (1947) John Huston (1948) Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1949) Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1950) Harry Brown and Michael Wilson (1951) Charles Schnee (1952) Daniel Taradash (1953) George Seaton (1954) Paddy Chayefsky (1955) John Farrow, S. J. Perelman, and James Poe (1956) Pierre Boulle, Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson (1957) Alan Jay Lerner (1958) Neil Paterson (1959) Richard Brooks (1960) Abby Mann (1961) Horton Foote (1962) John Osborne (1963) Edward Anhalt (1964) Robert Bolt (1965) Robert Bolt (1966) Stirling Silliphant (1967) James Goldman (1968) Waldo Salt (1969) Ring Lardner Jr. (1970) Ernest Tidyman (1971) Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo (1972) William Peter Blatty (1973) Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo (1974) Bo Goldman and Lawrence Hauben (1975) William Goldman (1976) Alvin Sargent (1977) Oliver Stone (1978) Robert Benton (1979) Alvin Sargent (1980) Ernest Thompson (1981) Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart (1982) James L. Brooks (1983) Peter Shaffer (1984) Kurt Luedtke (1985) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1986) Bernardo Bertolucci and Mark Peploe (1987) Christopher Hampton (1988) Alfred Uhry (1989) Michael Blake (1990) Ted Tally (1991) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1992) Steven Zaillian (1993) Eric Roth (1994) Emma Thompson (1995) Billy Bob Thornton (1996) Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997) Bill Condon (1998) John Irving (1999) Stephen Gaghan (2000) Akiva Goldsman (2001) Ronald Harwood (2002) Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh (2003) Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004) Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (2005) William Monahan (2006) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007) Simon Beaufoy (2008) Geoffrey S. Fletcher (2009) Aaron Sorkin (2010) Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, and Nat Faxon (2011) Chris Terrio (2012) John Ridley (2013) Graham Moore (2014) Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (2015) Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney (2016) James Ivory (2017) Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee (2018) Taika Waititi (2019) Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller (2020)
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1983) Bruce Robinson (1984) Richard Condon and Janet Roach (1985) Kurt Luedtke (1986) Claude Berri and Gérard Brach (1987) Jean-Claude Carrière and Philip Kaufman (1988) Christopher Hampton (1989) Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese (1990) Dick Clement, Roddy Doyle and Ian La Frenais (1991) Michael Tolkin (1992) Steven Zaillian (1993) Paul Attanasio (1994) John Hodge (1995) Anthony Minghella (1996) Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce (1997) Elaine May (1998) Neil Jordan (1999) Stephen Gaghan (2000) Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Roger S. H. Schulman and Joe Stillman (2001) Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman (2002) Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh (2003) Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004) Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (2005) Jeremy Brock and Peter Morgan (2006) Ronald Harwood (2007) Simon Beaufoy (2008) Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009) Aaron Sorkin (2010) Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan (2011) David O. Russell (2012) Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope (2013) Anthony McCarten (2014) Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (2015) Luke Davies (2016) James Ivory (2017) Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel and Kevin Willmott (2018) Taika Waititi (2019) Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller (2020)
William Monahan (2006) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007) Simon Beaufoy (2008) Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009) Aaron Sorkin (2010) Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (2011) Tony Kushner (2012) John Ridley (2013) Gillian Flynn (2014) Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (2015) Seo-Kyung Chung and Park Chan-wook (2016) James Ivory (2017) Barry Jenkins (2018) Greta Gerwig (2019) Chloé Zhao (2020)
Emma Thompson (1995) Anthony Minghella (1996) Christopher Nolan (2001) Charlie Kaufman (2002) Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan, and Naomi Sheridan (2003) Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004) Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (2005) Michael Arndt (2006) Diablo Cody (2007) Simon Beaufoy (2008) Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (1997) Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman (1998) Alan Ball (1999) Cameron Crowe (2000) Quentin Tarantino (2009) David Seidler (2010) Woody Allen (2011) Quentin Tarantino (2012) Spike Jonze (2013) Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo (2014) Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015) Damien Chazelle / Kenneth Lonergan (2016) Jordan Peele (2017) Paul Schrader (2018) Quentin Tarantino (2019) Emerald Fennell (2020) Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997) Scott Smith (1998) Frank Darabont (1999) Stephen Gaghan (2000) Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009) Aaron Sorkin (2010) Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, and Stan Chervin (2011) Tony Kushner (2012) John Ridley (2013) Gillian Flynn (2014) Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (2015) Eric Heisserer (2016) James Ivory (2017) Barry Jenkins (2018) Greta Gerwig (2019) Chloé Zhao (2020)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (1996) Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997) Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard (1998) Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (1999) David Mamet (2000) Christopher Nolan (2001) Charlie and Donald Kaufman (2002) Sofia Coppola (2003) Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004) Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (2005) William Monahan (2006) Diablo Cody (2007) Simon Beaufoy (2008) Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (2009) Christopher Nolan (2010) Michel Hazanavicius (2011) Rian Johnson (2012) Spike Jonze (2013) Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness (2014) Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015) Efthymis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos (2016) Jordan Peele (2017) Boots Riley (2018) Ronald Bronstein and Benny and Josh Safdie (2019) Lee Isaac Chung (2020) Aaron Sorkin (2010) Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (2011) Chris Terrio (2012) John Ridley (2013) Gillian Flynn (2014) Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (2015) Whit Stillman (2016) James Ivory (2017) Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty (2018) Greta Gerwig (2019) Charlie Kaufman (2020)
Robert Bolt (1965) Robert Bolt (1966) Stirling Silliphant (1967) Stirling Silliphant (1968) Bridget Boland, John Hale and Richard Sokolove (1969) Erich Segal (1970) Paddy Chayefsky (1971) Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo (1972) William Peter Blatty (1973) Robert Towne (1974) Bo Goldman and Lawrence Hauben (1975) Paddy Chayefsky (1976) Neil Simon (1977) Oliver Stone (1978) Robert Benton (1979) William Peter Blatty (1980) Ernest Thompson (1981) John Briley (1982) James L. Brooks (1983) Peter Shaffer (1984) Woody Allen (1985) Robert Bolt (1986) Bernardo Bertolucci, Mark Peploe and Enzo Ungari (1987) Naomi Foner (1988) Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic (1989) Michael Blake (1990) Callie Khouri (1991) Bo Goldman (1992) Steven Zaillian (1993) Quentin Tarantino (1994) Emma Thompson (1995) Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (1996) Ben Affleck and Matt Damon (1997) Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard (1998) Alan Ball (1999) Stephen Gaghan (2000) Akiva Goldsman (2001) Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2002) Sofia Coppola (2003) Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004) Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (2005) Peter Morgan (2006) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007) Simon Beaufoy (2008) Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009) Aaron Sorkin (2010) Woody Allen (2011) Quentin Tarantino (2012) Spike Jonze (2013) Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo (2014) Aaron Sorkin (2015) Damien Chazelle (2016) Martin McDonagh (2017) Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly, and Nick Vallelonga (2018) Quentin Tarantino (2019) Aaron Sorkin (2020)
Diablo Cody (2007) Simon Beaufoy (2008) Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009) Aaron Sorkin (2010) Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (2011) Tony Kushner (2012) John Ridley (2013) Richard Linklater (2014) Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015) Taylor Sheridan (2016) Greta Gerwig (2017) Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (2018) Rian Johnson (2019)
Steve Tesich (1980) Colin Welland (1981) Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart (1982) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1983) Philip Kaufman (1984) Alan Bennett (1985) Woody Allen (1986) Alan Bennett (1987) David Mamet (1988) Christopher Hampton (1989) Woody Allen (1990) David Mamet (1991) Michael Tolkin (1992) Harold Ramis and Danny Rubin (1993) Quentin Tarantino (1994) Paul Attanasio (1995) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (1996) Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997) Andrew Niccol (1998) Alan Ball (1999) Charlie Kaufman (2000) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2001) Andrew Bovell (2002) John Collee and Peter Weir (2003) Charlie Kaufman (2004) Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (2005) Peter Morgan (2006) Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (2007) Simon Beaufoy (2008) Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche (2009) Aaron Sorkin (2010) Asghar Farhadi (2011) Michael Haneke (2012) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2013) Wes Anderson (2014) Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015) Kenneth Lonergan (2016) Martin McDonagh (2017) Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (2018) Noah Baumbach (2019) Chloé Zhao (2020)
Ted Tally (2000) Robert Festinger and Todd Field (2001) Charlie Kaufman (2002) Anthony Minghella (2003) Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004) Stephen Gaghan (2005) Ron Nyswaner (2006) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007) Simon Beaufoy / Eric Roth (2008) Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009) Aaron Sorkin (2010) Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne and Jim Rash (2011) David O. Russell (2012) Terence Winter (2013) Paul Thomas Anderson (2014) Drew Goddard (2015) Jay Cocks and Martin Scorsese (2016) Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (2017) Barry Jenkins (2018) Steven Zaillian (2019) Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies (2020)
Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997) Scott Smith (1998) Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (1999) Robert Nelson Jacobs (2000) Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff (2001) Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman (2002) Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (2003) Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004) Dan Futterman (2005) Jason Reitman (2006) Paul Thomas Anderson (2007) Simon Beaufoy (2008) Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach (2009) Aaron Sorkin (2010) Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (2011) Chris Terrio (2012) Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke (2013) Gillian Flynn (2014) Emma Donoghue (2015) Whit Stillman (2016) Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (2017) Peter Fellows, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin and David Schneider (2018) J.C. Lee and Julius Onah (2019) Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller (2020)
Charlie Kaufman (2002) Brian Helgeland (2003) Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004) Dan Futterman (2005) Jason Reitman (2006) Aaron Sorkin (2007) Simon Beaufoy (2008) Sheldon Turner and Jason Reitman (2009) Aaron Sorkin (2010) Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (2011) David O. Russell (2012) John Ridley (2013) Gillian Flynn (2014) Emma Donoghue (2015) Eric Heisserer (2016) Virgil Williams and Dee Rees (2017) Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty (2018) Greta Gerwig (2019) Chloé Zhao (2020)
Waldo Salt (1969) Robert Anderson (1970) Ernest Tidyman (1971) Francis Ford Coppola & Mario Puzo (1972) Waldo Salt & Norman Wexler (1973) Francis Ford Coppola & Mario Puzo (1974) Bo Goldman & Lawrence Hauben (1975) William Goldman (1976) Denne Bart Petitclerc (1977) Oliver Stone (1978) Robert Benton (1979) Alvin Sargent (1980) Ernest Thompson (1981) Costa-Gavras & Donald E. Stewart (1982) Julius J. Epstein (1983) Arnold Schulman (1969) Ring Lardner Jr. (1970) John Paxton (1971) Jay Presson Allen (1972) Alvin Sargent (1973) Lionel Chetwynd & Mordecai Richler (1974) Neil Simon (1975) Blake Edwards & Frank Waldman (1976) Larry Gelbart (1977) Elaine May & Warren Beatty / Bernard Slade (1978) Jerzy Kosiński (1979) Jim Abrahams, David Zucker & Jerry Zucker (1980) Gerard Ayres (1981) Blake Edwards (1982) James L. Brooks (1983) Bruce Robinson (1984) Richard Condon & Janet Roach (1985) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1986) Steve Martin (1987) Christopher Hampton (1988) Alfred Uhry (1989) Michael Blake (1990) Ted Tally (1991) Michael Tolkin (1992) Steven Zaillian (1993) Eric Roth (1994) Emma Thompson (1995) Billy Bob Thornton (1996) Curtis Hanson & Brian Helgeland (1997) Scott Frank (1998) Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor (1999) Stephen Gaghan (2000) Akiva Goldsman (2001) David Hare (2002) Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini (2003) Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor (2004) Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana (2005) William Monahan (2006) Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (2007) Simon Beaufoy (2008) Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner (2009) Aaron Sorkin (2010) Alexander Payne, Jim Rash & Nat Faxon (2011) Chris Terrio (2012) Billy Ray (2013) Graham Moore (2014) Adam McKay & Charles Randolph (2015) Eric Heisserer (2016) James Ivory (2017) Nicole Holofcener & Jeff Whitty (2018) Taika Waititi (2019) Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman, Lee Kern & Nina Pedrad (2020)
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