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Simon Beaufoy

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Born in Keighley, West Yorkshire. He attended Malsis School in Cross Hills Ermysted's Grammar School at Skipton, later he attended Sedbergh School in Cumbria. He has read English at St Peter's College, Oxford and graduated from the Arts Institute at Bournemouth. In 2009 he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Slumdog Millionaire, also winning a Golden Globe and a BAFTA award. See full bio »

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2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (screenplay) (post-production)
 
2011 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (written by)
 
2010 127 Hours (screenplay)
 
2008 Slumdog Millionaire (screenplay)
 
2008 Burn Up (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.2 (2008) (writer)
– Episode #1.1 (2008) (written by)
 
2008 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (screenplay)
 
2004 Yasmin (written by)
 
2002 This Is Not a Love Song
 
2001 Blow Dry
 
2000 Everyone's Happy
 
2000 Running Time
 
1999 The Darkest Light (writer)
 
1998/II Yellow (short)
 
1998 Among Giants (written by)
 
1997 The Full Monty (written by)
 
1993 10x10 (TV series)
– Physics for Fish (1993) (writer)
 
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2013 Folie a deux - Madness Made of Two (documentary) (executive producer) (post-production)
 
2003 Japanese Story (associate producer)
 
2002 This Is Not a Love Song (executive producer)
 
2000 Running Time (executive producer)
 
1993 Forty Minutes (TV series documentary) (producer - 1 episode)
– Shattered Dreams (1993) (producer)
 
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1999 The Darkest Light
 
1998/II Yellow (short)
 
1998 Closer (short)
 
1994 Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge (TV series)
– Hippy Critical (1994)
 
1993 10x10 (TV series)
– Physics for Fish (1993)
 
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2002 This Is Not a Love Song (catering)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2009 Slumdog Dreams: Danny Boyle and the Making of 'Slumdog Millionaire' (TV documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (13 titles)
2011 The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.6 (2010) … Himself
 
2009 BBC Look North (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 June 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Calendar (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 June 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 The 81st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay
 
2009 Slumdog Dreams: Danny Boyle and the Making of 'Slumdog Millionaire' (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 The Orange British Academy Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Best Screenplay
 
2009 The 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner Best Writer
 
2008 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 November 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Shootout (TV series)
Himself
– 2008 Toronto Film Festival: Part 2 (2008) … Himself
 
2007 British Film Forever (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Sauce, Satire and Silliness: The Story of British Comedy (2007) … Himself
 
1993 Forty Minutes (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Shattered Dreams (1993) … Himself
 

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