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name: "Simon Beaufoy"
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tmdb_id: 57631
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "26 December 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T13:41:46.662565+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Simon Beaufoy

## Identity

Simon Beaufoy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/simon-beaufoy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** simon-beaufoy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0064479
- **TMDB ID:** 57631
- **Wikidata ID:** Q931009
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Beaufoy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q931009, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0064479/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57631

Writer. Born 26 December 1966 in Keighley, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 26 December 1966, Keighley, England, UK
- **Active:** 1997–2015
- **Frequently works with:** [Christian Colson](https://film.one/person/christian-colson.md), [Danny Boyle](https://film.one/person/danny-boyle.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as writer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 81 (1), 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 74 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 74 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 3, Drama 3, Action 1, Comedy 1, History 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,740m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Beaufoy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q931009, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0064479/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57631

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*127 Hours*](https://film.one/film/127-hours.md) (81)
- **Netflix:** [*The Hunger Games: Catching Fire*](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-catching-fire.md) (80)

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## Biography

Simon Beaufoy is a British screenwriter. Born on 26 December 1966 in Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, he was educated at Malsis School, Ermysted's Grammar School and Sedbergh School. He read English at St Peter's College, Oxford, and graduated from the Arts University Bournemouth.

Beaufoy wrote the screenplay for the film *The Full Monty* (1997), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as a Golden Globe and a BAFTA award, for *Slumdog Millionaire* (2008). His other screenplays include *127 Hours* (2010), *Salmon Fishing in the Yemen* (2011), *The Hunger Games: Catching Fire* (2013), *Everest* (2015), *Battle of the Sexes* (2017) and the television series *Trust* (2018). He also created a 2023 television adaptation of *The Full Monty*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Everest* (2015), Fi1m 61, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/everest.md)
- *The Hunger Games: Catching Fire* (2013), Fi1m 80, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-catching-fire.md)
- *127 Hours* (2010), Fi1m 81, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/127-hours.md)
- *Slumdog Millionaire* (2008), Fi1m 78, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/slumdog-millionaire.md)
- *The Full Monty* (1997), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-full-monty.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Full Monty* (2023), series, Teleplay, Story, Writer, Creator
- *A Bunch of Amateurs* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Trust* (2018), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Battle of the Sexes* (2017), Writer
- *Everest* (2015), Screenplay — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/everest.md)
- *The Hunger Games: Catching Fire* (2013), Screenplay — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-catching-fire.md)
- *Salmon Fishing in the Yemen* (2012), Screenplay
- *127 Hours* (2010), Screenplay — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/127-hours.md)
- *Slumdog Millionaire* (2008), Screenplay — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/slumdog-millionaire.md)
- *Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day* (2008), Screenplay
- *This Is Not a Love Song* (2002), Writer
- *Blow Dry* (2001), Writer
- *The Darkest Light* (2000), Director, Writer
- *Among Giants* (1998), Screenplay
- *The Full Monty* (1997), Writer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-full-monty.md)
- *Yellow* (1996), Director, Writer
- *Linger* (1995), Assistant Director
- *A Special Relationship*, Writer
- *S.O.L.*, series, Writer
- *YAMAS!*, Executive Producer
- *A Matter of Time*, Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 2011: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *127 Hours*
- 2009: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (won), for *Slumdog Millionaire*
- 1998: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *The Full Monty*

### Other awards — 1 won, 3 nominated

- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2012: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Salmon Fishing in the Yemen*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2009: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Slumdog Millionaire*
- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2009: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (nominated), for *Slumdog Millionaire*
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2009: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (won), for *Slumdog Millionaire*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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