Awards & Winners

Simon Beaufoy

Date of Birth 1967
Place of Birth Keighley
(United Kingdom, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire)
Nationality United Kingdom
Also know as Simon Bofoj
Profession Screenwriter, Film Producer, Film director
Simon Beaufoy is a British screenwriter. Born in Keighley, 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 Academy Award 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. Beaufoy has recently completed adaptations of The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday, and a new adaptation of The Full Monty as a stage play. 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 longterm relationships and even children with the spies.

Awards by Simon Beaufoy

Check all the awards nominated and won by Simon Beaufoy.

2014


Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy The Full Monty
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

2011


Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 127 Hours
Fox Searchlight Pictures","Based on the book Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted 127 Hours
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture 127 Hours
BAFTA Award for Best British Film 127 Hours

2010


Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 127 Hours
Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 127 Hours
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay 127 Hours

2009


Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Honored for : Slumdog Millionaire
BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted
Honored for : Slumdog Millionaire
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Honored for : Slumdog Millionaire
PeopleĀ“s Choice Award for Best European Film
Honored for : Slumdog Millionaire

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Slumdog Millionaire
European Film Award for Best Film Slumdog Millionaire
European Film Award for Best Screenwriter Slumdog Millionaire
BAFTA Award for Best British Film Slumdog Millionaire
BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted Slumdog Millionaire
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture Slumdog Millionaire

2008


London Film Critics Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year
Honored for : Slumdog Millionaire
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay
Honored for : Slumdog Millionaire
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay
Honored for : Slumdog Millionaire

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay Slumdog Millionaire
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay Slumdog Millionaire
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay Slumdog Millionaire
Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Slumdog Millionaire

1998


Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay The Full Monty
BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay The Full Monty
Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay The Full Monty

1997


Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay The Full Monty