Simon Beaufoy
Simon Beaufoy
Simon Beaufoyis a British screenwriter. 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 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...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
You do need people. You can't live without them. We're all interconnected in some way.
believe full guys whether
You write who you are somehow. Even if you try to not to. You can't help but write who you are. I'm just not a very cynical person. I believe in the humanity of people, whether it is just the guys in 'The Full Monty' or Aron Ralston.
bay global issue pigs war
There isn't a more important issue in the world than global warming. Even the Cold War and the Bay of Pigs crisis were a notional threat.
people
In times of trial, for inspiration, people want to look to real people rather than to fiction.
looks midst
In the midst of global recession, in the face of uncertainty about what's going to happen next, film looks for inspiration to real people.
believe human positive whether
I believe innately in the human spirit being a powerful and positive thing. And that just comes out, whether you like it or not. It comes out in the writing.
excited leaves money
I just can't get excited about money as a motivation in a film. It leaves me cold.
lucky desks doom
I'm very lucky. I actually like screenwriting. I rarely feel a sense of doom going to my desk.
heart pride generosity
India is desperately romantic, utterly unashamed of its sentimentality, its generosity, its fierce pride and massive heart.
long people important
What's important in the filmmaking process has stayed the same. Keep it small, keep it personal, keep it authentic, work with people you like and trust. That process is much longer than the filmmaking process. The development process is a long one, so try and say something of importance.
book levels sides
I guess my approach to adapting books is to treat them with a deep respect on one level and at another level part them to one side and go, 'I'm doing something completely different here.'
war issues pigs
There isnt a more important issue in the world than global warming. Even the Cold War and the Bay of Pigs crisis were a notional threat.
mother children growing-up
As a child growing up in a grey-skied Yorkshire village, I would occasionally happen upon a Bollywood movie on the television. After a few minutes watching a bunch of sari-clad dancers cavorting on a Swiss mountain to tuneless music, I would switch over to some proper drama about housing estates and single mothers.
way tradition british
For me, as a writer who comes from quite a naturalistic tradition, British screenwriting is quite delicate, quite small, and rarified in a way.