Simon Beaufoy is the writer of the multiple-oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire and The Full Monty, as well as other films including Miss Pettigrew Lives For, and A Day Among Giants, and This Is Not A Love Song; Simon Beaufoy (born in Worth Valley, 1967) came to prominence as the writer of the hugely successful comedy of working-class life, The Full Monty (UK/US, d. Peter Cattaneo, 1997), showing an acute ear for nuances of pain, scabrous humour and poignancy. He worked a similar vein to less effect in the unlikely romance Among Giants (d. Sam Miller, 1998), written before Monty, but is a talent to be watched when his feeling for people and place is fully engaged. He is the co-founder of Footprint Film, 1994, which has produced much TV. His last Oscar nomination was in January 2011 for the breathtaking 127 hours, once again directed and co-written by Danny Boyle.

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