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In 2009 he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Slumdog Millionaire, also winning a Golden Globe and a BAFTA award.
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Jun 28, 2019 · SIMON BEAUFOY is an Oscar®, BAFTA, and WGA-nominated writer for his screenplay The Full Monty. In 2008, along with Slumdog Millionaire, he co-adapted Winifred Watson’s Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day for the screen, and wrote the BBC mini-series Burn Up.
Jan 1, 2005 · Slumdog Millionaire. Simon Beaufoy. 4.02. 36,326 ratings3,441 reviews. A former tiffinboy from Mumbai, Ram Mohammad Thomas, has just got twelve questions correct on a TV quiz show to win a cool one billion rupees. But he is brutally slung in a prison cell on suspicion of cheating.
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It narrates the story of 18-year-old Jamal Malik from the Juhu slums of Mumbai. [7] Starring Dev Patel in his film debut as Jamal, and filmed in India, it was directed by Danny Boyle, [8] written by Simon Beaufoy, and produced by Christian Colson, with Loveleen Tandan credited as co-director. [9]
Apr 17, 2014 · Simon Beaufoy wins the Oscar for Adapted Screenplay for Slumdog Millionaire at the 81st Academy Awards. Tina Fey and Steve Martin present the award.See more ...
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Faced with adapting Vikas Swarup’s episodic novel about an Indian teenager who wins big on a TV quiz show and gets accused of cheating, Simon Beaufoy faced massive challenges—beyond imposing a filmic structure, Beaufoy wanted a different emotional hook.
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Dec 9, 2008 · A penniless, eighteen-year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, he's one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? But when the show breaks for the night, suddenly, he is arrested on suspicion of cheating.
