The Full Monty

Simon Beaufoy started his writing career with the screenplay for The Full Monty—returning to it 15 years later first for a stage adaptation that was nominated for an Olivier Award and now as a television series based on the same characters.Other screenplays include a film about the iconic tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, Battle of the Sexes (starring Emma Stone and Steve Carell), the multi-Oscar®-winning Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours, for which he was again nominated for an Academy Award® alongside co-writer Danny Boyle.Along the way, there have been many other experiments in fiction, including the screenplays for Among Giants, Yasmin, This is Not a Love Song, The Darkest Light, Everest and the climate change drama Burn Up.He adapted the novel Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, which was nominated for a Golden Globe®, and the dystopian novel The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.For FX, Beaufoy created the anthology drama television series Trust about the abduction of John Paul Getty III, directed by Danny Boyle.Future projects include an adaptation of Michael Ondaatje’s In the Skin of the Lion and the Elizabeth Taylor biopic, A Special Relationship, starring Rachel Weisz for See-Saw films.

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Simon Beaufoy started his writing career with the screenplay for The Full Monty—returning to it 15 years later first for a stage adaptation that was nominated for an Olivier Award and now for a television series based on the same characters.

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Simon Beaufoy | Creator, Executive Producer, Writer | The Full Monty on FX

The Full Monty

Simon Beaufoy

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