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Simon Beaufoy Biography

Screenwriter

Simon Beaufoy is a renowned British screenwriter, born in 1967. He is known for his profound understanding of film scripts and his creative talent, having won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

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“India is desperately romantic, utterly unashamed of its sentimentality, its generosity, its fierce pride and massive heart.”

Heart Pride India Generosity Massive Fierce Sentimentality

Author:Simon Beaufoy

“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.”

People Trying Long Important Process Development Importance Filmmaking What's Important

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“I'm very lucky. I actually like screenwriting. I rarely feel a sense of doom going to my desk.”

Feels Lucky Desks Doom Screenwriting

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“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.”

World Important War Issues Cold Crisis Threat Global Warming Pigs Cold War Important Issues Bay Of Pigs

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“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.”

“For me, as a writer who comes from quite a naturalistic tradition, British screenwriting is quite delicate, quite small, and rarified in a way.”

Way Tradition British Delicate Screenwriting

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“Real life is messy, and drama is a shaped version of real life.”

Real Life Is Drama Real Life Versions Messy

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“When you make a movie, a dramatization based on the real experience of a living subject, you cant airbrush that away into to a perfect movie arc.”

Real Perfect Subjects Cant Arcs

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“One doesn’t question a miracle.”

Miracle

Author:Simon Beaufoy

“They say crying makes the heart lighter”

Heart Cry Lighters

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“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.'”

Book Different Sides Levels Approach Treats Adapting

Author:Simon Beaufoy

“I learned to stop being English about things like love. If you make a film in England about love, it's hugely complicated. It's all about saying what the weather is like, and you're secretly telling someone you love them. You know what the English are like; they're very repressed people. You don't get that in India. India is incredibly un-cynical about love. It's a not a complicated thing. It's me, you, love. Let's go.”

People Ifs Knows Film India England Complicated Weather Cynical Like Love Repressed One You Love Someone You Love Complicated Things Telling Someone You Love Them

Author:Simon Beaufoy

“Keep your central character moving, discovering, learning.”

Character Moving Discovering

Author:Simon Beaufoy

About the Author

Born: 1967
Known for: Screenwriter
Quotes: 13

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