Simon Beaufoy

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Simon Beaufoy

British screenwriter, director, and producer

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Slumdog Millionaire
Scriptwriter Simon Beaufoy loosely based his screenplay on the acclaimed 2005 novel Q & A by Vikas Swarup. Six unknown children were chosen to play the main characters as children and teenagers, and some controversy arose over how the experience of being in the hugely successful…
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Scriptwriter Simon Beaufoy loosely based his screenplay on the acclaimed 2005 novel Q & A by Vikas Swarup. Six unknown children were chosen to play the main characters as children and teenagers, and some controversy arose over how the experience of being in the hugely successful…
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