FILM DIRECTOR

Simon Beaufoy

1966 - Today

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Simon Beaufoy (; born 26 December 1966) is a British screenwriter. Born in Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, he was educated at Malsis School in Glusburn, Ermysted's Grammar School and Sedbergh School, he read English at St Peter's College, Oxford and graduated from Arts University Bournemouth. In 1997, he earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay for The Full Monty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon Beaufoy has received more than 406,541 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Simon Beaufoy is the 1,865th most popular film director (down from 1,700th in 2019), the 6,615th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,997th in 2019) and the 147th most popular British Film Director.

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  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Simon Beaufoy ranks 1,865 out of 2,041. Before him are Rachel Talalay, Ram Gopal Varma, Dean DeBlois, David DeCoteau, Amat Escalante, and Dan Attias. After him are Lukas Dhont, Bruce Cohen, Sooraj Barjatya, Joshua Oppenheimer, David Dobkin, and Olena Demyanenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Simon Beaufoy ranks 682. Before him are Chris Morgan, Sean M. Carroll, Ingeborg, Akiyoshi Yoshida, Anthony Mason, and Bent Skammelsrud. After him are Paula Trickey, Neil Broad, Con O'Neill, Ingo Steuer, H. Jon Benjamin, and Heike Warnicke.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Simon Beaufoy ranks 6,615 out of 8,785. Before him are Michail Antonio (1990), Chris Sutton (1973), Jemima Kirke (1985), Dominic Solanke (1997), Miles Millar (1967), and Rafe Spall (1983). After him are Owen Nolan (1972), Jacob Rees-Mogg (1969), Yungblud (1997), Derren Brown (1971), Dennis Potter (1935), and Judith Weir (1954).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Simon Beaufoy ranks 147. Before him are Ben Wheatley (1972), Chris Cunningham (1970), Lynne Ramsay (1969), Bernard Rose (1960), Bill Forsyth (1946), and David Slade (1969). After him are Andrew Haigh (1973), Ol Parker (1969), Rupert Wyatt (1972), Shane Meadows (1972), Gareth Evans (1980), and Euros Lyn (1971).

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