Biography
Inspired in equal parts by Tarantino, Kevin Smith and Shane Meadows, Simon began making no budget horror films with his school friends in the local park. This led to a 4 year degree in Photography, Film and Television which Simon graduated with First Class Honours.
Things got serious with a handful of critically acclaimed short films. His first, the thriller Virus, screened at more than 50 international film festivals, picking up a clutch of awards along the way. His comedy Tumshie McFadgen’s Bid for Ultimate Bliss, won the BAFTA Scotland award for best short film. He followed that by making Scotland's first green screen film, the comedy/horror Meat the Campbells.
Next Simon wrote and directed the dark feature film Senseless. It premiered at Sitges International Film Festival and went on to be nominated for Best British Feature at Raindance. Around that time he also directed the award winning documentary Arts: The Catalyst.
Since then Simon has directed a wide variety of high-end television shows, including the last two series of the biggest comedy in the UK, Ghosts, a BAFTA winning series of Motherland, both series of the BAFTA winning comedy/drama There She Goes starring David Tennant, both series of RTS winning comedy Bob Servant starring Brian Cox and the first series of Two Doors Down. Most recently Simon directed the first series of hit comedy Mammoth and the first series of Death Valley starring Tim Spall, due to air in 2025.
Simon strongly believes in creating performance driven, audience-orientated work which balances intelligence, humour and a natural, contemporary visual approach. He is represented by Ed Hughes at Linda Seifert Management in the UK and Amotz Zakai at Echo Lake Entertainment in the US.
