Simon is a writer for both film and television. He earned a first-class honours degree in screenwriting at Liverpool John Moores University, and currently has an original comedy/ drama The Actor in development with Element Pictures. His previous development projects include original modern slavery drama The Unpunished with Expectation Entertainment, sitcoms with Carnival Film & Television and Cowboy Films and he was commissioned to write a pilot for Fish Head Steve for Random House Children’s Screen Entertainment.
He has developed several feature film projects with Steel Mill Pictures and BAFTA-winning director Dan Smith. Simon was also selected for the Ifeatures scheme with his feature script White Collars with producer Andrew Ryder and directing team The Horton Brothers.
Television (in development): | |
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The Actor | Element Pictures Comedy / drama co-created with Al Mackay and Michael Socha 1 x 30′ script optioned |
The Unpunished | Expectation Entertainment Drama co-created with Al Mackay 1 x 60′ script previously under option |
Friend Me | Carnival Film & Television Sitcom about an online socialite on a quest to actually meet all of her 300 Facebook friends Co-written with Andrew Mettam (Previously in development) |
Fish Head Steve | Random House Children’s Screen Entertainment Pilot episode of the animation series based on the DFC comic strip by Jamie Smart (Previously in development) |
Mammal and Friends | Talkback Thames Two episodes previously developed |
Angel Close | Cowboy Films Comedy spec about the misadventures of a pair of social outcasts and their obsession with the man across the street and his beautiful daughter |
Awakening | One-off drama written as part of the BBC Writers’ Academy application process |
Feature film (in development): | |
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White Collars | Elephant Gun Films Story of two best friends Sonny and Deano in the East Midlands who bet their entire future on the outcome of a ‘white collar’ amateur boxing tournament involving an old schoolyard rival (Previously in development) |
Platinum Rollcage | Steel Mill Pictures Action-heist-thriller feature film (Previously in development) |
Semaphore | Siege-thriller about a French Private taken hostage by an English assualt team at his signaling station during the Napoleonic wars (Previously in development) |
Devil Dogs | Thriller about five volunteers who are taken to a remote facility to participate in a secret government drug trial, who soon become embroiled in a dark conspiracy and end up fighting for their lives (Spec script) |
Three Headed Sex Beast | Sex powered romantic comedy (Spec script) |
Short film: | |
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A Thousand Ashtrays | Comedy about smoking |
The Doctor | Winner of Tallboy Films Short Screenwriting Competition |
Bale | Short Film – as script editor |
Radio: | |
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Tilt | BBC 7 Various sketches |
Genetically Modified Giggling Piglets | BBC Radio Merseyside Commissioned as part of BBC Northern Exposure and recorded live at Unity Theatre Liverpool |
Theatre: | |
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Hiccup Theory | Cambridge Drama Centre/Edinburgh Festival |
Todd | Cherry Trees Theatre, Cambridge |