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): | |
|---|---|
| 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): | |
|---|---|
| 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: | |
|---|---|
| A Thousand Ashtrays | Comedy about smoking |
| The Doctor | Winner of Tallboy Films Short Screenwriting Competition |
| Bale | Short Film – as script editor |
| Radio: | |
|---|---|
| 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 |