A graduate of the Royal College of Art, Simon has written screenplays for film and award-winning television drama and his abstract fine art and photography is included in private collections in England, Ireland, and the USA. He has also worked as a lyricist, lecturer, designer and playwright. His debut novel - a two volume fantasy entitled ANIMALIAN - is to be published by Simon & Schuster in 2014.

Member: Writers Guild America West, British Academy Songwriters & Composers, National Association of Writers in Education

ACADEMIC:

Senior Lecturer Screenwriting London Film Academy 2009 & 2010
Masterclass - 'The Art of the Short Film' Chichester Festival Youth Theatre 2005
Visiting Tutor [Screenwriting & Production] Royal College of Art 1988
Goldcrest Scholar Royal College of Art Dept of Film 1984-87

Additional workshops & training:
Introduction to Art Therapy - The Role of the Creative Arts in Psychoanalysis. Roehampton University 2008
Youth Justice: Creative Arts & Young Offender Rehabilitation. Creative Partnerships. Brighton 2007
Robert McKee's 'Story' seminar London 1987

BOOKS:
ANIMALIAN Volume I (Pub: Simon & Schuster) 2014

Selected Credits (as Writer unless indicated)

THEATRE:

THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL (Book Musical) Point Theatre / Dir: Daniel Hill 2013
'USH (Brighton Trilogy III) 2013
THE GIFT OF THE GAB (Brighton Trilogy II) Dir: Matt Lipsey (dev) 2013
THE NAME ABOVE THE DOOR (Brighton Trilogy I) 2012
WHEN THE SAINTZ GO MARCHING IN - Point Theatre / Dir: Daniel Hill 2010
FAMILY MATTERS Nationwide Tour Dir: Clifford Williams *contributing material 1997
PS: SURREALISM (Wri/Dir/Performer SDE) Brighton Art College & London Tour 1979

FILM:

SMASHED Point Theatre (Dir Daniel Hill) Youths & Alcohol Abuse - An Interactive Educational Drama 2011
ADMISSION OF GUILT Warner Bros/The Producers 1998
LIFE OF CRIME Great Guns/Golden Square Films 1996
INFERNO Paramount Pictures 1994
LADY IN WAITING NYU - editorial consultant - (Wri/Dir: Christian Taylor) 1993
(Academy Award Nomination Best Live Action Short)
LA BOULE RCA - Producer/1st AD - (Wri/Dir: Simon Shore) 1986
(British Academy Award Best Short Film 1987)

TELEVISION:

J G BALLARD’s VERMILION SANDS - BBC TV (series) 2004
BLISS 'ALL FALL DOWN' Carlton TV (Dir: Crispin Reece) 1997
(Best Feature Length TV Drama Quebec International Film Festival)
PRODIGY BBC TV (series) 1995
KINSHIP Granada TV (Dir: Jonas Grimas) 1988

EXHIBITIONS

MAN PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE Royal College of Art ('FLIGHT' shortlisted) 2010
PRINTFEST 09 Nineveh Gallery, Havant, 2009
'FRAGMENTS' Cloisters, Temple, London, 2007 (solo exhibition)
ART & SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION & SYMPOSIUM Tsinghua Academy of Arts, Beijing, China 2006
ART INTERNATIONAL Nassau, Bahamas 2005
'THE WEIGHT OF FIRE' Square One Gallery, Chelsea, London 2005 (solo exhibition)

MUSIC

THE ROAD WILL RISE (co-writer Tony O'Malley) CD Baby album released 2009
PS SURREALISM (co-writer Patrick Coghlan) PS Records album released 1979