Simon Corris - Producer, Director & Writer

• Simon trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School as an actor, 1987 – 1990. Experience since graduating includes film, television, theatre and numerous commercials including, "Young Peter" in "The Old Devils", a three part adaptation of the Kingsley Amis Booker Prize winning novel and three series of "Numbertime" for the BBC. Other credits include "Eastenders", "The Bill", "Get Real", "For Valour", "Kiss Me Kate", "Just William", "Peak Practice", "Crossroads", "The Upper Hand", "Expert Witness", "Doctors", "Life and Death", "Sam Saturday" and "Then" a pilot for a new comedy series for Channel Four.
• Other credits include the short films "The Tail", "Billy", "Perfect Day", "The Mission Men" and "The Essay" and commercials for "British Telecom", "Royal London", "Woolworths", "Cheerios", "Asda", "Argos" and "Cancer Research".
• Simon co-founded Amulet Films with his partner Alison Reddihough in 1999. He then co-produced, co-wrote and directed the 35mm short film "Ghosthunter" starring Frank Finlay. "Ghosthunter", an ambitious 20 minute ghost story, has sold and shown internationally and made it to the final 10 films short-listed for an Academy Award® nomination. The film was also the subject of the book and DVD "How To Make Great Short Feature Films: The Making Of Ghosthunter" foreword by David Parfitt, which was published worldwide by Focal Press. "Ghosthunter" received generous industry and visual effects sponsorship and featured in a FilmFour documentary, "Short Attention Span Cinema", about the world of short filmmaking.
• In 2004 Simon was one of the few selected for Screen South's "Good Foundations" and “Good Foundations Plus” schemes, funded by the UK Film Council. The schemes aimed to mentor a small group of producers, writers and directors over the following two years, showcasing their work and introducing them to the industry. “Good Foundations Plus” included a producer training module at the NFTS in 2005 under the guidance of film producer Robert Buckler.
• Following "Ghosthunter", and using the same visual effects team, Simon directed and produced the short film "Moth". The film shot at Shepperton Studios, again on 35mm and also received extensive industry and visual effects sponsorship. The film was selected for representation by the British Council and "Moth” subsequently screened at numerous film festivals around the world between 2005 and 2008, picking up awards for Best Film and Best Director along the way.
• In 2006 Simon and Alison were invited by BAFTA to host one of six masterclasses on filmmaking for BAFTA's "60 Seconds of Fame" scheme. This scheme invited filmmakers from all over the UK to make a short film and culminated at the 2007 Orange British Academy Awards, with the winning film announced on the night. The scheme proved very successful and BAFTA ran it again in 2008.
• In 2008 Simon became a director of Digima Ltd, a VCT funded company which deploys, maintains and operates digital projection systems in cinemas in the UK and Europe.
• In 2011 Simon became a director of a second digital distribution company, Lux Gladius Ltd, this time financed as an Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) company. Between them the two companies operate 120 screens in the UK and 94 screen in Europe.
• In 2012 Simon directed additional material in London for the US comedy horror feature film, “Kill Me Now”. Music videos including “Come Down” a track taken from the album “Collision” by up and coming artist, David Simon. Also, “Let Us Down” from Artic Melvin’s fifth album “Fake Colour”. Plus a short timelapse film called, "London".
• Simon is currently attached to direct the feature film, “Legacy” produced by Timothy Burrill and Red Wine Cinema.
• In 2019 Simon & Alison set up Tickled Moon to develop, write and publish personalised Children's books. Alongside the Tickled Moon brand we are developing the characters and stories for film and animation. Currently, we have two projects in development, "The Birthday Boo!" and "The Christmas Wrapper", both written by Alison with illustrations from the super talented Jodie Wonford. We have a third book due for completion in the early summer and our fourth towards the end of the year.
• Through Amulet Films we’ve developed various feature length screenplays from a variety of writers including “Single to Southend” and “An Ordinary God”. These two screenplays have received development funding from Screen South, Screen East and the UK Film Council.
• Our current slate of films under development include “One” and “The Mind of Milton Morris” both written by Alison Reddihough. “One” is an exuberant musical comedy and “Milton Morris” is designed as a low budget UK film.
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