Simon Hunter

Birthday: 26 May 1969, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK

Simon Hunter grew up in Dumfiresshire Scotland where his father was headmaster of Crawfordton House Prep school. Simon made his first film 'Spaceman' when he was just seven. He spent his ear ...Show More

Simon Hunter grew up in Dumfiresshire Scotland where his father was headmaster of Crawfordton House Prep school. Simon made his first film 'Spaceman' when he was just seven. He spent his early School years making super 8 epics in the woods rather than attending class!Before attending film school in 1990 Simon traveled to Zaire to shoot a documentary on super 8 about life on the riverboats that travel on the Congo river.In film school Simon specialized in thriller shorts films and made an ambitious graduation film Tea and Bullets which told the tale of two pensioners racing across England looking for King Arthur's cave.Simon's first feature, Lighthouse, was released theatrically in 2002. Simon subsequently became a much sort after commercials director before returning to features with Edward R Pressman's Mutant Chronicles in the Summer of 2006.Simon flew to Qatar in 2014 to direct 20 episodes of a Scifi adventure series set in the desert. The filming takes place in Qatar, Jordan and India.In 2016 Simon directed his passion project, EDIE which tells the tale of an older lady who climbs a mountain in Scotland at the age of eight three. The film is due for completion in late 2016. Simon lives in the German capital, Berlin. Hide