Simon Hunter

Simon has an extremely strong visual mindset, especially for the outdoors and travel. He couples this with engaging and believable performances that bring visual stories to life.

Simon’s first feature was the British Screen and Sky funded $2.5 million thriller LIGHTHOUSE. The film went on to win prizes at many acclaimed European film festivals. The New York Post called it ‘as suspenseful as anything in recent history’. Simon joined legendary London commercials company Infinity and has since directed many world class commercials, including spots for British Airways, the British Heart Foundation, Coca Cola, Deutsche Postbank, Royal Sun and Alliance. Simon directed the science fiction epic MUTANT CHRONICLES in 2005, starring Thomas Jane, Ron Perlman, and John Malkovich. In 2017, he directed his passion project, EDIE, starring Sheila Hancock, which won numerous film festival prizes and became one of the most successful independent British movies of that year. It was released theatrically around the world. In 2022, he directed CAN YOU HEAR ME? a five million dollar World War One love story. The movie starred TWILIGHT actor Peter Facinelli and legendary actors, Sir John Standing and GAME OF THRONES star James Cosmo. The film is currently in post production. In 2023, Simon is just wrapping the police crime thriller, COLD MIND, a long form TV series as show-runner, co-creator and lead director which is shooting on the Portuguese Algarve. You can see a little peak from the series HERE. Simon is represented for features and television by the United Talent Agency in Los Angeles.