Simon joined the Film Production team at UCA in 2009, having previously worked as a freelance filmmaker and educator. He taught for a number of years with the Documentary Filmmakers Group on their documentary immersion courses in Poland, Morocco and London.
Simon has been a visiting lecturer at London College of Communication, Oxford Brookes University, Bernie Grants Arts Centre and University of Wales Institute.
Simon studied film at Newport Film School, Wales followed by BA (Hons) Fine Art at the University of Wales Institute in Cardiff. He has a postgraduate certificate in Learning and Teaching in the Creative Arts.
Simon has created work that has been screened at festivals, galleries and artist events in Britain and abroad.
He currently teaches documentary and short form filmmaking across the BA Film Production and MA Documentary Practices.
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