Simon’s short film and directorial debut, All Good Things, was awarded the Emerging Filmmaker prize in Mardi Gras Film Festival’s ‘My Queer Career’, shortlisted for the Iris Prize in Cardiff, and nominated for Best Direction in a Short Film in the Australian Directors’ Guild Awards. All Good Things is available to stream on ABC iview.
Simon plays Tommy in the Australian Academy (AACTA) nominated Sequin in a Blue Room (Audience Award, Sydney Film Festival). Theatre credits include the original production and national tour of A Town Named War Boy (ATYP), Chicom (Red Line), The Campaign (White Box), A Clockwork Orange (NIDA), All Good Things (ATYP), Werther (Opera Australia) and Dead Man Walking at the State Theatre. He also worked as a camera operator on Sydney Theatre Company’s critically acclaimed cine-theatre production of The Picture of Dorian Gray, directed by Kip Williams.
His work with the performance art collective someone gay presents was nominated for Best Direction of an Interactive or Immersive Project in the Australian Directors’ Guild Awards.
He has produced content for Human Rights Watch, Wear It Purple, and Triple J Unearthed. And his short play, Brazil Nuts, has been published by Currency Press as part of ATYP’s anthology of short plays, Intersection: Unleashed. Simon graduated from AFTRS with a BA in Screen Production in 2019, and studied at Atlantic Acting School in 2023.
Simon is represented by CP Artist Management.