Steven Lewis Simpson

An established writer director and producer of feature films from the UK

<p>At 18 Steven Lewis Simpson was the youngest fully qualified stockbroker and trader in Britain. Authorised to give financial advice by the three main regulatory organisations: <span class="caps">IMRO</span> (the banking regulator), <span class="caps">LAUTRO</span> and the Stock Exchange.</p> <p>At 22 Steven moved to Los Angeles to work for the legendary Roger Corman&#8217;s Concorde Pictures. He returned to the UK in May 1993 and shot <span class="caps">TIES</span>, his first feature film, which he wrote, produced, directed, edited and financed through his company Roaring Fire Films. <span class="caps">TIES</span> premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 1994 and (amongst other festivals) won best film at the Cherbourg Festival of British Film.</p> <p>Steven then shot his first documentary <span class="caps">TIMOR</span> <span class="caps">TIMOR</span> in West Timor, Indonesia, which he co-produced with the production/sales company Pretty Pictures in Paris. He produced and co-edited the award winning surreal fairy tale, <span class="caps">FROG</span> from director Steven Morrison, which was broadcast on Canal + (France). He also associate produced the black comedy feature, <span class="caps">RESURRECTING</span> <span class="caps">BILL</span>.</p> <p>Steven also dipped his toes into the music world with the release of two critically acclaimed albums featuring a track he collaborated on with composer/musician Future Pilot <span class="caps">AKA</span>. The collaboration continued with Steven directing two videos for him.</p> <p>2003 saw him complete the feature, <span class="caps">THE</span> <span class="caps">TICKING</span> <span class="caps">MAN</span>, an action-thriller shot in Edinburgh and rural Scotland, which premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival in 2003 and received an amazing audience response. It has since sold to numerous territories around the world. In 2004 he started shooting a thriller, <span class="caps">RETRIBUTION</span>, in Edinburgh, which premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival in 2005. Some of the biggest producers in the business are pursuing the projects with a view to producing a big budget Hollywood remake based on these films.</p> <p>Steven has just completed the love story/drama <span class="caps">REZ</span> <span class="caps">BOMB</span> shot on location on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and in Nebraska. The film is unique in that it is the first universal story to be set on an American Indian Reservation. It starts Tamara Feldman, Trent Ford, Russell Means and Chris Robinson. It premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival.</p> <p>He is also in post-production on a feature documentary about the Oglala Lakota called A <span class="caps">THUNDER</span>-<span class="caps">BEING</span> <span class="caps">NATION</span>, also shot on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. It has been filmed over the last ten years.</p> <p>He has many other projects in development and fifteen completed feature film screenplays.</p>

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