How to Act Your Way to Becoming a Producer with Chris Simon

06 OCT // 18h00 // Auditorium

Industry Role: Producer

Major Works: The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) 

If you are an actor and want to have a greater understanding and more control of your career, then film producing can offer you insight into the bigger picture. This will be a masterclass where we will explore how to get the very best out of ourselves and be the greatest all round filmmaker one can be and indeed an even stronger actor in the process.

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Christopher Simon is the CEO of New Sparta Productions (NSP), who were financiers on The Killing of a Sacred Deer, which premiered in competition at Cannes Film Festival 2017; Tale of Tales (Cannes Competition 2015); and Brimstone, The Limehouse Golem and Miss You Already, all three of which premiered at Toronto Film Festival.

Most recently, Christopher produced Miss You Already, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, starring Toni Collette and Drew Barrymore. Other producing credits include the award-winning Still Life directed by Uberto Pasolini and starring Eddie Marsan and Joanne Froggatt; The Sweeney directed by Nick Love and starring Ray Winstone and Damian Lewis; the British remake of Nicolas Winding Refn’s cult hit Pusher,which introduced Agyness Dean to the screen; I, Anna, starring Charlotte Rampling and Gabriel Byrne; Boogie Woogie starring Amanda Seyfried, Heather Graham and Danny Huston; The Trouble With Men & Women with the IFC; and Photo Finish with Aiden Gillen and James Purefoy. He is also a producer on The Proposition by Nick Cave, directed by John Hillcoat. Christopher is an Executive Producer on Me and Me Dad which premiered in Cannes Classics; High-Rise directed by Ben Wheatley, starring Tom Hiddleston; and most recently Scarborough, directed by Barnaby Southcombe.