Simon Rumley

Film Director

Simon Rumley is one of the UK’s leading independent film directors. His films, Crowhurst, Red White & Blue, The Living and The Dead, ABCs of Death etc have played and been distributed around the world and have premiered at Toronto, Rotterdam and SXSW.

He has won Best Film or Best Director at FantasticFest, Sitges, Frightfest, Fantasia, Fantaspoa, Lund, Boston Underground and Ravenna, amongst others. His films have played on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Shudder, Channel 4, Sundance Channel, The Horror Channel and Sky Movies to name just a few.

He has lived and worked in Austin, New Orleans, Paramaribo, Bristol, New York and Los Angeles. His next film will be shot in Bangkok with local producer Tom Waller. Rumley is also a novelist, whose debut novel, The Wobble Club, was published last year to great acclaim and he is restaurant critic for leading travel website, www.theluxuryeditor.com