Brett Simon is an American commercial, music video and film director
Education
Simon graduated from Princeton University summa cum laude in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Comparative Literature and Creative Writing, and later graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 2002 with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Art Practice. He is a Doctor of Philosophy candidate in Film Studies at University of California Berkeley.
Career
In 2001, he wrote, directed, edited and produced the short film Counterfeit Film, which showed at the Telluride Film Festival, South by Southwest and RESFest and has been archived at the Pacific Film Archive at University of California Berkeley, as well as winning numerous awards. In 2005, he wrote, directed, edited and produced the short film The Sailor"s Girl, which screened at the Sundance Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival. In 2008, Simon directed his first feature film, the Catholic school noir Assassination of a High School President, from Tim Calpin and Kevin Jakubowski"s script.
Assassination of a High School President has premiered at the South by Southwest and Sundance Film Festivals.
Between 1998 and 2003, Simon taught film history, film theory and video production at University of California Berkeley. He has also had journalism stints at the Kitchen Sink, Speak and Fabula magazines.
Simon worked with Rob Nilsson and David Herrera on the feature film Security at the Pacific Film Archive.