Simon Ellis

Simon graduated from Nottingham Trent University in 1995, specialising in Fine Art photography. Since then his short films have received many international festival awards and have been presented collectively in retrospective programmes at over a dozen film festivals worldwide. His BAFTA and European Academy Award nominated short film Soft won thirty-eight prizes including the jury prize for Best International Short at the Sundance Film Festival. His recent multi-narrative, interactive anti-knife crime films won over sixty prizes including a Grand Prix, three golds and Best European Web Film at Cannes Lions 2010.