Biography
Roger Simonsz was born in The Netherlands and currently resides in Paris and London. He spent his teenage years in South Africa ahead of moving to Great Britain where he was able to pursue his love of directing through his studies at Middlesex Polytechnic and the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in London. After graduating college Roger worked in many different capacities in both theatre and film. He won his first award directing Christopher Durang's 'Laughing Wild' at the Liverpool Playhouse. His unparalleled and award winning work as a lighting designer and director of photography led him back to the continent of Europe in the early 1990's. Here he directed 'Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden' for the Dutch RTL4 channel, as well as photographing and/or directing many second units for, but not limited to, Brian De Palma (Femme Fatale), M. Night Shyalaman (The Happening), Brett Ratner (Rush Hour 3) and David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada) in addition to photographing features and award winning series like "Spiral", "Sex and the City" and "Castle". With his own company, Imagique, Roger has produced and directed various corporate films and commercials. Most recently he directed the new high profile police series, 'Antigone 34' with a 6 million Euro production budget, and an audience of over 3 million viewers for French Television as well as 4 episodes of "Wolfblood" season 2 for the BBC. During his career Roger has worked closely with some of the greatest names in the entertainment industry and now brings a wealth of experience to any project as a safe pair of hands, yet retaining the freshness of a (relatively) new director. Roger has worked across many genres and media and has shown he is able to handle any budget responsibly, guiding the most complicated projects to fruition and success, on time and within budget. He is not bound to any one style of film making and revels in diversity, seeing technical difficulties as an opportunity and believes in bringing the best out of writers, actors and technicians alike. Being widely travelled and the ability to fluently speak four languages, Roger is especially keen to work on future projects that have an international appeal.
