Directing

Ted Simpson

Known for

Directing

Credits

7 titles

Documentary filmmaker fascinated by stories from the wild edges, where people and nature collide.

Known for

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An award-winning film exploring the complex relationship between humans and reintroduced White Tailed Eagles in Britain—conflict, conservation and coexistence.

The Eagle With the Sunlit Eye

2024

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Embark on an extraordinary journey with two ecologists as they venture to the loneliest Scots Pine in Britain. This short film captures their quest to document the remnants of our ancient wild Caledonian forests, offering a poignant reflection on conservation and the natural world.

The Pine Hunters

2026

Vision poster
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Louis is a 17-year-old visual artist from an under-resourced community. A mysterious man gives him a pair of eye-opening sunglasses but how will he use this newfound vision? Vision is more than just a film. It is a 20 minute conversation starter in story form meant to inspire individuals and communities to improve neighborhoods challenged with poverty, homelessness, and disinvestment.

Vision

2024

No artwork available
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A personal, evocative and original documentary project, telling the story of a remarkably atmospheric location on the Northwestern coast of Scotland. The film focuses on Sandwood bay, a remote, wild beach just south of Cape Wrath. Though now known as a place of unspoilt natural beauty, stories of ghosts and shipwrecks litter the beach's history and linger still in the minds of many.

This is the Northland

2018

The Cull - Scotland's Deer Dilemma poster
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There are over 350,000 red deer in Scotland, and they can have a massive impact on the landscapes of the Highlands. As a result, deer are culled each year - but across Scotland a debate rages as to the size, nature and purpose of the cull.

The Cull - Scotland's Deer Dilemma

2020

Behind the camera

No artwork available
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An award-winning film exploring the complex relationship between humans and reintroduced White Tailed Eagles in Britain—conflict, conservation and coexistence.

The Eagle With the Sunlit Eye

2024

No artwork available
NR

Embark on an extraordinary journey with two ecologists as they venture to the loneliest Scots Pine in Britain. This short film captures their quest to document the remnants of our ancient wild Caledonian forests, offering a poignant reflection on conservation and the natural world.

The Pine Hunters

2026

Vision poster
NR

Louis is a 17-year-old visual artist from an under-resourced community. A mysterious man gives him a pair of eye-opening sunglasses but how will he use this newfound vision? Vision is more than just a film. It is a 20 minute conversation starter in story form meant to inspire individuals and communities to improve neighborhoods challenged with poverty, homelessness, and disinvestment.

Vision

2024

No artwork available
NR

A personal, evocative and original documentary project, telling the story of a remarkably atmospheric location on the Northwestern coast of Scotland. The film focuses on Sandwood bay, a remote, wild beach just south of Cape Wrath. Though now known as a place of unspoilt natural beauty, stories of ghosts and shipwrecks litter the beach's history and linger still in the minds of many.

This is the Northland

2018

No artwork available
NR

A personal, evocative and original documentary project, telling the story of a remarkably atmospheric location on the Northwestern coast of Scotland. The film focuses on Sandwood bay, a remote, wild beach just south of Cape Wrath. Though now known as a place of unspoilt natural beauty, stories of ghosts and shipwrecks litter the beach's history and linger still in the minds of many.

This is the Northland

2018

No artwork available
NR

A personal, evocative and original documentary project, telling the story of a remarkably atmospheric location on the Northwestern coast of Scotland. The film focuses on Sandwood bay, a remote, wild beach just south of Cape Wrath. Though now known as a place of unspoilt natural beauty, stories of ghosts and shipwrecks litter the beach's history and linger still in the minds of many.

This is the Northland

2018

The Cull - Scotland's Deer Dilemma poster
NR

There are over 350,000 red deer in Scotland, and they can have a massive impact on the landscapes of the Highlands. As a result, deer are culled each year - but across Scotland a debate rages as to the size, nature and purpose of the cull.

The Cull - Scotland's Deer Dilemma

2020