Directing
Ian Simpson
Born
1967-01-01 (59)
Place of birth
Balham, London, England
Known for
Directing
Credits
5 titles
Ian Simpson. Born in Balham, London in 1967. After studying media and film, Ian Simpson worked as an assistant to chief documentary editor Jane Val Baker at the BBC. In 1989, as part of the BBC British Art Week, Ian Simpson assisted the Scottish contemporary sculptor David Mac. In 1991, Ian Simpson made his first short film ‘Ingredients’, a visual poem exploring themes such as loss, violence, eroticism, birth and death in an ode to cinema. Several short experimental Super 8 and 16mm projects followed, before independently directing and producing a documentary on the popular hip- hop group the Fugees. Another short, ‘Actress’, was shot in 1999 with the Parisian production Mic Mac, a wry and…
Known for
NRAndrew, an English writer, shares a seedy apartment in Paris with his young French partner Anna. While her friend Justice is due to arrive from London, Anna's friend Bibi tells her that she is pregnant with him.
Toothache
2006
"Nadine, a teenage girl who is a regular self-harmer, is subjected to a hostile mother, an abusive stepfather, a drug addicted boyfriend and crude sexual violence from the locals. She lives on a desolate council estate surrounded by nature where she finds occasional solace. However, the profound weight of indifference, injustice and cruelty, proves too much for Nadine
Nadine
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6.6Lipstick, which has been around since the beginning of time and over the centuries has been considered both a symbol of power and an instrument of submission, is used by all kinds of women: queens and politicians, actresses and singers, workers and makeup lovers.
Lipstick: Make-up Power
2022
In Bosnia-Herzegovina, Indira dreams of elsewhere. In France, Mehdina strives to find her place. Whilst the adults seem to be fighting windmills, the kids grow up in a world of their own with ten-year-old Hasan blissfully wandering on the path of Armstrong and travelling into space.
In Our Paradise
2019
Behind the camera
NRAndrew, an English writer, shares a seedy apartment in Paris with his young French partner Anna. While her friend Justice is due to arrive from London, Anna's friend Bibi tells her that she is pregnant with him.
Toothache
2006
"Nadine, a teenage girl who is a regular self-harmer, is subjected to a hostile mother, an abusive stepfather, a drug addicted boyfriend and crude sexual violence from the locals. She lives on a desolate council estate surrounded by nature where she finds occasional solace. However, the profound weight of indifference, injustice and cruelty, proves too much for Nadine
Nadine
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"Nadine, a teenage girl who is a regular self-harmer, is subjected to a hostile mother, an abusive stepfather, a drug addicted boyfriend and crude sexual violence from the locals. She lives on a desolate council estate surrounded by nature where she finds occasional solace. However, the profound weight of indifference, injustice and cruelty, proves too much for Nadine
Nadine
—
6.6Lipstick, which has been around since the beginning of time and over the centuries has been considered both a symbol of power and an instrument of submission, is used by all kinds of women: queens and politicians, actresses and singers, workers and makeup lovers.
Lipstick: Make-up Power
2022
In Bosnia-Herzegovina, Indira dreams of elsewhere. In France, Mehdina strives to find her place. Whilst the adults seem to be fighting windmills, the kids grow up in a world of their own with ten-year-old Hasan blissfully wandering on the path of Armstrong and travelling into space.
In Our Paradise
2019