John L. Simpson (born 2 September 1963) is an Australian film and theatre producer and distributor.

Early life

Simpson was born on September 2, 1963, in

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. He majored in acting at the University of Western Sydney, and also achieved a Master of Screen Arts and Business from

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Career

Simpson first began his career as an actor and performed in various stage productions such as ''

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''. He later began working as a theater producer in 1991 with the play ''My Black Heart''. Simpson then moved into producing films such as ''

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'', his first independent film. He has become a regular speaker on low budget filmmaking models in Australia and is a current advisor to several film labs across the country, including the SA FilmLAB and Screen ACT’s Low Budget Feature Film Initiative. Simpson was also a board member of Screen Canberra from 2013 to 2017.

Titan View

In July 2007 Simpson founded the distribution company ''Titan View'', which he formed in order to distribute the film '' The Jammed''. Simpson mortgaged his house to create the company and distribute the film, which became the third highest-grossing screen average for an Australian film of all time during its first few weeks of release. Simpson received an AFI Fellowship in 2008 to tour the film ''

'' around Australia. The company has also received funding from

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in 2010 as part of their ''Innovative Distribution Funding'' project.

Filmography

Awards

* 2007 Digispaa, Won Spaartan Award * 2008 Inside Film Award Won - Best Film (

) * 2008 Inside Film Award Won - Best script (

)

References

External links

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rib-qsLjmo * https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2035673/ * http://www.titanview.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Simpson, John L. 1963 births Living people