Marc H. Simon is an American filmmaker and entertainment attorney. He created, wrote and produced '' After Innocence'',Burr, Ty (2006)
Freed by DNA, but still shackled by society
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'', 3 February 2006, retrieved 2011-07-11 which won the special jury award at the 2005

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, before going on to receive other recognition, including its selection as a semi-finalist for Best Feature Documentary at the 78th Academy Awards. ''Nursery University'' (2008) marked Simon's feature directorial debut.Catsoulis, Jeanette (2009)
First Preschool, Then the Ivy League
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'', 24 April 2009, retrieved 2011-07-11 The film premiered at Toronto's Hot Docs Film Festival. The documentary '' Unraveled'' (2011) was Simon's second directing effort and third as a producer.Wells, Ryan (2011)
Q&A with Entertainment Lawyer and Filmmaker Marc H. Simon
", cinespect.com, 14 June 2011, retrieved 2011-07-11 The film centers around prominent lawyer Marc Dreier, who was arrested for orchestrating a massive fraud scheme that netted hundreds of millions of dollars from

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Unraveled: Film Review
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'', 20 June 2011, retrieved 2011-07-11 Simon also served as lead legal counsel for films such as ''

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'', '' The Kids Are All Right'',

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Cave of Forgotten Dreams ''Cave of Forgotten Dreams'' is a 2010 3D documentary film by Werner Herzog about the Chauvet Cave in Southern France, which contains some of the oldest human-painted images yet discovered—some of them were crafted around 32,000 years ago. It ...

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''. As of June 2020, Simon has been named Chair of an American law firm

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's Entertainment Law Department. Simon is a graduate of Cardozo Law School and the

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