Simon Shore (born 1959 in

Hitchin Hitchin () is a market town in the North Hertfordshire Districts of England, district of Hertfordshire, England. The town dates from at least the 7th century. It lies in the valley of the River Hiz at the north-eastern end of the Chiltern Hills ...

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) is a British director, writer, and editor. Shore studied film at the

Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public university, public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City, London, White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design uni ...

, where he made several short films, including '' La Boule'', which won a BAFTA award and was short-listed for the Student Oscar. He is best known for ''

Things to Do Before You're 30 ''Things to Do Before You're 30'' is a 2005 British film directed by Simon Shore. Its plot concerns a group of twenty-something friends trying desperately to hang onto the friendship of their youth while the responsibility of adulthood is tearing ...

'' (2004) starring

Dougray Scott Stephen Dougray Scott (born 26 November 1965) is a Scottish actor. He has appeared in the films '' Ever After'' (1998), '' Mission: Impossible 2'' (2000), '' Enigma'' (2001), '' Ripley's Game'' (2002), ''Hitman'' (2007), and '' My Week with Mar ...

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and

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, and ''

After Thomas ''After Thomas'' is a television drama film first broadcast in the United Kingdom on 26 December 2006 on ITV. It was produced by Beryl Vertue and Elaine Cameron, directed by Simon Shore, and written by Lindsey Hill. It follows a severely autist ...

'' (2006), about a boy with

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. ''Moviemail'' called ''After Thomas'' "gritty, warm and funny, but above all else is a realistic insight into every parent’s worst nightmare."

Selected filmography

As director

* '' Get Real'' (1998) * ''

'' (2004) * ''

'' (2006)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shore, Simon 1959 births British film directors British television directors British male screenwriters British film editors Living people People from Hitchin Alumni of the Royal College of Art