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Morgan Simon (born 1987) is a French director and screenwriter born in Paris.

Life and career

Morgan Simon studied screenwriting at La Fémis in Paris.[1] In 2016, his short film Try To Die Young was a César Award nominee.[2]

A Taste of Ink, his first feature film, was developed at L’Atelier de la Cinéfondation during the 2015 Cannes Film Festival[3]^,[4] as well as The Jerusalem International Film Lab, rubbing shoulders with László Nemes’s Son of Saul.[5] A Taste of Ink premiered at the 64th San Sebastián Film Festival in the New Directors section and was awarded by a special mention of the jury.[6] It received fifteen awards and was selected by more than fifty festivals, such as Rotterdam, Shanghai, Stockholm,[7] Los Angeles,[8] Zurich,[9] Jerusalem. A Taste of Ink was released in France on January 25, 2017 with Kévin Azaïs, Monia Chokri and Nathan Willcocks as main actors.[10][11]

In 2018, Simon took part in the Queer Palm jury at the 71st Cannes Film Festival rewarding Girl directed by Lukas Dhont.[12] In 2019, his 35mm short film Ghost Pleasure was selected at the Directors' Fortnight during the 72nd Cannes Film Festival.[13] In 2021, he directed We Shall Meet Again, a short film dealing with migration and narrated by the French writer Édouard Louis.[14]

Filmography

Feature film

• 2017: A Taste of Ink (Compte tes blessures)

Short films

• 2011: A Long Sadness (Une longue tristesse)
• 2011: Goose
• 2012: American Football
• 2014: Try To Die Young (Essaie de mourir jeune)
• 2015: Wake The Dead (Réveiller les morts)
• 2019: Ghost Pleasure (Plaisir Fantôme)
• 2021: We Shall Meet Again (Nous nous reverrons)

Music videos

• 2017: This Loneliness Won’t Be The Death Of Me - Being As An Ocean[15]
• 2018: Ces garçons-là - Radio Elvis[16]
• 2022: Ma vie - Liv del Estal[17]

Video games

• 2013: Beyond: Two Souls by David Cage - script editor[18]

Awards and nominations

• 2014: Screenplay Grand Jury Junior Prize for A Taste of Ink
• 2015: UniFrance Prize nomination for Try To Die Young
• 2016: César Award nomination of the best short film for Try To Die Young
• 2016: Special mention of the jury for A Taste of Ink at San Sebastián Film Festival

References

External links

• Morgan Simon at IMDb

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