About Me
Simon is currently in production on the interactive multi-media narrative series SEXY NERD GIRL.
Simon edited and associate produced Improvisation Nation #1: The Summit for director Brian G. Smith, which screened at The Second City in Toronto, in November 2010. Smith and Fraser have been nominated for a 2011 Canadian Comedy Award for “Improvisation Nation #1: The Summit” in the category of Best Writing – Film.
Simon directed the play “LASCIVIA: Life, Love, Laughter” at the 2010 Toronto Fringe Festival.
In the first half of 2010, he directed and edited the improvised shorts Blew and Phone Call to an Ex-girlfriend. “Phone Call to an Ex-girlfriend” has been nominated for a 2011 Canadian Comedy Award in the category of Best Web Clip.
In 2009, he co-wrote, co-produced and co-directed the sitcom-style short Stay At Home Dan. He also directed and edited the improvised short The War at Home. In March 2009, he produced The IMPROVideo Project, a screening of improvised narrative shorts which raised funds for the Toronto Alzheimer’s Society.
Simon’s documentary web series, Canadian Comedy, premiered in 2009 on the Canadian Comedy Awards’ YouTube channel. For the Canadian Comedy Awards, Simon produced and directed the 2009 Nominee Announcements and the 2009 Web Promo, both available for viewing on the CCA YouTube channel.
In 2008, Simon edited and directed the improvised narrative short Wish You Were Here and directed a 90-second intro video for the stage play Viva Vivi!, for which he also supplied live foley. The previous year, he wrote and directed the short Hair of the Dog, which premiered at the Revue Cinema in January 2008, and co-wrote and directed the short The Cleanse, which premiered at the Bloor Cinema in October 2007.
In 1992, Simon wrote and acted in the short film Overnight Success. He later co-wrote the shorts Beat the Blue (2001) and Zero (2003) and, for director Ash Baron Cohen, the feature film screenplay “The Second Coming”.
For Internet consumption, Simon created, wrote and directed the web series GO Moonbase (2007-2008). Previously, he was the editor of an international online culture e-zine NOVA (1999-2003), which featured an eclectic mix of experimental video, fiction, photography, animation and op-ed.
Upon moving to Toronto at the age of eighteen, Simon dived head first into the world of improvisation and sketch comedy. He twice toured Canada, writing and performing in the revues “The Punch and Judas Show” (1991) and “Where The Hell is Delaware Water Gap?” (1993). As one half of the comedy duo Joe’s Convenience, he wrote and performed for the Just For Laughs Festival (1995, 1997), CBC TV’s “Comics!” (1996) and CBC Radio’s comedy serial “The Gig” (1999).
As an actor, Simon appeared for three seasons on the Epitome Pictures/CBC-TV soap opera Riverdale (1996-1999) and voiced the lead role in the animated short Hyperhelion (2001).
When arriving in Las Vegas, Simon’s first drink is always a bourbon sour. He has been computer-friendly since 1982.
