Simon graduated from Nottingham Trent University in 1995, specialising in Fine Art Photography.
Since then, his short films have received numerous international festival awards and have been presented in retrospective programmes at film festivals worldwide. His short film, Soft, has won thirty-six prizes including the jury prize for Best International Short at Sundance and the Best Short Film Award at the 2008 British Independent Film Awards.
His first feature, Dogging: A Love Story, was released in 2009.