Simon Shore (born 1959 in

Hitchin Hitchin () is a market town and unparished area in the North Hertfordshire Districts of England, district in Hertfordshire, England, with an estimated population of 35,842. History Hitchin is first noted as the central place of the Hicce peopl ...

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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 research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It offe ...

, 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 ''

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'' (2004) starring

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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. The plot is about the sev ...

'' (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