Morgan Simon

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]

• 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

• Morgan Simon at IMDb