Name John Simpson Role Film producer | Spouse Maria Simpson Movies Men's Group | |
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Born 2 September 1963 (age 61) ( 1963-09-02 ) Sydney, Australia Occupation Founder & CEO Titan View Education Western Sydney University, Epping Boys High School, Australian Film, Television and Radio School Awards AACTA Award - AFI Fellowship People also search for Michael Joy, Daniel Hayward, Alex Holmes, Lynette Hayward, Ian Hayward , Patrick Fileti | ||
John L. Simpson
John L. Simpson (born 2 September 1963) is an Australian film and theatre producer and distributor.
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Career
Simpson first began his career as an actor and performed in various stage productions such as Les Miserables and Phantom of the Opera. He later began working as a theater producer in 1991 with the play My Black Heart. Simpson then moved into producing films such as Men's Group, his first independent film. He has become a regular speaker on low budget filmmaking models in Australia and is a current advisor to several film labs across the country, including the SA FilmLAB and Screen ACT’s Low Budget Feature Film Initiative.
Titan View
In July 2007 Simpson founded the distribution company Titan View, which he formed in order to distribute the film The Jammed. Simpson mortgaged his house to create the company and distribute the film, which became the third highest-grossing screen average for an Australian film of all time during its first few weeks of release. Simpson received an AFI Fellowship in 2008 to tour the film Men's Group around Australia. The company has also received funding from Screen Australia in 2010 as part of their Innovative Distribution Funding project.