James Simpson (6)

After graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama he wrote and directed Ulysses, a children’s rock opera, which had a sell-out run at the Rainbow theatre, was filmed for BBC Television and won the Italian best International Children’s Film Award. He has written music for numerous Television programmes including Spitting Image (including top ten records), Through the Keyhole, Noel’s House Party, and major commercials include Peugeot, Ford, Kelloggs, NatWest bank, Barclaycard, Fiat and Cadbury’s. Worked with Tina Turner, Nils Lofgren, from the E Street Band and Earth Wind and Fire’s Phoenix Horns. He has produced series for ITV and Channel Four as well as developing projects in North America with HBO and USA Network, and in 2003 co-created, with Objective Television, the successful Channel 4, Bedsitcom, which was nominated for a 2004 Rose D’Or award. He also produced a past life regression series Time Traveller for ITV, starring celebrities and members of the public. James has been involved with the financing and/or the production of twenty-three films, on many of which James Simpson was Executive Producer, including the BAFTA nominated Merchant Of Venice, starring Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes, Head In The Clouds, starring Charlize Theron and Penelope Cruz, The Bridge of San Luis Rey starring Robert DeNiro, Kathy Bathes, Harvey Keitel and Gabriel Byrne, A Different Loyalty, starring Sharon Stone and Rupert Everett, and The Statement starring Michael Caine.