A graduate from the Film Studies program of the University of Montreal, Simon is a young and emerging director. Starting with quiLLes in 2009, he went on to direct Le Fardeau (The Burden) in 2010 and 1001 Reasons for a Young Girl not to Be in a Bar in 2011. A co-founder of Dominant Symbol and co-creator of The Cinematic Duo, Simon is a perfectionist, ever working individual for whom movie making is not only an art, but a way of life.