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Award-winning Writer-Director Simone Stock creates vivid performances from a distinctively emotional point of view.
Lifetime thriller THE GIRL WHO ESCAPED - KARA ROBINSON STORY directed by Simone, starring Katie Douglas (Ginny & Georgia), Cara Buono (Stranger Things) & Kristian Bruun (Orphan Black) received over 2 million views in its debut, ranked #1 at Apple’s Top TV Chart for two weeks in a row and has had over 244m TikTok engagements to date. STOLEN BY THEIR FATHER which Simone directed for Lifetime earlier this year in Athens, Greece, earned two CSA nominations.
TIFF nominated Simone for comedy short Motown Morning (made at AFI) for Best Short. Sci-fi short Iris screened Cannes, was broadcast on TMN and won awards around the world.
Roger Spottiswoode partnered with Simone to produce Sci-Fi feature STARLIGHT, for which Simone won the Telefilm New Voices Award.
in development
STARLIGHT - Feature
SciFi story about a feisty single mother in the north who faces the choice of a life time, allow her non-verbal teenage son to travel through space with aliens he can effortlessly talk to, or stay home safe... but silent.