About

A little bit about Simon Levene

My day job is directing TV commercials, I have made award winning shorts and have several feature film projects on the go.

So what makes me different from the other 2000 film directors with websites exactly like this?

I sing Opera. I am extremely blessed to have a voice that extends up to a high C. I have sang at such venues as La Scala in Milan, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, and the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. I was also the leading tenor of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City for 5 consecutive seasons.

My singing always keeps a film crew upbeat. I believe an upbeat film crew works faster and more efficiently thus delivering better results.

Thanks for dropping by.

Simon Levene

Awards

Simon was selected for the Cannes/Saatchis Directors Showcase of 1996 as one of the top ten hottest new directors in the world.

Jiffy Condoms “Bobby Charlton” – Bronze Cannes Lions, BTAA Bronze, silver Clio (USA) (1996)

Umbro “love Hurts” – Gold Midsummer awards, D&AD book for Best Direction (1999)

Workopolis “Sam” – winner IBA award (Las Vegas) (2002)

Anti-Smoking “torture device” (2003) – Silver Clio, Silver at One Show (USA)

Lenor “knickers” – Bronze Euro Effies (2006)

Tube Poker (2006) – finalist at over 20 International film festivals including 4 wins (as per tubepoker.com)

HSE Ireland – Cervical Check “changes” – Gold - Best use of Special effects Kinsale (2009)

Shoreditch Slayer –

(2011) Finalist Rushes Soho Shorts

(2012) Finalist Underwire festival, London International Short Film Festival, Atlanta horror film festival, New Media film festival LA, International sic-fi and horror festival Phoenix. Dragon con, Atlanta,

(2012) The British Horror Film Festival; nominated best short, nominated for audience award.

(2012) Winner - The Irish Science Fiction Convention