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Simon Giles(I)

  • Visual Effects
  • Additional Crew
  • Actor
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Simon's VFX credits include award winning productions, "Love Is The Devil", Tea with Mussolini", "Deep Blue Sea", Buffalo Soldiers, 'White Noise", "The Devil's Double" and "Gormenghast" which won a BAFTA award for Best Visual Effects.

Latest film work: Overall VFX Supervisor for the Oscar nominated epic - "Never Look Away" (Werk Ohne Auto) directed by Florian Henckle von Donnersmarck.
BornSeptember 23
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    • Won 1 BAFTA Award
      • 3 wins & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Saffron Burrows in Deep Blue Sea (1999)
    Deep Blue Sea
    6.0
    • Visual Effects
    • 1999
    Spectral (2016)
    Spectral
    6.3
    • Visual Effects
    • 2016
    Kate Beckinsale, Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, and Jim Sturgess in Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
    Stonehearst Asylum
    6.8
    • Visual Effects
    • 2014
    Tom Schilling in Never Look Away (2018)
    Never Look Away
    7.7
    • Visual Effects
    • 2018

    Credits

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    Visual Effects

    • The Tattooist of Auschwitz (2024)
      The Tattooist of Auschwitz
      8.0
      TV Series
      • visual effects production supervisor
      • 2024
    • Alice Englert and Nicholas Denton in Dangerous Liaisons (2022)
      Dangerous Liaisons
      5.8
      TV Series
      • visual effects production supervisor
      • 2022
    • Alice Krige in She Will (2021)
      She Will
      5.5
      • visual effects supervisor: shoot supervisor
      • 2021
    • McKell David, Thaddea Graham, Harrison Osterfield, Jojo Macari, and Darci Shaw in The Irregulars (2021)
      The Irregulars
      6.1
      TV Series
      • vfx on-set supervisor
      • 2021
    • Ewen Bremner in Creation Stories (2021)
      Creation Stories
      6.1
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2021
    • Asa Butterfield, Ncuti Gatwa, and Emma Mackey in Sex Education (2019)
      Sex Education
      8.2
      TV Series
      • visual effects consultant
      • 2019
    • Marwan Kenzari in The Angel (2018)
      The Angel
      6.7
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2018
    • Tom Schilling in Never Look Away (2018)
      Never Look Away
      7.7
      • production visual effects supervisor
      • 2018
    • Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, and Sarah Snook in Succession (2018)
      Succession
      8.8
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor: UK (uncredited)
      • 2018
    • Spectral (2016)
      Spectral
      6.3
      • visual effects consultant
      • 2016
    • Penny Dreadful (2014)
      Penny Dreadful
      8.2
      TV Series
      • visual effects on set supervisor: Take 5
      • 2016
    • Rupert Everett, Emily Watson, Sarah Gadon, Bel Powley, and Jack Reynor in A Royal Night Out (2015)
      A Royal Night Out
      6.5
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2015
    • Lennie James, Danny Kirrane, and Kimberley Nixon in Critical (2015)
      Critical
      7.5
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor (2015)
      • 2015
    • Josh Hartnett, Bipasha Basu, and Tamsin Egerton in The Lovers (2015)
      The Lovers
      4.6
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2015
    • Kate Beckinsale, Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, and Jim Sturgess in Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
      Stonehearst Asylum
      6.8
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2014

    Additional Crew

    • Dominic Cooper in The Devil's Double (2011)
      The Devil's Double
      7.0
      • main title design
      • 2011
    • David Suchet in Poirot (1989)
      Poirot
      8.6
      TV Series
      • title design
      • titles
      • 2003–2004
    • Capital Punishment (2003)
      Capital Punishment
      6.1
      • title designer
      • 2003
    • Crust (2003)
      Crust
      5.6
      • title designer
      • 2003
    • Martin Clunes in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (2002)
      Goodbye, Mr. Chips
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • title designer
      • 2002
    • Silent Cry (2002)
      Silent Cry
      5.0
      • title designer
      • 2002
    • Arthur's Dyke (2001)
      Arthur's Dyke
      6.3
      • title designer
      • 2001
    • Dog Eat Dog (2001)
      Dog Eat Dog
      4.8
      • title designer
      • 2001
    • Revelation (2001)
      Revelation
      4.6
      • title designer: Hypnosis
      • 2001
    • Samantha Bond in The Hunt (2001)
      The Hunt
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • title designer
      • 2001
    • The Suicidal Dog (2000)
      The Suicidal Dog
      7.3
      Short
      • title designer
      • 2000
    • Breathtaking (2000)
      Breathtaking
      5.3
      • title designer
      • 2000
    • Linus Roache in Pandaemonium (2000)
      Pandaemonium
      6.4
      • title designer
      • 2000
    • Gormenghast (2000)
      Gormenghast
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • opening title sequence
      • 2000
    • Saving Grace (2000)
      Saving Grace
      6.9
      • title designer
      • 2000

    Actor

    • Meant to Be (2010)
      Meant to Be
      5.1
      • Photographer
      • 2010
    • Kuno Becker and Stephen Nicholas in Goal! III (2009)
      Goal! III
      3.2
      • TV Studio Producer (uncredited)
      • 2009
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Simon Giles -Film Factory
    • Born
      • September 23
      • Manchester, England, UK

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Founding member of Hypnosis - Digital Effects Company (UK)

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