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Introduction :
- Notable for his documentaries, Simon Schneider is a Canadian Director, Writer, Cinematographer, and Director of Photography (DOP) who resides in Vancouver, British Columbia. He also operates his freelancing and joint operations as a DOP in US cities like Los Angeles, New York City, and Seattle.
- Simon is the founding Director/DOP of Urban Jungle Films. He offers unique services in genres like reality, documentary, movies, and TV series with a specialization in natural history, branded content, and visual storytelling.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Simon Schneider was born in 1996 in Canada.
- Simon has not shared information regarding family or friends on any social media or anywhere due to privacy.
Early Life and Education :
- Simon Schneider was conscious of his passion for nature, photography, and directing early on. Being interested in nature, Simon graduated with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Biology from the University of Victoria in 2003.
- To actualize his passions, Simon further earned a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Science and Nature Documentary Filmmaking in 2012.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- Simon started as a founder and Director of Photography at Urban Jungle Films back in 2006. He has been running the production till this date for well over a decade now. His job description at Urban Jungle Films involves shooting, travel, filming, directing, and principal photography. Simon and his company have provided services to award-winning feature documentaries, factual entertainment, commercials, and non-fiction TV series.
- Simon started his proper collaborative career with OMNI films back in 2011. He worked as the Director/Camera Operator for Ice Pilots Season 3 on History Channel from January 2011 to June 2011 and for PYROS on Discovery Channel from April 2011 to July 2011.
- From June 2011 to December 2011, Simon was involved in a documentary about the world’s weirdest restaurants at a food network called Paperny Entertainment Inc. While working for Paperny, Simon also participated as Director/Lead DOP at History Channel and Nat Geo from June 2012 to September 2012.
- For three months, from April 2013 – June 2013, Simon worked as the Director of Photography on a nature-based feature documentary, Hadwin’s Judgement for NFB, Passion Pictures, and True West Films.
- Simon collaborated with Parperny Entertainment as the Lead DOP for YUKON GOLD Season 2 from June 2013 to October 2013. The soap series was focused on guys making giant log homes. He also contributed as DOP for Chow Masters, a comedy food show hosted by Hollywood director Frank Coraci at Travel Channel from October 2013 to March 2014.
- Simon contributed as DOP for HBO U2 Documentary, Discovery US’s First In Human, NBC Universal’s Final Appeal, HBO’s Liberty: Mother of Exiles, and Netflix unscripted series in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 respectively.
- Currently, Simon Schneider is working in collaboration with CBC as Director, Writer, and DOP for the nature documentary, The Nature of Things. He has worked on the science documentary since January 2019.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Simon Schneider has earned a reputation as a visually creative leader who connects well with his documentary subjects and crew alike. Simon worked beside some of the most prominent business names, like Academy-award-winning director, Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) and VP of Documentaries for Discovery Network (formerly HBO executive), John Hoffman.
- Simon was a recipient of an outstanding DOC U scholarship from Hot Docs in 2008. He also earned Astral Media Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Scholarship.
- On June 20, 2016, Simon Schneider’s Hadwin’s Judgement was honored with the Leo Award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary or Series. Simon described the experience as encouraging for his future pursuits on his blog at Urban Jungle Films. Simon was also nominated in the Best Cinematography category in a Feature Length Documentary for Hadwin’s Judgement on February 15, 2016.
- On February 6, 2013, Simon announced that he would be launching a custom mini Doc guitars line named Warren Murfitt Guitars. He admitted in the announcement that he needs to figure out working on Facebook just as he does with custom guitars.
- Simon is an avid nature lover. In an Instagram post on January 8, 2020, Simon shared his excitement about an upcoming project on dinosaurs named dinosaur cold case for CBC’s The Nature of Things. He also disclosed that his favorite dinosaur is Borealopelta.
- Hadwin’s Judgement premiered at the Toronto Film Festival on April 27, 2015. Simon was quite excited about the project and requested his audience on his blog to visit and support the project premiere at the festival. He often loves to involve his fans in project promotions.
- Simon’s first career achievement was his Best Photography and Best Editing nomination for Abalone Odyssey at 29th International Wildlife Film Festival in 2006.