Simon Chinn

British film producer

Simon Chinn

Occupation	Film producer
Notable work	Searching for Sugar Man Man On Wire
Relatives	Jonathan Chinn (brother)

Simon Chinn is a British film producer, founder of Red Box Films and co-founder of Lightbox. He produced a number of feature documentaries, including Man on Wire and Searching for Sugar Man, both winners of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film.^[1]^[2]

He went to school with Louis Theroux and he produced the documentary My Scientology Movie written by Theroux. Chinn's brother, Jonathan, is a television producer.^[3]

Filmography

The Mission (2023) - Producer
Curse of the Chippendales (2021) – Executive Producer
Tina (2021) – Producer
Torn – Producer^[4]
Tell Me Who I Am (2019) - Producer
The Amazing Johnathan Documentary (2019) – Executive Producer
LA 92 (2017) – Producer
Captive (2016) (TV series) – Executive Producer
My Scientology Movie (2015) – Producer
The Green Prince (2014) – Producer
The Legend of Shorty (2014) – Producer
Garnet's Gold (2014) – Producer
Signal To Noise (2014) (TV series) – Executive Producer, 1 Episode
Everything or Nothing (2012) – Producer
The Imposter (2012) – Executive Producer
Searching for Sugar Man (2012) – Producer
Project Nim (2011) – Producer
Man on Wire (2008) – Producer
To Be First (2007) – Producer
The Government Inspector (2005) – Co-Producer
America Beyond the Color Line with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2002) (TV series) – Series Producer
Frontline (2004) (TV Series) – Cinematographer, Episode The Invasion of Iraq
Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon (2002) – Writer, Producer
War In Europe (2000) – Associate Producer
On Air (1998) (TV series) – Executive Producer
The Feel Good Factor (1997) (TV series) – Associate Producer

References

^ Mitchell, Wendy (2012-12-20). "Simon Chinn | Features | Screen". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2013-03-02.
^ "CoP Talk: Simon Chinn". College of Production. BBC Academy. 11 August 2011. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-02.
^ Staff, Xbox Wire (2013-12-19). "Xbox Entertainment Studios to Debut Documentary Series Exclusively on Xbox in 2014". Xbox Wire. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
^ "Torn - 2021". National Geographic Films. Retrieved November 10, 2023.