Simon Galiero

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Place of Birth Montréal, Québec, Canada

Simon Galiero

Biography

Born in Montreal in 1978, Simon Galiero becomes coeditor of the online movie magazine Hors Champ (horschamp.qc.ca / offscreen.com), in which he publishes articles and interviews with filmmakers such as Atom Egoyan, Werner Herzog, Jonathan Nossiter. In 1999, he starts with Hors Champ a long series of projections/debates at the Cinémathèque québécoise, screening films of directors such as Brakhage, Buñuel, Ceylan, Ford, Godard, Herzog, Iosseliani, Kubelka, Lefebvre, Olmi. Since 1998, he directed a few shorts, documentary and fiction, like Encore dimanche, The Immigrant and Our jail is a kingdom (Notre prison est un royaume) which won the 2008 Jutra award for best short or medium-length film.

Known For

Director

2012
2009
2007
2005
L'Immigré

as Director

Writer

2012
La Mise à l'aveugle

as Screenplay

2009
2007
Our Jail is a Kingdom

as Screenplay

Editor

2009
2007

Producer

2007