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Welcome to my filmic gallery highlighting the best of my nine years of visual storytelling escapade.
stroll on and enjoy your stay.
COMMERCIAL
DIRECTOR REEL
commercial
2020
highlights of commercials I directed, expressing my focus in LIFESTYLE and COMEDY.
Bad day
Square One Insurance Services
ROLE: Director
Cinematographer
Editor
resonance of nature
voyager guitars
role: director
director of photography
editor
soundtrack composer
Bubble wrap
Square One Insurance Services
ROLE: Director
Cinematographer
Editor
What makes you, you?
21Q
Role: Director
editor
soundtrack composer
a guide to new beginnings
metro Vancouver life
role: director
editor
colourist
ABOUT
Shimon is a commercial and narrative film director with an eye for cinematic imagery and authentic performances.
He has directed compelling TV/web-based commercials and branded content for clients across the globe in industries including insurance, real estate, music, and mobile apps.
Shimon’s multidisciplinary talents include storyboarding, cinematography, editing, music composition, sound design, colour grading, and motion graphics. With these skill sets, he’s able to carry out projects from concept-development to production, and through the final stages of post-production.
He is passionate about illustrating the multiplicity of perspectives and portraying unique human relationships through narrative storytelling. Shimon is also constantly experimenting with the newest tech to innovate various forms of digital filmmaking. His short film Rain received an award for best technical execution and his more recent short film Ambitions had its premiere at the world’s largest youth film festival.
Shimon was born in Tokyo and raised in Vancouver and began creating films at a young age. He thrives to tell gripping stories with aesthetic consistency and timely delivery through constructive teamwork.
He is currently working on scripts, soundtrack compositions, and a plethora of branded content-related projects.
Role: Director
“Best Drama Student Short” FOR "Ambitions"
@ Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards. August 2018
"Best Technical” (Execution) for "Rain "
@ Vancouver Island Short Film Festival. 2014
Role: Cinematographer
“Best Music Video” for "Renminbi Tips"
@ the National Film Festival for Talented Youth. 2014
“Best Music Video” for Skipping Stone
@CineYouth. 2015
AWARDS
STUDIES
Bachelor’s Degree in Motion Picture Arts. May 2019
Capilano University. North Vancouver. BC
Dean’s List
Visual Theory. Advanced Digital Workflow. Professional Development.
Lighting for Digital Imaging and Film. Computer Science.
Producing. Screenwriting.
Directing.
Ambitions
2018
drama. surreal.
role: director
co-writer
soundtrack composer
NARRATIVE
A promising young actress strives for applause,
but her dream turns into nightmarish reality.
dude.
2019
drama. absurd.
role: Director
writer
Matthew is 16. he wants to impress, but fails to impress.
so he tells the camera to stop filming.
but it doesn't.
