Simon Kelton

Birthday: 4 January 1966, Churt, Surrey, England, UK

Simon Kelton is a screenwriter and producer at Cool Hand International.After completing Master's degrees in English Literature at Oxford and Stanford, Simon was awarded a Rotary International Sch ...Show More

Simon Kelton is a screenwriter and producer at Cool Hand International.After completing Master's degrees in English Literature at Oxford and Stanford, Simon was awarded a Rotary International Scholarship to study at UCLA Film School where he earned an MFA in screenwriting. He also won the first BAFTA Scholarship, a Samuel Goldwyn Award, the Harmony Gold Award of Excellence, was a Finalist in the Disney Fellowship and twice a semi-finalist in the Nicholl Fellowship.Since then Simon has written scripts for numerous production companies as well as having directors like Nigel Cole, Andy Fickman, Ash Brannon, John Stevenson, Kirk Jones, James Honeyborne, and Declan Lowney attached to various projects.As a producer at Cool Hand International, Simon's role encompasses all aspects of the business from the initial development of ideas, optioning of properties, screenwriting, editing, foreign sales, finance models and fundraising, to managing talent, agency and studio relationships.Most recently, Simon has been an Executive Producer on Jeff Lowe's remarkable true life story "Metanoia," which won best Mountaineering Film at the Kendal Festival and is a Finalist at the Banff, Boulder and Sheffield Film Festivals. He also wrote the original screenplay for "Eddie the Eagle," being produced by Matthew Vaughn and directed by Dexter Fletcher.Simon has been the Co-Chair the BAFTA LA Scholarship Committee and has also performed as voice talent in movies such as "Polar Express," "Beowulf," and "A Christmas Carol." Hide