Simone Bett

Simone Bett is a freelance producer based in Scotland. She produced Edinburgh set feature film First and Only. This is exciting thriller is based on the bestselling novel by Peter Flannery. The film was shot in 2017. With her forensic attention to detail Simone has worked on broadcast documentaries for ITV (The Mysterious Scotland) and Channel 4 (Treasure, Series 1&2), and has worked on over a hundred acclaimed corporate and commercial films shot across all corners of the world. In October 2015 Simone produced Simon, the prologue to First and Only with director Magnus Wake. This short film screened at 7 international film festivals. She also produced short films Chips and The Rehearsal. At EIFF 2017 Simone meet AJ Sykes and a discussion started around the sci-fi short film Perfect Worlds and the connecting feature A Perfect World. Simone is very excited to be working on this original feature, particularly on the back of the success and interest in the short film. Simone is developing TV documentary, Doula, with writer and director Wilma Smith. This documentary looks at the important role of the Doula in childbirth. Simone is an alumni of the Edinburgh International Film Festival's Talent Lab programme, which she attended in 2016.