Simon A. Kristiansen

Simon A. Kristiansen was born on June 1, 1992 in Stord, Norway, but grew up in Bergen, Norway. He is a director & screenwriter, having directed several short films, both in film school and independently. He attended 2 years at Noroff Film School in Bergen, graduating the summer of 2014 with the specialization Directing/Screenwriting. In 2015 he attended AFDA Film School in Cape Town, South Africa. He graduated in December after directing and writing 2 more short films. The fall of 2014 he produced, wrote and directed his first independent short film "Being young". In October 2015 he got accepted to a film festival for the first time, "Rhode Island Comic Con Film Festival, with his short film "Killer's Mind". His graduation film from South Africa "Rerun" won an award at Sogndal Film Festival in April 2016, and has been selected for several other festivals since.