A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Simon Frederick was born in London to parents originating from the Caribbean island of Grenada. Being self-taught, he isn’t conditioned by any of the conventions that academic studies, tradition and technical education at times impose. His work is centered on his passion for people and cultures, which lead him to visually explore all the nuances inherent in human nature. As a renowned photographer, he works in many fields, from portraits of celebrities to art shows, to worldwide publicity campaigns. Moving into direction was a natural step, where he made his name with short publicity films and documentaries. As a director, he’s been praised for his ability in creating emotionally charged works with a unique visual style. 2016 sees Simon take on new challenges, like his first movie and his most ambitious project to date, a large exhibition of portraits with a cultural theme, accompanied by a documentary and a must-have book, which launches in 2016.
Creator:
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Director:
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Producer:
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Writer:
2018 Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
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Most data and links to images for the Movies section come from TheMovieDB (TMDB).
Additional data for Film Titles come from The Open Movie Database (OMDb).
At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.