He created, wrote and produced After Innocence,[1] which won the special jury award at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, before going on to receive other recognition, including its selection as a semi-finalist for Best Feature Documentary at the 78th Academy Awards.
Nursery University (2008) marked Simon's feature directorial debut.
[3] The film centers around prominent lawyer Marc Dreier, who was arrested for orchestrating a massive fraud scheme that netted hundreds of millions of dollars from hedge funds.
[4] Simon also served as lead legal counsel for films such as Winter's Bone, The Kids Are All Right, Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams and Money.
[5] Simon is a graduate of Cardozo Law School and the University of Pennsylvania.