Simon Nuchtern (born 1936) is a Belgian-born American filmmaker who is based in New York.
[1][2] He has directed, written, and produced a number of low-budget and independent films since the 1960s.
[9] Nuchtern was president of August Films (established 1967), a production and post-production company.
During the 1970s he was involved in the re-editing of several foreign-shot films prior to their distribution in the United States, notably the controversial Snuff (1976), which was marketed to exploit rumors of the existence of real-life snuff films.
[10][3] Following the dissolution of August Films in 1989, he founded a smaller-scale film and video production company, Katina Productions.