Simon Bjoergvin Veredon

Simon Veredon grew up in the theater during the modern dance movement of 1970s Germany, of which both his parents were a part. At 16 he started acting professionally at the Theater Der Keller, in his home town Cologne, Germany, while at the same time pursuing music as a singer/writer in a popular local band. Eager to experience more of the world, Simon eventually moved to Boston (by way of New Zealand where he completed his high school diploma) and attended Boston University where he studied acting, directing and playwrighting in a four year conservatory style program culminating in a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1993. That year, Simon wrote and directed the play 'Sarah' for the Boston Playwright's Festival. Deemed by peers "the birth of a new genre in theater", this play incorporated hip hop dance elements as well as original music which he composed. In 1993 he moved to New York City where he directed and edited short films which aired bi-weekly on Manhattan Cable. These music driven shorts featured music from his New York band "Feedback". Soon lured back to Germany to act and guest star in one hour drama TV Series, Simon also used his time home to produce and direct several large events in Berlin and Belgium, creating and directing new performance pieces. He also directed and edited the 30 minute featurette 'Hamlet' in Belgium, wrote music for the electronica/pop band "Jamoki" in Berlin, and freelanced as voice over artist and as video editor for the German TV station "Deutsche Welle" in Cologne. Simon moved to Los Angeles in 2001 where he was engaged as the creative video editor and main VFX compositor of the animated film 'You Are Mine' and has since worked as the online editor for various Hollywood television shows such as 'The O.C.', 'Smallville', 'Rescue Me', 'Desperate Housewives', 'Ghostwisperer' and 'Bones'. In 2004 he started developing the short film 'In A Different Key' with writers Thora Magnusson and Trisha Lasar, which he co-wrote, produced and directed. 'In A Different Key' is repped by LongTale LLC in Los Angeles. In 2006 he founded InsideFilms LLC as a production company for 'In A Different Key' and as a vehicle for the motion picture trilogy 'Low Grounds', which is was in negotiations for financing in Europe. Starting 2009 he was hired as editor on two top sitcom series at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta Georgia, where he edited more that 50 episodes of 'House of Pain' and 'Meet the Browns'. Simon was impressed by Mr Perry's decision to have the editors on set as the shows were shot, to give feed back on coverage. By 2011 Simon was drawn to live and work in Berlin, an exciting film metropolis with a lot of history and many new opportunities. Here he founded the FilmTruppe.Berlin in which he has grouped around him a team of film professionals and content creators. The FilmTruppe creates and develops new film contents and produces the resulting formats, as well as manages the licenses. On the agenda are a German language comedy 'Immer Ärger Mit Den Frauen', a bi-lingual TV-Series set in Berlin and a documentary feature film.