Born in Reims in 1987, Simon goes through a literary prep, then a cinema prep, before joining the image department of Femis in 2008. He chooses to make his graduation film in stop-motion; La Ravaudeuse obtains the congratulations of the jury, as well as more than 60 festival selections and 5 prizes. After school, he worked as a cinematographer and assistant operator, always with an inclination for stop-motion films. He thus does the lighting in Marie Larrivé’s films, notably for the Hunting Museum, and also finds its place in the teams of Breton animation: Vivement Lundi (Dimitri, Pigeons et Dragons) and JPL films. With JPL, he has the opportunity to work on films like Lupus, by Carlos Gomez Salamanca, or even Raymonde or the vertical escape, by Sarah Van Den Boom, nominated for the César. In Paris, he also works on commercials, clips, institutional, animation or real shot. At the same time, he has the idea of a short film, in a thematic around the body related of his graduation film. After three years of development and one year of production, he presents Heart of Gold in 2020