Screenwriter James V. Simpson grew up in Stratford Ontario Canada, home
to the world-renowned Stratford Shakespearean Festival.
Obsessed with movies from a young age, Simpson spent much of his
childhood writing and making his own films. His passion for cinema
eventually led him to enroll in the Vancouver Film School where a jury
of faculty honored Simpson by selecting his screenplay for production.
After Film School, Simpson worked in the thriving Vancouver Film
Industry while continuing to write. He soon found great success in the
prestigious Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Nicholl
Fellowships in Screenwriting by beating out over six thousand entries
to become one of only ten finalists in 2006.
The same week that the AMPAS Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
announced Simpson's screenplay "Armored" was a finalist; it became
Simpson's first script sale to Sony Pictures Entertainment and Screen
Gems.
Simpson splits his time between Los Angeles and Vancouver where he
lives with his wife and volunteers to raise Guide Dogs for the British
Columbia Guide Dog Society.