{{Short description|British film producer}} {{Infobox person | name = Simon Chinn | image = Simon Chinn 2013.jpg | caption = Chinn in 2013 | occupation = Film producer | notable_works = ''Searching for Sugar Man''<br>''Man On Wire'' | father = Trevor Chinn }}
'''Simon Chinn''' is a British film producer, founder of '''Red Box Films''' and co-founder of Lightbox. He produced a number of feature documentaries, including ''Man on Wire'' and ''Searching for Sugar Man'', both winners of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mitchell |first=Wendy |url=http://www.screendaily.com/reports/one-on-one/simon-chinn/5050165.article |title=Simon Chinn | Features | Screen |work=Screen Daily |date=2012-12-20 |accessdate=2013-03-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/collegeofproduction/podcast/tv/simon_chinn_podcast|title=CoP Talk: Simon Chinn|work=College of Production|publisher=BBC Academy|date=11 August 2011|accessdate=2013-03-02|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130419171509/http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/collegeofproduction/podcast/tv/simon_chinn_podcast|archivedate=19 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He went to school with Louis Theroux and he produced the documentary ''My Scientology Movie'' written by Theroux. Chinn's cousin, Jonathan Chinn, is a television producer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Xbox Wire |date=2013-12-19 |title=Xbox Entertainment Studios to Debut Documentary Series Exclusively on Xbox in 2014 |url=https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2013/12/19/ent-xes-lightbox/ |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Xbox Wire |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Filmography== * ''The Mission'' (2023) - Producer * ''Curse of the Chippendales'' (2021) – Executive Producer * ''Tina'' (2021) – Producer * ''Torn'' – Producer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://films.nationalgeographic.com/torn|title=Torn - 2021|publisher= National Geographic Films |access-date=November 10, 2023}}</ref> * ''Tell Me Who I Am'' (2019) - Producer * ''The Amazing Johnathan Documentary'' (2019) – Executive Producer * ''LA 92'' (2017) – Producer * ''Captive'' (2016) (TV series) – Executive Producer * ''My Scientology Movie'' (2015) – Producer * ''The Green Prince'' (2014) – Producer * ''The Legend of Shorty'' (2014) – Producer * ''Garnet's Gold'' (2014) – Producer * ''Signal To Noise'' (2014) (TV series) – Executive Producer, 1 Episode * ''Everything or Nothing'' (2012) – Producer * ''The Imposter'' (2012) – Executive Producer * ''Searching for Sugar Man'' (2012) – Producer * ''Project Nim'' (2011) – Producer * ''Man on Wire'' (2008) – Producer * ''To Be First'' (2007) – Producer * ''The Government Inspector'' (2005) – Co-Producer * ''America Beyond the Color Line with Henry Louis Gates Jr.'' (2002) (TV series) – Series Producer * ''Frontline'' (2004) (TV Series) – Cinematographer, Episode ''[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/invasion/ The Invasion of Iraq]'' * ''Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon'' (2002) – Writer, Producer * ''War In Europe'' (2000) – Associate Producer * ''On Air'' (1998) (TV series) – Executive Producer * ''The Feel Good Factor'' (1997) (TV series) – Associate Producer
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|1187711}} * [http://redboxfilms.co.uk/ Red Box Films] * [http://www.lightboxent.com Lightbox]
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