# Simon Chinn

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{{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](/source/Searching_for_Sugar_Man)''<br>''[Man On Wire](/source/Man_On_Wire)''
| father             = [Trevor Chinn](/source/Trevor_Chinn)
}}

'''Simon Chinn''' is a British film producer, founder of '''Red Box Films''' and co-founder of [Lightbox](/source/Lightbox_(production_company)). He produced a number of feature documentaries, including ''[Man on Wire](/source/Man_on_Wire)'' and ''[Searching for Sugar Man](/source/Searching_for_Sugar_Man)'', both winners of the [Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film](/source/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 &#124; Features &#124; Screen |work=[Screen Daily](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Louis_Theroux) and he produced the documentary ''[My Scientology Movie](/source/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](/source/The_Mission_(2023_film))'' (2023) - Producer
* ''Curse of the Chippendales'' (2021) – Executive Producer
* ''[Tina](/source/Tina_(2021_film))'' (2021) – Producer
* ''[Torn](/source/Torn_(2021_documentary))'' – 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](/source/Tell_Me_Who_I_Am)'' (2019) - Producer
* ''[The Amazing Johnathan Documentary](/source/The_Amazing_Johnathan_Documentary)'' (2019) – Executive Producer
* ''[LA 92](/source/LA_92_(film))'' (2017) – Producer
* ''[Captive](/source/Captive_(2016_TV_series))'' (2016) (TV series) – Executive Producer
* ''[My Scientology Movie](/source/My_Scientology_Movie)'' (2015) – Producer
* ''[The Green Prince](/source/The_Green_Prince_(film))'' (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](/source/The_Imposter_(2012_film))'' (2012) – Executive Producer
* ''[Searching for Sugar Man](/source/Searching_for_Sugar_Man)'' (2012) – Producer
* ''[Project Nim](/source/Project_Nim_(film))'' (2011) – Producer
* ''[Man on Wire](/source/Man_on_Wire)'' (2008) – Producer
* ''To Be First'' (2007) – Producer
* ''[The Government Inspector](/source/The_Government_Inspector_(film))'' (2005) – Co-Producer
* ''America Beyond the Color Line with Henry Louis Gates Jr.'' (2002) (TV series) – Series Producer
* ''[Frontline](/source/Frontline_(U.S._TV_series))'' (2004) (TV Series) – Cinematographer, Episode ''[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/invasion/ The Invasion of Iraq]''
* ''[Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon](/source/Smallpox_2002)'' (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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1187711}}
* [http://redboxfilms.co.uk/ Red Box Films]
* [http://www.lightboxent.com Lightbox]

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