Blake Simon is a writer and director known for genre films. His horror short, Faces (2024), was the 2024 winner of the prestigious Best International Short Gold Audience Award at the Fantasia International Film Festival. His award-winning sci-fi short Goldilocks (2016) has amassed over half a million views online, while his horror short Red Velvet (2023) earned numerous awards after over 20 festival screenings around the world. Simon also served as a producer on Searchlight Pictures' A Complete Unknown (2024) as well as Lucasfilm's Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023).