simon weitzman

DIRECTOR - PRODUCER - SCREENWRITER

Newly welcomed into the family/roster at McCartneyStudios.com, UK Based Director - Producer - Screenwriter Simon Weitzman is a highly experienced and versatile network television director, producer, author, and artist whose career spans more than 35 years. Born in London in 1967 and trained at the Bournemouth School of Film and Television, he has built a distinctive body of work across broadcast television, feature documentaries, publishing, and visual art. His directing credits run across major broadcasters including the BBC, HBO, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Sky TV, Malaysian TV, and Disney, where he has helmed more than 300 network shows ranging from off-beat factual series and children’s television to music and entertainment formats.

In recent years, Simon has become a key creative voice in Beatles-related and music-history filmmaking. He directed the feature documentary Miss O’Dell, the story of Chris O’Dell — the insider who moved from Beatles PA to tour manager for rock’s biggest bands — released May 13, 2025 on major platforms including Peacock, Prime Video, Tubi, Fandango and others.PR Newswire The film weaves rare archival footage with intimate new interviews featuring figures such as Pattie Boyd, Peter Asher CBE, Bob Harris OBE, Kevin Harrington and historian Mark Lewisohn, framing O’Dell’s life against the wider cultural and political upheavals of the era.

Simon is also the creator and director of A Love Letter To The Beatles, described as “a film made by fans, for fans, across the universe.” Produced with Liverpool West Productions and David L. Simon, the fan-driven feature brings together voices from across global Beatles fandom — including Bob Harris OBE, Laurence Juber, Rod Davis, Julia Baird, Gary Evans, Andrew Edwards, Angie and Ruth McCartney and many others — and is shot across iconic locations such as The Cavern Club, International Beatles Week, The Casbah Coffee Club, Strawberry Field and The Fest For Beatles Fans. Now streaming on Fandango and Prime Video in the US and UK and available on DVD and Blu-ray, the film celebrates the community, gratitude and creativity The Beatles continue to inspire more than 60 years on. PR Newswire

Alongside these releases, Simon is directing and producing a slate of further music and culture documentaries. Current projects include: a feature on International Beatles Week in Liverpool, slated as the most comprehensive screen portrait of the festival in its 40-plus year history; a film on acclaimed airbrush artist Shannon MacDonald; Evolver:62, a feature documentary built around Beatles expert Mark Lewisohn’s acclaimed stage show; and a series on science-fiction author Alan Dean Foster, for which a pilot has been completed with Foster attached as Executive Producer. He has also mentored and produced the directorial debut of nature photographer Oliver Hellowell, a filmmaker with Down Syndrome, for the film-festival circuit and potential television broadcast.

Earlier in his career, Simon worked extensively in network television, directing popular and often cult programmes such as Eurotrash (Channel 4), Yanky Panky (Sky), Chrome Icons (HBO), Vintage Morris and American Affair (ITV), Animal Magic (BBC), Keeper’s Capers with Johnny Morris (Channel 4), Tiny & Crew (The Children’s Channel), as well as Disney Time and Disney specials. He also directed the independent film The Raymond Revuebar and numerous music videos for artists including Erasure, Level 42, Incognito and The Only Ones, and worked as a cameraman on iconic videos for Depeche Mode and Duran Duran using Super 8 and Super 16mm formats. Away from long-form, he has directed short features for BBC1’s The One Show on subjects including autism, Down Syndrome and the recovery of lost Beatles footage.

As an author and publisher, Simon has co-created a run of acclaimed, design-driven music titles in partnership with Paul Skellett, including 8 Arms To Hold You, All You Need Is Love, The Mad Day Out with Tom Murray and The Beatles in 3D, which together have sold more than 18,000 copies. He also wrote The Bible of Golf, selected by the University of St Andrews as a significant work in the celebration of 600 years of the university and the game, and held in its special collections. Earlier in his writing career, represented by Peters Fraser & Dunlop, he wrote short stories, two of which were optioned by major studios and went on to inspire the films Event Horizon and Bad Santa.

Simon’s creativity extends beyond screen and page into sculptural art and social impact. He produces giant sculptures from recycled materials — bikes, pianos, guitars and more — for charitable causes tied to artists such as Slash and Elton John, with works displayed in high-profile locations including Covent Garden, St Pancras and Knightsbridge. He is an endorsed artist with the Lewis Carroll Society and has collaborated with sculptor Andrew Edwards on literary-inspired projects. Deeply committed to inclusion, he actively supports people with disabilities in achieving their creative goals, runs a Community Interest Company that brings live music into thousands of care homes, and organizes an annual benefit concert for Vicky McClure’s Our Dementia Choir at The Cavern Club in Liverpool.

Bringing together his broadcast discipline, documentary storytelling, design-led publishing and community-focused art, Simon Weitzman continues to build a career rooted in music history, visual innovation and human stories — with The Beatles and their creative universe often, but not always, at the heart of the narrative.

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