Kirk Simon
Kirk Simon
25.07.1954 - 14.04.2018 (63 years) (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA )
Kirk Simon (July 25, 1954 – April 14, 2018) was an American filmmaker. He is best known for his work on various documentaries. Simon received a nomination for an Academy Award four times, winning once. Simon produced three films nominated for the Best Documentary (Short Subject), including Chimps: So Like Us (1990), Rehearsing a Dream (2007), and Strangers No More (2010); he won the award for the latter film at the 83rd Academy Awards, and shared the win with Karen Goodman with whom he worked on all three films. Simon also received a nomination in the category of the Best Documentary Feature for producing Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer (1986). In 2016, he produced a feature documentary on the centenary of the Pulitzer prize called The Pulitzer at 100.Simon died on April 14, 2018 in New York City, from cardiac arrest.