Name
Simon Frenay
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1987-08-21 (39 years old)
Place of Birth
Montluçon, Allier, France
Biography
Trained at the Cours Florent, he began his career as an actor, notably appearing in films by Robert Guédiguian and the duo Olivier Ducastel & Jacques Martineau, while also working on international sets and in television.
He quickly shifted his focus behind the camera. His first produced short film, Youssou & Malek, was selected in around forty festivals worldwide and received several awards, establishing a distinctive voice that is both intimate and political. With Carpobrotus, in which he also performs, he continues this sensitive exploration of identity and desire.
He is currently developing If She Is Somewhere, a project rooted in his Réunionese origins, while also shooting a documentary dedicated to the reconstruction of young exiles who have crossed the Mediterranean.
At the crossroads of romanticism and reality, his cinema explores queer narratives grounded in contemporary social and racial issues. Echoing his artistic work, he founded the association Sous le Même Ciel in 2020, a deeply committed initiative supporting exiled people, with a strong focus on unaccompanied minors, whose on-the-ground engagement profoundly nourishes his films.
Known For
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Théo and Hugo meet in a club and form an immediate bond. Once the desire and elation of t...
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Ramón and Céline are a young couple that attended a concert at the Bataclan theatre in P...
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A union pensioner and his wife are robbed, but find that merely getting the assailants bro...
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This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a wo...
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At sixty years old, two friends in financial difficulties are going to take advantage of t...
- 2022 The French Boys 4
- 2022 One Year, One Night as Pareja de la Mujer Embarazada
- 2023 Sweet Sixty as Roissy assistant
- 2014 At All Costs as Alex
- 2015 The Forgiven
- 2016 Ce qui nous lie as The boy
- 2013 Elias as Elias
- 2017 Discreet
- 2017 Night as Benoit
- 2019 Don't Look Down as Nathan
- 2020 Dreaming Like Louis as Louis
- 2020 Not That Kind of Guy as Couple from porn video
- 2011 Stretch as Locker room jockey
- 2018 The Trial of Klara Wendel as Guardian Simon
- 2011 The Snows of Kilimanjaro
- 2018 Faces as Simon
- 2009 Army of Crime as Lycéen
- 2024 Carpobrotus as Maxime
- 2018 Bioscopewala as Michel
