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name: "Bren Simson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bren-simson"
fi1m_id: "bren-simson"
tmdb_id: 1788316
roles: ["Director"]
born: "8 September 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:28:29.758055+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bren Simson

## Identity

Bren Simson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bren-simson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bren-simson
- **TMDB ID:** 1788316
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1788316

Director. Born 8 September 1948 in Madrid, Spain.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 8 September 1948, Madrid, Spain
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1788316

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)

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## Biography

Bren Simson is a British television director and producer. Born on 8 September 1948 in Madrid, Spain, she trained at the National Film and Television School.

She directed episodes of the BBC soap opera *EastEnders* between 1986 and 1993. Her other credits include multiple episodes of *Brookside* (1983–2002), as well as work on series such as *Making Out*, *Medics*, *London Bridge* and *Heartbeat*. She was previously married to Rod Caird.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *If...* (2004), series, Director
- *Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders* (2001), Director
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, Director
- *Press Gang* (1989), series, Director
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

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