---
name: "Simon Chinn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/simon-chinn"
fi1m_id: "simon-chinn"
imdb_id: "nm1187711"
tmdb_id: 1181321
wikidata_id: "Q16728001"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-23T21:13:14.677035+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."
---

# Simon Chinn

## Identity

Simon Chinn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/simon-chinn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** simon-chinn
- **IMDb ID:** nm1187711
- **TMDB ID:** 1181321
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16728001
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Chinn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16728001, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1187711/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1181321

Producer. Born 1 January 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Frequently works with:** [James Marsh](https://film.one/person/james-marsh.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 90 (1), 2010s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 80 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Documentary 3, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $7m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Chinn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16728001, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1187711/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1181321

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Man on Wire*](https://film.one/film/man-on-wire.md) (90)
- **Disney+:** [*Searching for Sugar Man*](https://film.one/film/searching-for-sugar-man.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Simon Chinn is a British film producer. He founded Red Box Films and is a co-founder of Lightbox. His credits include numerous feature documentaries and television projects.

Chinn produced *Man on Wire* (2008), directed by James Marsh, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. He also produced *Searching for Sugar Man* (2012), another Oscar winner for Best Documentary Feature, as well as *Project Nim* (2011), *The Imposter* (2012) as executive producer, *My Scientology Movie* (2016) and *Tell Me Who I Am* (2019).

He is the son of Sir Trevor Chinn and attended school with Louis Theroux, for whom he later produced *My Scientology Movie*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Searching for Sugar Man* (2012), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/searching-for-sugar-man.md)
- *Project Nim* (2011), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/project-nim.md)
- *Man on Wire* (2008), Fi1m 90, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/man-on-wire.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

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

- *Twisted Yoga* (2026), series, Executive Producer
- *Lost in the Jungle* (2025), Producer
- *Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *The Diamond Heist* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *What They Found* (2025), Producer
- *Gunpowder Siege* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *Marilyn Manson: Unmasked* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *Camden* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion* (2024), Producer
- *Bad Host: Hunting the Couchsurfing Predator* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived* (2023), Producer
- *The Mission* (2023), Producer
- *Donyale Luna: Supermodel* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Spector* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *The Fastest Woman on Earth* (2022), Producer
- *Sins of Our Mother* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *The Princess* (2022), Producer
- *Torn* (2021), Producer
- *Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali* (2021), Executive Producer
- *TINA* (2021), Producer
- *Sophie: A Murder in West Cork* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *Hip Hop Uncovered* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Tell Me Who I Am* (2019), Producer
- *The Amazing Johnathan Documentary* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Untouchable* (2019), Producer
- *Gypsy's Revenge* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Whitney* (2018), Producer
- *Black Sheep* (2018), Producer
- *Food Exposed with Nelufar Hedayat* (2018), series, Executive Producer
- *LA 92* (2017), Producer
- *Captive* (2016), series, Executive Producer
- *My Scientology Movie* (2016), Producer
- *Bolshoi Babylon* (2015), Executive Producer
- *The Runner-Up* (2015), series, Creator
- *Atari: Game Over* (2014), Executive Producer
- *I Am Ali* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Garnet’s Gold* (2014), Producer
- *Everything or Nothing* (2012), Producer
- *The Imposter* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Searching for Sugar Man* (2012), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/searching-for-sugar-man.md)
- *Project Nim* (2011), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/project-nim.md)
- *Man on Wire* (2008), Producer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/man-on-wire.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 2009: Best Documentary Feature Film (won), for *Man on Wire*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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