Writing
Simon Allen
Born June 4, 1975 · Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK (age 51)
Simon Allen's television credits include writing and Executive Producing on Apple's Emmy-winning spy thriller TEHRAN, Executive Producing James Wan and Netflix supernatural anthology TRUE HAUNTING and creating BBC America’s RTS-winning fantasy comedy THE WATCH. Simon Allen served as a writer/producer on the first series of the acclaimed television sequel to Wolfgang Petersen’s DAS BOOT for Sky/…
Known For
Choose or Die · 2022Choose or Die
★ 5.22022
MovieHorrorThriller
In pursuit of an unclaimed $125,000 prize, a broke college dropout decides to play an obscure, 1980s survival computer game. But the game curses her, and she’s faced with dangerous choices and reality-warping challenges. After a series of unexpectedly terrifying moments, she realizes she’s no longer playing for the money but for her life.
Fables of Forgotten Things · 2008Fables of Forgotten Things
★ 4.02008
MovieTV MovieDrama
A mysterious drifter and his young friend must save a frightened, forgetful old lady from a memory eating ghost.
Breathe · 2013Breathe
★ 8.02013
MovieFantasyDrama
A young man falls in love with a ghost you can only see when you don't Breathe.
The Magic Mile · 2005The Magic Mile
★ 9.02005
Movie
Healing and boundless possibility come together in this original short film from the UK. When a deaf girl chances on an abandoned wheelchair, she discovers the incredible secret of 'the magic mile.' Finding herself in a strange and unfamiliar world, she picks up on the trail of the wheelchair's owner who reveals that even miracles have their limits.
Floor 9.5 · 2018Floor 9.5
★ 7.22018
MovieHorror
After a long shift at work, a girl is trapped into a scary dimension from which there seems to be no escape.
Strike Back · 2010Strike Back
★ 7.42010
SeriesDrama
The series follows John Porter, a former British Special Forces soldier, who is drafted back into service by Section 20, a fictional branch of the Secret Intelligence Service.
New Tricks · 2004New Tricks
★ 7.32004
SeriesDramaComedy
New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.
Tehran · 2020Tehran
★ 7.62020
SeriesDrama
Tamar is a Mossad hacker-agent who infiltrates Tehran under a false identity to help destroy Iran's nuclear reactor. But when her mission fails, Tamar must plan an operation that will place everyone dear to her in jeopardy.
Movies
Choose or Die · 2022Choose or Die
★ 5.22022
MovieHorrorThriller
In pursuit of an unclaimed $125,000 prize, a broke college dropout decides to play an obscure, 1980s survival computer game. But the game curses her, and she’s faced with dangerous choices and reality-warping challenges. After a series of unexpectedly terrifying moments, she realizes she’s no longer playing for the money but for her life.
Fables of Forgotten Things · 2008Fables of Forgotten Things
★ 4.02008
MovieTV MovieDrama
A mysterious drifter and his young friend must save a frightened, forgetful old lady from a memory eating ghost.
Breathe · 2013Breathe
★ 8.02013
MovieFantasyDrama
A young man falls in love with a ghost you can only see when you don't Breathe.
The Magic Mile · 2005The Magic Mile
★ 9.02005
Movie
Healing and boundless possibility come together in this original short film from the UK. When a deaf girl chances on an abandoned wheelchair, she discovers the incredible secret of 'the magic mile.' Finding herself in a strange and unfamiliar world, she picks up on the trail of the wheelchair's owner who reveals that even miracles have their limits.
Floor 9.5 · 2018Floor 9.5
★ 7.22018
MovieHorror
After a long shift at work, a girl is trapped into a scary dimension from which there seems to be no escape.
TV Shows
Strike Back · 2010Strike Back
★ 7.42010
SeriesDrama
The series follows John Porter, a former British Special Forces soldier, who is drafted back into service by Section 20, a fictional branch of the Secret Intelligence Service.
New Tricks · 2004New Tricks
★ 7.32004
SeriesDramaComedy
New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.
Tehran · 2020Tehran
★ 7.62020
SeriesDrama
Tamar is a Mossad hacker-agent who infiltrates Tehran under a false identity to help destroy Iran's nuclear reactor. But when her mission fails, Tamar must plan an operation that will place everyone dear to her in jeopardy.
The Musketeers · 2014The Musketeers
★ 7.12014
SeriesDrama
Set in 17th century Paris, musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan are members of an elite band of soldiers who fight for what is just. They are heroes in the truest and most abiding sense – men that can be trusted and believed in to do the right thing, regardless of personal risk.
Das Boot · 2018Das Boot
★ 7.02018
SeriesDrama
An inexperienced U-boat crew has to survive a secret mission and a young German woman is torn between loyalty for her home country and the French resistance in the WWII drama.
True Haunting · 2025True Haunting
★ 6.32025
SeriesDocumentaryMystery
Paranormal encounters from the viewpoint of those who lived them are detailed through immersive reenactments and present-day interviews.
M.I. High · 2007M.I. High
★ 6.12007
SeriesCrime
A team of undercover teenage spies working for the fictional British secret intelligence agency MI9 who have to balance their school life with their jobs as secret agents.
The Watch · 2021The Watch
★ 5.42021
SeriesSci-Fi & Fantasy
A group of misfit cops rise up from decades of helplessness to save their corrupt city from catastrophe. Inspired by the characters created by Sir Terry Pratchett’s famous “Discworld” novels.
Spotless · 2015Spotless
★ 6.62015
SeriesDramaCrime
In London, the life of Jean, a troubled crime scene cleaner, is turned upside down when his outlaw brother Martin crash lands into his world, entangling them in the deadly dynamics of organized crime.
The Interceptor · 2015The Interceptor
★ 5.82015
SeriesCrimeDrama
A gripping eight-part series about a state-of-the-art law enforcement team whose unswerving mission is to hunt down some of Britain’s most dangerous criminals. The Interceptor delves into the adventures of a dedicated surveillance team known as the UNIT. Keeping their quarries under ultra-tight surveillance, they take us into the real world inhabited by the criminals of today. And it’s easy to recognize because it’s the same world the rest of us inhabit.
Hunted · 2012Hunted
★ 6.72012
Series
Samantha Hunter suspects someone within the private intelligence agency she works at tried to kill her and she seeks to uncover the person behind it.