Simon Frenay

Birthday: 1987-08-21
Birthplace: Montluçon, Allier, France
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

	Year	Title	Character
	2024-11-04	Carpobrotus	Maxime
	2023-06-14	Sweet Sixty	Roissy assistant
	2022-10-21	One Year, One Night	Pareja de la Mujer Embarazada
	2022-03-18	The French Boys 4
	2020-08-21	Dreaming Like Louis	Louis
	2020-08-01	Not That Kind of Guy	Couple from porn video
	2019-08-21	Don't Look Down	Nathan
	2018-07-22	Faces	Simon
	2018-05-25	Bioscopewala	Michel
	2018-01-26	The Trial of Klara Wendel	Guardian Simon
	2017-09-29	Discreet
	2017-07-14	Night	Benoit
	2016-06-02	Ce qui nous lie	The boy
	2015-04-28	The Forgiven
	2014-01-01	At All Costs	Alex
	2013-10-09	Elias	Elias
	2011-11-16	The Snows of Kilimanjaro
	2011-01-12	Stretch	Locker room jockey
	2009-09-16	Army of Crime	Lycéen