Brett Simon

10/13/09 Brick could have gotten by on the novelty and cleverness of its high-school-as-noir-wasteland conceit alone, but style, wit, and fine performances elevated it to something more than a smartass cinephile stunt.  |  The A.V. Club

09/26/09 The stunning London-born Barton was trained in New York theater and would be hailed as one of People's 50 Most Beautiful from 2003 to 2006.  |  Styles & Scenes

08/27/09 The stunning London-born Barton was trained in New York theater and would be hailed as one of People's 50 Most Beautiful from 2003 to 2006.  |  Styles & Scenes

07/17/09 The stunning London-born Barton was trained in New York theater and would be hailed as one of People's 50 Most Beautiful from 2003 to 2006.  |  Styles & Scenes

03/12/09 At the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, Yari Film Group premiered Brett Simon 's Assassination of a High School President , a film noir mystery set inside the world of a John Hughes-style High School comedy.  |  Rotten Tomatoes

12/30/08 A final look back at 2008... this time featuring top ten lists from the editors of indieWIRE and industry insiders.  |  indieWIRE

08/13/08 Lionsgate has acquired the Duane Swierczynski novel "Severance Package" and has hired helmer Brett Simon ("Assassination of a High School President") to write the script with the author and direct.  |  Variety