Simon Kinberg
Simon Kinberg
Simon David Kinberg is a British-born American screenwriter and film producer. He is best known for his work on the X-Men film franchise, and has also written such films as Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Sherlock Holmes. He has served as a producer on others including Cinderella, and The Martian, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. His production company is Genre Films, which has a first-look deal with 20th Century Fox...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth2 August 1973
Simon Kinberg quotes about
long good-movie want
Last thing you want to do with a good movie is hold the audience hostage. As an entertainer myself, I just know it's better when you leave 'em wanting more than to stick around too long.
challenges complexity
Every movie has its complexities and its challenges.
love-is miserable like-you
Make movies you love because it's miserable. Every movie I've worked on at one point or another is exhausting, and you feel like you're making a bad movie.
stuff-i-like giving finals
Both as a filmmaker and as a fan I love the behind-the-scenes stuff, I like it even more than deleted scenes frankly. Especially when you're happy with the movie and you're proud of it, those deleted scenes give you also a sense of the making of the film and the process through which you end up with the final product.
parts-of-life i-can
All I can say is, death is a part of life.
mistake compass made
You've got to trust [that] your own compass will lead you away from whatever mistakes were made.