Nicholas SimonProducer

Nicholas Simon is a producer based in Bangkok, Thailand and he is the Founder and CEO of Indochina Productions. His vast Asian filmmaking experience dates back to the early ‘90s, with Indochina Productions being the only company in South East Asia to produce and service big-budget Hollywood studio films and Fortune 500 advertising commercial needs. Indochina Productions operates throughout Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Japan, The Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, The Maldives, Singapore, Bangladesh, and Malaysia.

Simon pioneered big-budget filmmaking in Vietnam with Warner Brothers/Legendary Films’ Kong: Skull Island starring Samuel L. Jackson and in Bangladesh with Netflix’s Extraction, starring Chris Hemsworth. His recent productions include Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods starring Chadwick Boseman and A24’s A Prayer Before Dawn, starring Peaky Blinders’ Joe Cole. Indochina’s TV commercial resume includes award-winning spots for Apple, Toyota, and Samsung among others.

Denis O’HareACTOR | WRITER | DIRECTOR

Denis O’Hare is a three-time Emmy Award nominee, Tony nominee, and Critic’s Choice Award winner whose acting credits span across film, television, and theatre productions including Dallas Buyer’s Club, Garden State, The Good Wife, Milk, and many more.

O’Hare won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Take Me Out and has won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as Oscar Lindquist in the Broadway revival of Sweet Charity. Recent film and television roles include The Nevers, The Accidental Wolf, Trying, The Good Fight, American Gods, and more.

Known for roles such as Liz Taylor throughout several seasons of FX’s American Horror Story, O’Hare was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie in 2012 for his role as Larry Harvey. He appears in AHS Season 12: Delicate alongside Emma Roberts and Kim Kardashian as Dr. Andrew Hill.

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