Simon O'Reilly
Earthborn co-founder

General Information
  
Simon playing Dr. Chung Fu Smith
in Skunkophilia's The Revenge (2004)

Greg Thompson (left) and Simon O'Reilly(right) at
The New Haven Underground Film Festival in 2004
Simon hard at work (2004)
Simon behind a finger (2004)
Simon doing something or other (2004)
Simon's foot from Laundromat Days (2004)

Simon O'Reilly (left) Gabe Corbin (right) on the set
of the Verona Theatre Massacre (2001)
Simon (left) with Meagin Sheehan (right)
Simon at a computer
Simon just Simon
Simon (third from left)
Nationality: Canadian  
Date of Birth: April 19th, 1984  
Place of Birth: Montreal, Qc, Canada  
Height: 6ft  
Eyes: Brown  
Hair: Brown  
Spoken Languages: French, English  
Piercings: Tongue  
Tattoos: Back, ankle, and shoulder  

Little Unimportant Facts:

  • Simon hasn't cut his hair in over five years
  • Simon still lives at home
  • Simon's middle name is Shanti which stands for "Peace"
  • Simon is not of drinking age yet
  
Cavities: 4  
Outtie or Innie?: Innie  
Boxers or Briefs: Boxers  
Current Residence: Middletown, CT in the US of A  
Personal Information  
Education: currently attending Middlesex Community College in Middletown Connecticut  
Interests, Inspiration, And Obsessions:  

 

FILMMAKING!

 

  
Music: from William Shatner to Radio Head, including Leonard Cohen, Smashing Pumpkins, Pete Yorn, Jean LeLoup.  
Movies: Citizen Toxie The Toxic Avenger Part 4. August 32nd on Earth, Happiness, La Haine, Fight Club, Songs From The Second Floor, Extremism Breaks My Balls, Great Expectation, Cecil B Demented, American Beauty, Pi, Maelstrom, Boondocks Saints this could go on and on, but I'll hold back.  
Books: Alice in Wonderland, (plain and simple).  
Directors: Kevin Smith, Lloyd Kaufman, Myself, Spike Jonze, Terry Ziwgoff, Nicolas Debot and many more.  

Writers: Charles Kauffman, Rob Reiner, Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith, David Mammet, etc.

 

  
My Story (summarized)
  
I was born during a snow storm in April of `84. On that day I already knew what I was going to devote my life to. FILMMAKING . And a few other things here and there. So over the years until now I always tried to aim my life in that direction. Today I feel satisfied with my cinematic past, and believe that the future will bring better and bigger things.  
My Story
  

I was born in a suburb of Montreal, Quebec in Canada. I spent the first fifteen years of my life in Montreal, and then I moved to Connecticut. (Those are the facts.)

  

When I was thirteen I drew my first animation. I was so impressed by the fact that I could make something become alive out of nothing but a pencil a sheet of paper and my imagination that I really hoped to become an animator. During the following years I kept playing with my father's HI-8 making very low quality stop-motion shorts.

 

When I was sixteen years old I took the summer off and headed back to Montreal. I spent most of my summer going from one film festival to another. At the Fantasia Film Festival I discovered the film Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger Part 4. Though I always wanted to make movies there had been something holding me back from trying to achieve my dream. When I saw Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger Part 4. I found hope that the film industry might not only be held by the billion dollar man, and that maybe there is hope for someone like me to become a filmmaker. Since then I've accomplished multiple projects, some of my own, some of others.

 

Living in Connecticut and not speaking good English made it difficult to gather people to create some videos, but as time passed, I found some people here and there and was able to start making movies.

 

What I liked (and still like) about animation is that you depend only on yourself to accomplish what you want. Making live action films, in most cases, you need other people, manpower, friends, comrades or a load of cash to buy yourself some.

 

What I love about Earthborn is that it's all about people working together for the same goal; making a certain project. What you need when making a movie is other people that WANT to make a movie, that way no matter what, you can't fail.

 

On Skunkophilia's The Revenge, (a script I wrote a week prior production,) there were only four people that lasted through the entire production, and if it wasn't for our similar goal the movie would never have been done. At the beginning it seemed that I was on top of things, but over time so many things went wrong that I was ready to give up. But the others kept on going and were able to pull me back into it. At the premiere I was very proud of all the pain and suffering we went trough to get it done. To know more about what I'm talking about, make sure to watch The Revenge documentary, coming out summer 2005.

 

 

What I hope to accomplish
with the Earthborn Film Cooperative:
Well, after hours of thinking about this, I realized that it's not at all complicated. I want to make movies with other people who want to take part in making movies. I want those movies to get out there with the rest of the elite. I want to create something that will allow anyone to take part in it. And though there will be stressful times and great struggles, I want to live it, and enjoy living it.  

I believe that Earthborn will bring this alternative way of filmmaking out to other states and nations, and that more people will get together to create more Cinematic Masterpieces.