ABOUT
Urban Jungle Films is a full service production company specializing in documentary, natural history, branded content and visual storytelling. Started by director and cinematographer Simon Schneider in 2006, Urban Jungle Films has lent its hand to award winning feature documentaries, non-fiction TV series, factual entertainment, and commercials.
Working beside some of the most prominent names in the business like Academy-award winning director, Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) and VP of Documentaries for Discovery Network (formerly HBO executive), John Hoffman, Simon Schneider has earned a reputation as a visually, creative leader that connects well with both his documentary subjects and crew alike.
Recent Credits
Ministry of Evil: The Twisted Cult of Tony Alamo, 4 x 60, HD - SundanceTV (2019)
- DOP
Final Appeal, 2 x 120 & 2 x 60, HD - Oxygen Network (2018)
-DOP
Building 10, 3 x 120 HD - Discovery Channel USA (2017)
- DOP/Producer/Camera Operator
U2 Innocence and Experience Documentary, 1 x 60 2K - Director Davis Guggenheim, HBO
- 2nd Unit DOP
Hadwin's Judgement, 1 x 84 HD - Nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Feature Length Documentary, 2016 Canadian Screen Awards, Won Best Cinematography in a Documentary Program, 2016 Leo Awards, Won Best Film - Mountain, Environment and Natural History, 2015 Banff Mountain Film Festival
Passion Pictures - UK, True West Films - Canada, NFB - Canada (2015)
- DOP
Klondike Trappers, 8x 60 HD - History Channel (2015)
- Creative Consultant
Yukon Gold S3, 10 x 60 HD - History Channel (2014)
- Series Director/DOP
Awards and Recognition
Leo Award Winner, 2016
- Best Cinematography in a Documentary Program or Series - Hadwin's Judgement
Canadian Screen Award Nomination, 2016
- Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary - Hadwin's Judgement
Canadian Screen Award Nomination, 2014
- Best Photography in a Lifestyle, Competition or Reality Show - Yukon Gold S2
DOC U Scholarship Recipient, Hot Docs 2008
- Astral Media Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Scholarship recipient
29th International Wildlife Film Festival, 2006
- Nominations for Best Photography and Best Editing for Abalone Odyssey