At 18 Steven Lewis Simpson was the youngest fully qualified stockbroker and trader in Britain.At 22 he moved to Los Angeles to work for the legendary Roger Corman's Concorde Pictures. He returned to the UK in May 1993 and shot Ties, his first feature film, which he wrote, produced, directed, edited and financed through his company Roaring Fire Films. The production included four key crew members who had previously worked at Concorde Studios.Steven has also dipped his toes into the music world with the release of two critically acclaimed albums featuring a track he collaborated on with composer/musician Future Pilot AKA.He is currently in post-production on A Thunder-Being Nation, shot on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. A feature documentary it covers the Oglala Lakota Indians attempts to re-establish their own nation to break free from the USA. It has been filmed over the last six years.
