Simon Bowles is a British production designer, who has worked with directors Roger Michell, Edgar Wright, Amma Asante, James Watkins, Simon Hunter, and most notably Neil Marshall. Simon Bowles came to the film industry from theatre where he trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. In 1999 Bowles was nominated for Most Promising Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards, for his work on the film Lighthouse. Bowles designed the underground maze of caves for The Descent, which won accolades at the Evening Standard British Film Awards, Empire Awards, British Independent Film Awards and Philadelphia Film Festival. Reviews credited to Bowles such as ?cave sets by production designer Simon Bowles look just like the real thing? and ?Simon Bowles? beautifully designed cave sets conjure a world of subterranean darkness?. In 2012 Simon Bowles designed Roger Michell's "Hyde Park on Hudson" set in 1930's Upstate New York about a British royal family visiting the USA and their stay with Franklin Roosevelt, played by Bill Murray, shot entirely in the UK. 

January 1st, 1971 in (Age 53)