Simon Ryninks
Sceenwriter & Director

AboutI'm Simon Ryninks, a screenwriter & director telling grounded genre stories about dreamers, believers and everyday lives upended by the unexpected.My debut feature film, OUT THERE, premiered at the 79th Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2026, starring Nerys Amber-Stocks, Tom Moya, Aneurin Barnard, Iwan Rheon, Alice Lowe and Michael Sheen.A big-hearted sci-fi comedy grounded in character and emotion, the film was praised by Digital Spy for its balance of sci-fi hijinks and genuine emotion, while The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw called it “likeably daft but big-hearted... entertaining stuff”, and suggested that “it could spin off nicely as a TV series”. Screen International said that “among the many promising qualities that Ryninks reveals is his ability to work with actors”, and Far Out Magazine described the film “a promising debut from a writer-director who clearly has a bright future ahead of him”.I co-run STAGE 21, an initiative championing on-screen representation for actors with learning disabilities through fun and inspiring workshops.

FilmsOUT THERE (feature)
THE PLUNGE (short)
CONTRACTOR 014352 (short)
THE ELEVATOR PITCH (short)

ContactHannah Boulton, The Agency
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