Andrew Simon is an award-winning writer, producer and creator who first made his mark on the Canadian documentary scene in 2017 with ‘Rivolta’, a Hot Docs featured short that told the story of Canada’s most notorious hacker, Michael ‘MafiaBoy’ Calce. From there, he went on to bring the story of Teodora del Carmen Vasquez to the screen, an El Salvadorian who spent over 10 years in prison after suffering a still birth in her ninth month of pregnancy. ‘Mothers of’, an examination of El Salvador’s hyper-strict abortion regulations, debuted at Hot Docs in 2019 and went on to win Best Short Documentary at the Annual Copenhagen Film Festival as well as SIMA Best Documentary. Andrew has been featured on CBC’s ‘The National’, ‘Metro Morning’, ‘Q’, CBC News, Global TV’s National News, TVO’s ‘The Agenda with Steve Paikin’, and has been profiled by both The Globe & Mail and the Toronto Star. He is also the host of ‘In Conversation with…’, a monthly Zoom series that profiles creative leaders from around the world.