Derailed (also titled “Eric”)
Directed by: Nicolas Simonin
Horror | 2009 | 16min
France
in French with English subtitles
www.detour.fr

About the film:
As he tries to help a woman asking for help, an anonymous man finds himself lost on the no man's land of the railways in a strange train station at night, in Paris.

Screening Times: Shorts Block C @ Sinclair Auditorium
7:15pm Thursday 6/17
7:15pm Friday 6/18
3:00pm Saturday 6/19

About the filmmaker:
After gaining a great deal of experiences as a professional screenwriter in Europe working on TV shows like (R.I.S. or Lea Parker) for 5 major networks in France and the feature movie industry (Mille et Une production, EUROPACORP), Nicolas decides to stay in L.A , but still continues to work with producers and screenwriters in Europe. The UCLA Mfa screenwriting programs experience: Nicolas attended both producer and screenwriting film school in Paris, where he produces two short movies (one in Cordoba, Argentina in 2001 and one in Paris in 2009). After an experience of 5 years as a TV screenwriter and one and half year experience as a story coverage reader for Europacorp, Nicolas got the opportunity to improve his multicultural background by studying as an exchanged student in UCLA School of Theater, Film screenwriting program, on fall 2004. Following Hal Ackerman’s screenwriting workshop and Richard Walter’s masterclass, Nicolas reaches new opportunity to enlarge his skills toward the worldwide market. An international background with both Spanish and English writing skills:
Now almost fluent screenwriter in both Spanish and English, Nicolas is developing his first long feature movie “EDEN” with Mille et Une productions. A passion for Thriller and Horror movies: Passionate fan of Thriller, Horror movies genre and Latin-American fantasy literature (Borgès, Cortazar, Quiroga), Nicolas is putting is skills toward the horror movie market. 5 years as a professional TV screenwriter in France for 3 major TV shows: Since 2004, among other thing, Nicolas Simonin has written12 episodes of ongoing French TV shows like LEA PARKER (“Alias” spy type of show), R.I.S. (“CSI” type of show), Duval & Moretti (cop comedy), “Adibou la vie” (science kid animation) for 4 major French networks (TF1, M6, France 2, France 5). Nicolas has also been involved in writing 2 long feature movies with foreign directors: “Perdidos” with Paul Markovitch, an Argentinean screenwriter of 5 feature movies who lives in Mexico and “Animals” with Nejib Belkhadi, a successful current Tunisian director and actor. Both movies were developed for the French market, the first in 2003 and the second in 2008 with 1001 productions.