Simon Lister is a highly respected veteran of the advertising and film industry, having worked with some of the advertising world’s top directors and creatives in his 34 years in the business. He heads up as joint Creative Director for Squeak e Clean Studios, a music and sound company that has an international presence, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Melbourne and Sydney.
Despite, or perhaps as a product of his extensive experience in the advertising and film industry, Lister has discovered a great passion for capturing and sharing stories that are entirely unique from his own experience of life in his home countries of Australia and New Zealand. He does so through his masterful work in photography and film. For the past 13 years, his passion has taken him to some of the most remarkable and fascinating places in the world. He has captured breathtaking photographs and film in a vast range of countries including India, Morocco, Myanmar, PNG, Thailand, Bangladesh, Mozambique, Tanzania, South Africa, Laos, Baja, Mongolia, extensive Europe, and North America, and recently Kyrgyzstan, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Lebanon and Mexico.
UNICEF has taken a keen interest in Lister’s work. In 2016 they contracted Lister to be their brand photographer and filmographer to help create a library for their 193 offices to use across all platforms and also direct and produce their brand commercial which will be played globally in multiple regions around the world.
In 2018, Lister was featured in the Netflix documentary series, Tales by Light, which tells the stories of photographers around the world. His story is about child workers in Bangladesh and Bolivia, and he is partnered with UNICEF and special quest Orlando Bloom, and together they share stories of children in some of the world’s harshest environments.
In 2020, Lister was Creative Director for the United Nations 75th Anniversary film that played in the General Assembly in New York City.
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