Simon Thompson takes on film festival role

Simon Thompson, Presenter/Producer of Inside Hollywood (5USA/Channel 5), has agreed to take up the post of president of the Carmarthen Bay Film Festival.
Simon has 17 years experience in radio and online combined working for some of the biggest brands in the industry including Heart, Capital, Sky, XFM and The Sun.
Responsible for Showbiz content on-air and online across Global Radio's Heart network, he was thee editorial driving force behind the largest commercial radio brand in the UK reaching over 7.2 million listeners.
Simon was also regularly heard on 30 of the 33 Heart radio stations across the UK securing exclusive interviews with such A-list stars as Hugh Jackman, Will Smith, Kate Winslet and Russell Crowe.
In many cases Simon helped those stations achieve record listening figures in reach and share - in some cases by as much as 25 per cent in just three months.
As a respected journalist and critic his quotes have featured on national ad campaigns for some of the biggest and most acclaimed movies of the last decade including Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Mamma Mia, Oscar nominated The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Cloverfield and the Oscar winning Sweeney Todd.
Simon is also the UK correspondent for WGN Chicago, the largest talk radio station in the mid-west US, and Radio Live in New Zealand.